This is particularly true in manufacturing, when there is a sales forecast or actual orders, that exceed the capacity of a manufacturing system. Start-up and global businesses alike will always increase capacity incrementally and in the process, use their machinery to do things that it wasn't intended to do. Sometimes this is a temporary condition. Other times it persists for long periods. The context does not change however. Capacity utilization is key to operations managers, and it leads to misapplied machinery.

This also applies in many non-manufacturing situations. Municipal public works, as well as institutions in health care, elder care, education and cultural arts all have ventilation, water and sewer systems that operate under similar demands. 

Burhans Research works from one perspective in all of these situations.

                              If a motor is a source of variation or a constraint on a system, Burhans Research can help. 

Technical service and manufacturing systems engineering decision support create a "dovetail joint" at Burhans Research. People always have the option of attending to issues from either perspective. Burhans Research helps people translate questions and problems into a schedule and budget approach or alternatively, a technical properties approach.

From energy efficiency and reliability to production lot sizes and inventory orders, Burhans Research assists people with quantifying and modeling their operations. This simplifies the important decisions they make.

The cornerstone of the business in 2010, is the use of the internet to maximize information exchange and technical support.
The interactive tools on line at http://www.burhansresearch.com are simple to use and work faster than walking to the bookshelf.

                              They are free of charge, with unlimited access and no registration or log in is required. 
                              They work anywhere in the world with a fast internet connection.

Why 2010 is so important? Global recession, pandemics, international security, and climate change concerns. They represent competing needs that often literally exclude one another during a crisis. You can easily step forward and around these problems.