Preview build. The flagship report and its exhibits are final; insights, other reports and their exhibits remain placeholders pending editorial review.

Menu

Methods

How we measure and price capacity

The method behind every exhibit: from lost hours to units to cash, with the assumption beside each step.

Placeholder
Abstract model of a field of small grey tiles, then a stack of grey unit blocks, then one solid blue slab: hours, then units, then cash.

Methods

Placeholder. This page is placeholder copy written to test layout and tone. It is not published research and makes no factual claims.

The chain of conversion

Every loss is expressed first in hours of the constraint, then in units at the line’s rate, then in cash at the margin the plant would have earned. Each conversion carries a stated assumption. The worked example below uses placeholder inputs only.

Illustrative data

  1. Step 1 Hours Lost hours at the constraint = 1,900 h Assumption: placeholder total of recoverable hours, one site, one year
  2. Step 2 Units Units = 1,900 h × 40 units/h = 76,000 units Assumption: placeholder line rate at standard speed
  3. Step 3 Cash Contribution = 76,000 units × $12 = $912,000 Assumption: placeholder contribution margin per unit (price minus variable cost)

What counts as a loss

The method separates five categories: stops, changeovers, slow running, rework and waiting. Definitions for each, with measurement boundaries, will be published here.

Exhibit standards

  • Every exhibit is numbered, carries a full-sentence title stating its finding, a unit line and a source line.
  • Exhibits that use placeholder values carry an “Illustrative data” tag, and their source line says so.
  • Charts include a data table alternative and a text description for screen readers.

Limits

This section will describe what the method cannot tell a reader, and where judgment replaces measurement.