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How many work orders will remain at our current completion rate?

Add expected arrivals over the horizon to the starting queue. Complete up to the available weekly slots, capped at total orders. Assume each week’s arrivals are available for booking that week and each order uses one slot.

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Worked example

With the example inputs below, the calculator returns these results.

Orders still open at end 16

Open orders at start
32 orders
New orders per week
16 orders
Completion slots per week
20 orders
Planning horizon
4 weeks

Other results

Orders completed
80
Total orders in period
96

Use your own figures

Check whether current staffing can clear the queue over the next few weeks. Open the worksheet, replace the example values, then copy or print the result.

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