CAPSIM

Margin

how much you are selling the product and how much it is costing you

Forecasting

look at units sold and how much inventory you have left. If you are a a lot over that is good bc you didnt waste the 2nd shift. If you are a little not good bc then waste. he process of predicting future product sales using past market data to guide production schedules, set pricing, and prevent costly stockouts or emergency loans

profit

return on sales, return on assets, return on equity

ROA

profit you recieve from assets, improve by increasing equipment utilization

ROE

Measures how well a company uses owner investments to create profits

If variable costs are down then

profit is up

Productivity

Look at production vs capacity. Production: how much you are actually producing. Capacity is how much your plant is able to produce. Sweet spot is production being a happy medium and not too little over bc then 2nd shift is a waste.

MTBF

Mean time b/t failures, average operational time something runs before it breaks down

Bumping Peformance and size up to much is not always good bc

It could take too long

marketing decision

sales budget is related to customer accessibility and promo budget is related to customer awareness