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Effective capacity is the maximum capacity of something based on its design capacity and resources available to it. The following are illustrative examples.Production LineA production line has an effective capacity of 120 units an hour. This is based on the design of the production line such as the throughput of each workstation. It is also based on the resources available to the production line such as labor, power, materials and parts.
FacilitiesAn office has an effective capacity of 400 employees based on the design of the building and availability of resources such as power that are required to operate the facility.ServicesA flight has an effective capacity of 220 passengers based on the design of the aircraft and availability of staff and inputs such as fuel.TechnologyA cloud software platform has effective capacity of 20,000 concurrent users. The design of the software allows for practically unlimited capacity. The firm that operates the software has reserved access to 200 computing units that are the basis of the concurrent user limit. The firm can easily increase effective capacity by adding more computing units.|
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Capacity Planning
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A guide to capacity planning.
An overview of capacity management.
A definition of production capacity with examples.
The common types of capacity.
A definition of design capacity with examples.
A definition of capacity utilization with example calculations.
A definition of capacity analysis with examples.
An overview of different types of plans with full examples.
An overview of planning with examples.
An overview of capacity management.
A definition of business capacity with examples.
The common types of capacity strategy.
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A definition of concurrent user with examples.
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