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Capacity Planning

What is Capacity Planning? Definition and meaning

Capacity planning is a process by which a company can determine the resources required for individual production orders.

Goal of Capacity Planning

The goal of capacity planning is to achieve maximum economic efficiency in production by attaining a uniform and high level of capacity utilisation, while at the same time keeping costs as low as possible.

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Frequently asked questions

What is capacity planning?
Capacity planning is a process by which a company determines the resources needed for individual production orders. This makes it possible to establish in advance which resources an order will require.
What is the goal of capacity planning?
The goal is maximum economic efficiency in production through a steady, high level of capacity utilisation while keeping costs to a minimum. With software support, this is achieved using resource planning from projectfacts.