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Capacity vs Utilization

Capacity is what a resource can produce, utilization is how much of it is loaded, and the most loaded resource is the bottleneck.

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What it explains

Capacity is what a resource can produce in the available time. Utilization is the share of that capacity actually loaded. The most loaded resource is the bottleneck.

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