Reading Capacity Bars

Reading Capacity Bars

Every technician in the planner has a capacity bar — a live measure of booked hours against available hours for the day. Read it right and you see overload coming before it bites.

What the Bar Tells You

• Green — booked under 80 percent, healthy headroom for emergent work
• Yellow — 80 to 100 percent, nearly full, plan new work elsewhere
• Red — over 100 percent, overloaded, something has to move
• Headroom number — exact hours still free for that tech today

Spotting Burnout Risk

1. Watch for techs red three days running — that is chronic, not a bad day
2. Check the week view for stacked heavy jobs on the same person
3. Balance load before the bar turns red, not after

Tips

Treat the capacity bar as a budget, not a target. Leaving 15 percent slack every day is how you stay ready for the work you did not plan.