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Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products. [1] In the context of capacity planning, design capacity is the maximum amount of work that an organization or individual is capable of completing in a given period.
Capacity planning of storage, computer hardware, software and connection infrastructure resources required over some future period of time. [2] Capacity management interacts with the discipline of Performance Engineering, both during the requirements and design activities of building a system, and when using performance monitoring.
Manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) [1] is a method for the effective planning of all resources of a manufacturing company. Ideally, it addresses operational planning in units, financial planning, and has a simulation capability to answer "what-if" questions and is an extension of closed-loop MRP (Material Requirements Planning). [2]
A critical factor in production planning is "the accurate estimation of the productive capacity of available resources, yet this is one of the most difficult tasks to perform well". [7] Production planning should always take "into account material availability, resource availability and knowledge of future demand".
A master production schedule (MPS) is a plan for individual commodities to be produced in each time period such as production, staffing, inventory, etc. [1] It is usually linked to manufacturing where the plan indicates when and how much of each product will be demanded. [2] This plan quantifies significant processes, parts, and other resources ...
LPAR2RRD is open-source software that is published under the GNU General Public License v3.0. As of April 2022, the latest version is 7.40. [6] The software was first launched in 2006. [7] The software tool is designed to monitor and report on server virtualization utilizations.
Business Planning and Control System (BPCS) is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software product. [1] BPCS, the acronym for the software, is pronounced as "Bee picks" or "Bee pecks" in Spanish-speaking countries. [2]
Computer-aided process planning initially evolved as a means to electronically store a process plan once it was created, retrieve it, modify it for a new part and print the plan. Other capabilities were table-driven cost and standard estimating systems, for sales representatives to create customer quotations and estimate delivery time.