Nextformby Vinícius Rodrigues

Operations planning and analysis

Demand on one side.
Capacity on the other.

Turn demand, cost, inventory, and productivity data into practical insights to plan operations and compare alternatives.

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Independent project / Operations simulator

Capacity plan

See your capacity surplus or shortfall before assigning work.

ContextTechnical servicesReference operationSmall businessFormatInteractive prototype

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The thinking behind the project

From context
to solution.

01 / The problem

Where work gets stuck.

The queue is tracked by the number of requests, without accounting for differences in effort. Work allocation does not reveal where demand exceeds available hours.

02 / The approach

How the project addresses it.

The plan translates demand into hours and compares each work area against its capacity. The simulator lets you test availability and immediately see the surplus or shortfall.

03 / Validation

What needs to be checked.

Review estimates, check totals, and make constraints explicit. Available hours in one work area cannot automatically be transferred to another.

A scope tailored to you

What your project
can include.

01

Demand and capacity

Compare volumes, effort, availability, and operational constraints.

02

Costs and productivity

Metrics for resources, losses, utilization, and planned versus actual results.

03

Decision scenarios

Simulations and recommendations based on available assumptions and data.

How delivery works

Clear steps.
Shared decisions.

  1. 01

    Define the assumptions

    Understand demand, effort, and priority criteria.

  2. 02

    Assess the operation

    Organize metrics and identify deviations and bottlenecks.

  3. 03

    Evaluate alternatives

    Simulate decisions and document each scenario's limitations.

Before getting started

Common questions.

Do you also work with inventory and costs?

Yes. The analysis can cover demand, inventory, capacity, costs, and productivity, depending on the decision it needs to support.

Does a simulation predict exactly what will happen?

It compares scenarios based on assumptions. Its value lies in making those assumptions visible and reviewing the results with the operations team.

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work for you?

Tell me how your operations work and what you would like to improve.

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