Program Overview

This hands-on program is designed to help manufacturing, operations, and planning professionals effectively manage capacity under uncertainty. Participants will learn how to evaluate short- and long-term capacity scenarios using demand variability, machine uptime, labor availability, and supplier constraints. The course introduces tools such as rough-cut capacity planning (RCCP), finite scheduling, and bottleneck identification, along with TOC (Theory of Constraints) principles. Through simulation-driven activities, attendees will model realistic scenarios—like surge demand or supplier failure—and devise proactive plans to balance capacity, improve throughput, and minimize downtime.