Kapaciteter

Kapaciteter is the plural noun for kapacitet, referring to the maximum amount that a container, system, or organization can hold, or to the ability to perform tasks. The concept is widely used across engineering, economy, logistics, ecology, and information technology.

Common types include physical capacity (volume or storage space), production capacity (maximum output over time), data or network capacity (throughput or storage), carrying capacity (ecological limits on a population), and human or organizational capacity (skills, processes, and resources).

Capacity is measured in appropriate units, such as liters or cubic meters for volume, units per day for production, bits per second or bytes for data, and persons or tasks for organizational capacity.

Capacity planning is the process of ensuring that resources align with demand, identifying bottlenecks, and determining investments or improvements to increase throughput or storage. It emphasizes scalability and efficient use of assets.

In Danish usage, kapaciteter denotes these various forms of capacity, with the term often complemented by context to specify the domain.