Identify the parameters that determine the costs of introducing an innovation
Identify the data needed for load analysis - Capacity when integrating innovations into planning

The first disruptions to capacity occur during the industrialization phase, i.e. when "series" production resources are used to finalize product development, and verify product/process suitability.

There are two types of costs associated with industrialization:

• production at throughputs, rates or unit times that are often degraded compared to existing products, and generally not known with any certainty;

• increase in series changes and/or changeover time.

These two parameters will also be the main factors to be taken into account in the load/capacity analysis during the production launch phase.

Other parameters also play a role in the load/capacity analysis; in general, as their impact is smaller, they do not penalize the...