How Much Capacity: Capacity Planning and Decision Trees

Covers: Capacity and capacity planning; strategic vs. tactical levels; hospital capacity challenges; capacity in chunks; input vs. output measures; design vs. effective capacity; utilization; best operating level, economies and diseconomies of scale; large vs. incremental expansion; focused factories and plant-within-a-plant; subcontractor networks; the three-step procedure; capacity cushions; decision trees and expected value. Real-world cases: New York's 2020 COVID surge capacity (USNS Comfort, Javits Center); Southwest and the 737 MAX grounding.