Idle capacity is unsold revenue. Map what the plant can profitably absorb.
Idle capacity is unsold revenue with a carrying cost. Enter your plant's capacity and utilisation, list demand segments with price and variable cost, and see the absorption plan — highest contribution per unit first, allocated against real demand.
| Demand segment | Price / unit ₹ | Variable cost / unit ₹ | Demand (units / mo) |
|---|---|---|---|
Idle capacity = capacity × (1 − utilisation). Each segment contributes price − variable cost per unit.
Allocation fills highest contribution first, capped by that segment's realistic demand — not by how much you'd like to sell.
A thin-margin segment that fills the plant can still be right if it covers fixed costs while better demand is built — but say that's what it is.
Illustrative figures, not a client outcome.
Only with eyes open: if the contribution covers variable cost and soaks fixed overhead while you build better demand, it's a bridge — with an exit date. As a permanent strategy it reprices your whole book.
If segments share constrained lines, allocate by contribution per constrained-hour, not per unit. The tool's per-unit view is the first pass; the bottleneck resource refines it.
Version 1.0 · Reviewed 2026-10 · Methodology is fixed and version-controlled; results depend on your inputs.
Plant half-idle while sales chases everything? Point capacity at the best segment.
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