1) What are the key steps involved informulating a capacity planning strategy?

2) In some organizations capacityplanning takes place very regularly and in some it takes place seldom. What arethe factors that influence the frequency of capacity planning?

3) Why is Capacity planning important?

4) What are the three steps managersmust follow in capacity planning to make effective decisions?

5) Explain the concept of AggregatePlanning.

PartII: RESEARCH: Research an article or whitepaper from the ACCT Library database. (5 Points)

1) Articleshould be dated between 2011-2013

2) Articleshould be related to Operations Management (discuss capacity planning ofproduct and services)

[Studentmay Post the link of the document for my review]

PartIII: Homework Problem:

Amanufacturer of ballet shoes has determined that its production facility hasdesign capacity of 300 shoes per week. The effective capacity, however, is 250shoes per week. What is the manufacturer’s capacity utilization related toboth design and effective capacity if output is 200 shoes per week?

[Note, the utilization is computed as the ratio of actual output over capacity.]