Factory utilization, referred to as capacity utilization, is the rate at which the productive capacity of a factory is used to create goods. Most small businesses can attempt to increase profits by ...

In the past, there was a fairly close contemporaneous relationship between capacity utilization and unemployment. However, much like the relationship between output and unemployment, a lag in the ...

Changes in automakers' lineups stemming from the uneven transition to electric vehicles will reduce factory utilization over the next decade. Underutilized plants through 2035 have "got me scared to ...

Scheduling and capacity are closely related. On the one hand, use of capacity depends on scheduling. Scheduling strategies such as prioritizing and equal treatment of users affect how capacity is ...

Modern supply chain operations present companies with two essential challenges: managing inventory levels properly to prevent excessive and insufficient stock and maintaining production capacity that ...

As of May 2022, refining capacity stands at 17.9 million barrels per day (bpd). With utilization at near-record highs, the refinery margins are also at a record high. The energy industry is also ...

The recovery in global Light Vehicle (LV) demand in 2023 has been stronger than expected, as supply constraints eased in most markets. The outlook for 2023 has been increased by 4%, from 85.8 million ...

As PV manufacturers prepare for Q2’11 reporting, the need to understand accurate industrywide capacity levels has become essential. Currently, much of the industry is addressing the prospect of ...

People are probably a bit confused to see constant references to full storage tanks, and then data from the Energy Information refers to U.S. crude storage capacity utilization being less than 60% ...

Part of TSMC's fab utilization rates, including those for 7/6nm process nodes, will begin to recover in April, sooner than previously predicted by the market, according to sources at semiconductor ...