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Capacity planning is the process of determining production capacity, by needs of the organization, to meet changing demands for its products

x Long-term rough-cut planning
x Medium-term planning
x Short-term detailed planning

x Analyse capacity load in a company.

x Standard overview of the load situation of selected work
   centers.

x Detailed capacity list, displays orders that cause the
   capacity requirements at work centers.

x Variable overview, display any capacity planning data.

Purpose of capacity levelling, at different planning levels:

x High capacity load
x Short Lead Times
x Adherence to Dates
x Low Stocks

Continuous Distribution
Partial capacity requirement, distributed over days between two basic values
Discrete Distribution
Partial capacity requirement, is loaded on the later basic value

To optimize the production and therefore the profit of a company according to the predefined aims.