| Article ID: | iaor1992592 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Start Page Number: | 615 |
| End Page Number: | 627 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1991 |
| Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
| Authors: | Elmaghraby Salah E. |
| Keywords: | production |
The report reviews and analyzes the concept of productive capacity, identifies four capacities: nominal, available, actual, and idle, defines them precisely, and suggests approaches to their measurement.