Reflection Paper On Operations Capacity

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REFLECTION PAPER ON OPERATIONS CAPACITY

JANE RIZZLE A. SAYRE


Capacity Planning is referred to as the practice of planning/determining production

capacity and workforce needs make sure your supply chain is equipped to meet demand.

Capacity planning lets businesses know how and when to scale, identify bottlenecks, create

better design capacity, and mitigate risk, within a planned period of time. It helps the company

assess their current standing and adjust or revise different strategies if needed. It ensures that the

company’s plan will be delivered on time, the budget are well utilized and on track as to other

areas.

There are three types of capacity planning, the product capacity planning, the workforce

capacity and the tool capacity planning. Product Capacity Planning ensures that the company

have enough products or ingredients for deliverables. This encompasses all product decisions to

make sure that products are made and has enough supply to meet the market demand.

Next is Workforce Capacity, it ensures that there is enough team members and work

hours available to complete jobs. With this, company should make sure of the number of workers

in order to meet targeted quantity of products to be produced. Firms should also take

considerations for the welfare of the employees that they do not overwork just to reach the

targeted goal.

Lastly, the Tool Capacity Planning. This ensures that the company have enough tools to

complete jobs. Meaning, all machineries or equipment needed to produce products or services

must be readily available and should be invested in by the company. This is to make sure that the

necessary tools to made an output is present in the company to make the production possible.

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