Available, Demand, and Time

Unit Times

Unit time turns product demand into capacity load.

highlighted = computed this step

Product A Unit Time

Product A uses 2 minutes per unit.

A unit time=2\text{A unit time} = 2
Product mix loadThe chart recomputes loads, utilization, slack, and the what-if.product mix capacity loadavailable 150 min; base load 120; slack 30caseA loadB loadtotalutilizationslackbase60601204/530what-if609015010baseA load 60B load 60slack 30base utilization 4/5; total load 120what-ifA load 60B load 90what-if utilization 1; total load 150what-if load 150; utilization 1; slack 0deterministic product-mix capacity arithmetic only

Product B Unit Time

Product B uses 3 minutes per unit.

B unit time=3\text{B unit time} = 3
Product mix loadThe chart recomputes loads, utilization, slack, and the what-if.product mix capacity loadavailable 150 min; base load 120; slack 30caseA loadB loadtotalutilizationslackbase60601204/530what-if609015010baseA load 60B load 60slack 30base utilization 4/5; total load 120what-ifA load 60B load 90what-if utilization 1; total load 150what-if load 150; utilization 1; slack 0deterministic product-mix capacity arithmetic only