hired to deal with increases in demand. Acquiring(or dismissing) such temporary cover may only require a few hours notice. (This is often referred to as short-term capacity management)
2 management these may take Hiring new(or laying off existing) staff is another option but both of months to complete. (Medium-term capacity management.)
3 A shortage of accommodation may be fixed in the short to medium term by hiring or buy. ing temporary classrooms. It may only take a couple of weeks to hire such a building and equip it ready for use.
4 may be possible to amend catchment areas between schools to try to balance an increass. ing population in one area against a declining population in another. Such changes may require lengthy consultation processes.
5 In the plan the longer term classrooms or even new schools may have to be built. The planning, consultation, approval, commissioning, tendering, building and equipping process may take one to five years depending on the scale of the new build.
6.) Knowing the range of options managers can then decide the timescale for their forecasts; indeed several forecasts might be needed for the short term, medium term and long term.