Capacity

For production and dispatch managers · ~3 min read

Capacity is a heat grid: rows are your job tracks or runs, columns are days, and each cell shows how much work is booked against how much you can actually do. Check it before you commit to a date.

Figure 1 — the capacity heat grid over a fortnight. (1) The Job Tracks / Runs toggle asks either “can we make it in time?” or “can we fit the install in?”. (2) The legend reads the colours — under, near, over — and names the unit. (3) Each cell is booked load over capacity with the job count beneath; hover for the detail.

Reading the grid

• Rows — either your Job Tracks or your Runs, depending on the toggle.
• Columns — one per day across your date window. Weekends are shaded.
• Each cell — booked load, then capacity: 210/480. A dash for capacity means none is set.
• Below that — how many jobs make up that load.

Cell colour goes from comfortable through busy to over-committed, so you can find the problem days without reading a single number. Hover a cell for the detail behind it.

The row headings and the day headings stay put as you scroll, so you never lose your place in a long list or a wide date range.

Using it

The three-second check

Before promising a date: set the window to the week in question, glance for red, and book into a green day. That’s the whole workflow.

• Switch between Job Tracks and Runs to ask two different questions — “can we make it in time?” versus “can we fit the install in?”
• Widen the window to a month to find where the pressure eases.
• A red run with a green neighbour means work needs moving between runs, not pushing out.

Where capacity comes from

Capacity is what each job track or run can do per day. If a row shows a dash, no capacity is configured — the load is still counted, but BUZ can’t tell you whether it’s too much.

• Job track capacity — Job Tracking Lines
• Run capacity and working days — Installers

Common questions

Question	Answer
“No capacity data for this range”	Nothing scheduled in that window — widen the dates or clear filters.
Every cell shows /—	No capacity has been set on your job tracks or runs.
The numbers look too low	Jobs missing an install or production time contribute little. Check the times on the jobs themselves.
A day is red but looks fine	Capacity is per day — a long job booked across one day still lands entirely on it.