ERP & MRP Planning calculator
Demand Capacity Match Calculator
Demand Capacity Match shows whether available capacity can cover demand for a period.
What this calculator does
- Calculate capacity coverage by comparing available production capacity with demand.
- a scheduler needs to know if capacity covers demand quantity
- It calculates how much demand is covered by available capacity.
Formula used
- Demand-capacity coverage = available production capacity ÷ demand quantity × percent conversion factor
Inputs explained
- Available production capacity: Use good units capacity available for the product family and period.
- Demand quantity to cover: Use forecast, booked demand, MPS demand, or backlog quantity for the same period.
- Percent conversion factor: Use 100 to report coverage as a percent, or 1 to report as a ratio.
How to use the result
- Use it during ERP cleanup, MRP review, production scheduling, S&OP prep, purchasing decisions, shortage meetings, capacity planning, or daily shop-floor execution reviews.
- This is a planning estimate. Confirm final commitments against current ERP/MRP records, released BOMs and routings, inventory accuracy, supplier commitments, open work orders, quality holds, and shop-floor constraints.
Common questions
- What is the Demand Capacity Match calculator for? It calculates how much demand is covered by available capacity.
- What information do I need before using it? You need available good capacity, demand quantity, and the conversion factor.
- How should I use the result? Use it to decide whether demand can be accepted, deferred, outsourced, or shifted to another capacity bucket.
- When is the result only an estimate? It is only an estimate when demand, inventory, lead time, routing hours, setup time, yield, supplier dates, or work-center capacity comes from forecast assumptions or stale ERP data instead of current orders and recent execution history.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.