MA.2:4 - Solution

MA.2:4.1 - Define the resource and relevant capacity quantity

Name the resource arrangement, capability, time window and receiving question. Recover the supplied quantity, the unit and the conditions under which it can serve the relevant work. Distinguish staff attendance, machine occupation and elapsed time.

Use the current operating account for availability, commitments and reserve. If those results are disputed, obtain the missing OPS result before attaching a monetary conclusion to them.

MA.2:4.2 - Explain the supplied, used and unused portions

Reconcile the supplied quantity with its relevant uses and restrictions. Identify unavailable or differently committed provision, actual or expected consumption, protected reserve and any remaining unused usable capacity. Keep the categories mutually interpretable for this account; reserve can be part of available capacity while being unavailable for ordinary commitment.

Investigate the reason for an apparently idle portion. It may reflect demand variation, a necessary skill mix, downtime, a minimum supplier block or inadequate demand. Preserve a disputed explanation as disputed. A utilization label is an entry cue, not a causal diagnosis.

MA.2:4.3 - Connect a capacity change to a supply action

Ask what action would change resource supply and on what terms. Recover notice periods, minimum blocks, alternative uses and consequential payments for the stated horizon.

A saved hour can be used elsewhere if capability and scheduling permit it. A payment saving requires an avoided or reduced payment within the stated horizon. A smaller assigned share of unchanged payroll establishes neither.

Retain the threshold. Removing five hours of work may leave the same supplied shift; adding five can require another whole block. MA.1 supplies a missing demand model.

MA.2:4.4 - Return the capacity and monetary account

Return the quantities, reasons and relevant supply options with their limits. If a unit cost is useful, state its denominator and purpose. Dividing the same payment by supplied, used or productive hours gives different rates.

Supply the supported quantities and payment conditions to OPS for the capacity or incremental decision. Keep uncertainty about the operating reserve separate from uncertainty about a supplier’s terms.