Capacity Management

Description of Capacity Management. Explanation.

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Definition Capacity Management. Description.

Capacity Management (CM) is the function of establishing, measuring, monitoring, and adjusting limits or levels of capacity in order to execute all manufacturing schedules; i.e., the production plan, master production schedule, material requirements plan, and dispatch list.

Four levels of CM:

Resource Requirements Planning,
Rough-cut Capacity Planning,
Capacity Requirements Planning,
Input/Output control.

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