Section 1 Capacity Planning vs Finite Scheduling

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

 Capacity Planning vs Finite Scheduling - the essential difference

Imagine you have 5 jobs to do before this time tomorrow:

You have work totalling an estimated 36 hours to complete in a day (24 hours). You have a problem.Capacity planning tells you that you have a problem by saying that you are (36÷24) 150% loaded for the day, and leaves you to resolve the problem by adding more resources or negotiating alternative due dates.

Finite scheduling, on the other hand, recognises that the capacity of the resource is finite, and tells you that some of the jobs are going to be late, and it can also tell you:

   I would argue that compared with capacity planning, finite scheduling gives you richer management information.

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