Gap analysis of required and available capacity

One of the common problems in running production facility is capacity versus demand. Well production planning will provide considerable advantages for companies, for instance: the company will be able to minimize losses due to over investment cost on the machine which amounts exceed the needs and inability of the company to meet market demand. The planning production capacity of a manufacturing company itself, there are several alternative, for example, the addition of shift work and the use of overtime. The starting point of the research is based on the failure to meet demand of the underwear manufacture. This research focus on the calculation of available capacity based on standard time, required capacity using forecasting method, the error and the impact of deviation in the future.