This week’s topics
Measuring Operational Performance
- Productivity calculations
- Design and effective capacity
- Capacity utilisation measurement
- Operational efficiency indicators
- Design Capacity and Effective Capacity - Calculating Capacity Utilization and Efficiency Rate
- Capacity and Capacity Utilisation
- Calculating Capacity Utilisation
What you will be able to do
- 1.3 Explain how capacity, productivity and utilisation are measured in operations.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain how capacity, productivity and utilisation are measured in operations.
Study materials
Videos
- Design Capacity and Effective Capacity - Calculating Capacity Utilization and Efficiency Rate · YouTube · Dr. Haywood · 16 min · for registered students
- Capacity and Capacity Utilisation · YouTube · tutor2u · 9 min · for registered students
- Calculating Capacity Utilisation · YouTube · tutor2u · 6 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 8: Capacity Planning & Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 331–376 · for registered students
- Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 1: Introduction to Operations Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 23–52 · for registered students
- Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 12: Balanced Scorecard and Other Performance Measures · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 565–604 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
