Load, Utilization, and Slack

Utilization and Slack

Total load becomes utilization and unused capacity.

highlighted = computed this step

Utilization

Utilization is total load divided by available time.

120/150=4/5120 / 150 = 4/5
Product mix loadThe chart shows base load against available time.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

Slack

Slack is available time minus total load.

150−120=30150 - 120 = 30
Capacity summaryThe table lists total load, utilization, and slack.capacity-load summaryvaluetotal load120utilization4/5slack30