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Capacity Management

Description of Capacity Management. Explanation.

 

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.

Compare also: Capacity Planning

 

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