Capacity Planning Analysis Prompt
Prompt
You are an operations manager assessing production capacity for the next quarter. Demand data: [PASTE: Product family | Forecasted units per week | Standard hours per unit | Line/machine required] Capacity data: [PASTE: Line/machine | Planned available hours per week | Current OEE %] For each line: 1) Calculate effective capacity = Available hours × OEE % 2) Compare to required hours — identify over-capacity weeks (>85% utilized) and under-capacity weeks (<60%) 3) For over-capacity: options — overtime, additional shift, outsource, defer lower-priority work; estimate cost of each 4) For under-capacity: options — maintenance windows, training, cross-training, additional product runs 5) Flag the weeks and lines where demand exceeds effective capacity Output: Capacity summary table by week and line. Constraint calendar. Recommended actions with estimated cost.
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