METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAPACITY PLANNING

The present invention is a method and system for accurately forecasting the quantity of all parts necessary to assemble all vehicles of a vehicle product line for a predetermined time period. The method comprises inputting the available features and product rules for vehicle orders of the vehicle line into a computer data base, inputting sales forecasts for a first plurality of features of the vehicle line into the computer data base randomly generating a substantial sample of vehicle orders based on the features, product rules, and the feature sales forecasts, and determining the quantity of all parts necessary to assemble all vehicles of a vehicle product line for a predetermined time period based on the sample order.