Advanced Planning, Scheduling & APS worked example

Capacity Leveling Savings at 65% available leveled capacity: a worked example

Suppose available leveled capacity falls to 65%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate usable leveled capacity from leveled hours, planning buckets, availability, and execution yield.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Leveled hours per bucket: 14 hr/bucket (held at the documented default)
  • Leveled planning buckets: 12 buckets (held at the documented default)
  • Available leveled capacity: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • Leveling execution yield: 94 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross leveled capacity = leveled hours per bucket × leveled planning buckets.
  • Usable leveled capacity works out to 103 leveled capacity hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross leveled capacity works out to 168 leveled capacity hr at these inputs.
  • Capacity availability loss works out to 58.8 leveled capacity hr at these inputs.
  • Leveling execution loss works out to 6.55 leveled capacity hr at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where available leveled capacity sits at 90% and the headline result is 142 leveled capacity hr, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 103 leveled capacity hr.
  • It computes usable leveled capacity: gross leveled hours (hours per bucket x buckets) discounted by availability percentage and leveling execution yield. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Usable leveled capacity: 103 leveled capacity hr (headline result)
  • Gross leveled capacity: 168 leveled capacity hr
  • Capacity availability loss: 58.8 leveled capacity hr
  • Leveling execution loss: 6.55 leveled capacity hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Capacity Leveling Savings calculator, set available leveled capacity to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.