Example: to calculate additional capacity requirements
The additional capacity requirements for an item unit in a specific time period, is a value that LN uses to determine the remaining available capacity of a certain resource. This is one of the steps in the optimization algorithm for logistic parameters in the Resource Analysis and Optimization module of Enterprise Planning.
The formula that LN uses to calculate the additional capacity requirements is:
ACR = (R * D) + (S * F)Where:
| ACR | Additional capacity requirements |
| R | Required capacity per item unit |
| D | Total demand over the time period |
| S | Required capacity for setting up the resource |
| F | Number of times an item is produced in the optimized time period |
Example
Suppose that we have the following data:
| R: | 0.5 hour/piece |
| D: | 600 pieces |
| S: | 1 hour |
| F: | 20 |
The calculation of the additional capacity requirements is then:
ACR = (R * D) + (S * F) = (0.5 * 600) + (1 * 20) = 300 + 20 =
320 This means that the additional capacity requirements for all the items of the corresponding plan unit in the involved period is 320 hours.