Capacity Utilisation

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PLIDA (Proyecto Lengua Italiana Dante Alighieri) Business Studies (BUSS 2) Mind Map on Capacity Utilisation, created by Mingetron 4000 on 14/02/2014.
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Capacity Utilisation
  1. Productive capacity
    1. Total level of production or output that it could give in any given amount of time
    2. Percentage of the firms total production capacity that is being used
      1. Formula:Current output/ Maximum output X 100
        1. Company can make 10,000 units (Productive capacity) Company currently making 7000 units (70%)
        2. Why don't all businesses work at 100% Capacity?
          1. Not enough time for routine maintenance which means machines may break
            1. May not be possible to meet new or unexpected orders so the business can not grow without expanding its scale of production
              1. Busy working space, untidy, less efficient
                1. Staff may feel under excessive pressure and therefore make mistakes
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