Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains, 12th Edition

• Capabilities. See competitive capabilities

• Capacity, 139

  • in logistics process, 577

  • measuring, 140

• Capacity constrained resource (CCR), 181

• Capacity cushions, 141

  • linking with other decisions, 143

  • sizing, 141–142

• Capacity expansion, timing/sizing, 142–143

• Capacity gaps, 145–147

• Capacity planning, 137–160

  • alternatives to gaps, 145–147

  • decision trees, 149, 149f

  • diseconomies of scale, 141

  • economies of scale, 140–141

  • equations, 150

  • estimating capacity requirements, 143–145

  • identifying gaps, 145

  • linking capacity cushion with other decisions, 143

  • measuring capacity/utilization, 140

  • PacifiCorp example, 147–148

  • relieving bottlenecks, 187

  • simulation, 149

  • sizing capacity cushions, 141–142

  • timing/sizing capacity expansion, 142–143

  • waiting-line models ...