Resource Forecasting Quiz

What you'll be asked

1. What is the primary goal of capacity planning in an operations environment?
2. When calculating 'Effective Capacity', which of the following factors is most commonly subtracted from 'Design Capacity'?
3. If a facility has a design capacity of 1,000 units per day, an effective capacity of 800 units per day, and an actual output of 600 units per day, what is the 'Efficiency' of the operation?
4. A strategy of 'Capacity Leading' involves which of the following actions?
5. You are managing a production line with a bottleneck process that has a cycle time of 4 minutes per unit. If the facility operates for 8 hours per day with a 90% utilization rate, what is the maximum daily capacity of this line?

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