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CAPACITY-PLANNING5 MIN READ

Keep the core capacity formulas at your fingertips

Recall the core formulas and prompts used in a simple capacity review.

What is the basic demand-versus-supply gap formula? Capacity gap = demanded hours minus net available supply hours for the same role and period. Use net supply after meetings, leave, support load, and other fixed obligations. Formula Lead vs. lag vs. match capacity: which one fits uncertain demand? For uncertain, spiky demand, match or shaping levers usually beat immediate lead hiring. Objection “If people are not fully booked, we are wasting money.” Response At the constraint, a small planned buffer is what keeps normal variation from becoming expensive delay. Do not defend slack as comfort; defend it as throughput protection. It…

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