Examples
Examples
Try the starting example
- Inventory groups: name, required storage L
- Vegetables,10 Meals,15
- Available containers: name, capacity L, count, supplied holding hours
- A,20,1,4 B,10,1,2
- Planned defrost and reload duration (hours)
- 3
- Required temporary storage (L)
- 25
- Eligible supplied container capacity (L)
- 20
- Capacity shortfall (L)
- 5
- Smallest eligible supplied holding window (hours)
- 4
- Excluded container types
- B
Try another scenario
- Inventory groups: name, required storage L
- Vegetables,10 Meals,15
- Available containers: name, capacity L, count, supplied holding hours
- A,20,1,4 B,10,1,2
- Planned defrost and reload duration (hours)
- 2
- Required temporary storage (L)
- 25
- Eligible supplied container capacity (L)
- 30
- Capacity shortfall (L)
- 0
- Smallest eligible supplied holding window (hours)
- 2
- Excluded container types
- None
Calculation method
Calculation method
Required temporary storage (L)
Sum entered inventory storage volumes.
Eligible supplied container capacity (L)
Sum capacity × count only for containers whose supplied holding window covers the planned duration.
Capacity shortfall (L)
max(0, required storage − eligible capacity).
Smallest eligible supplied holding window (hours)
Minimum supplied holding duration among eligible containers, or None eligible.
Excluded container types
Types excluded solely because their supplied holding window is shorter than the job duration.
Symbols and units
- a
- Inventory groups: name, required storage L
- b
- Available containers: name, capacity L, count, supplied holding hours
- c
- Planned defrost and reload duration (hours)
Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.
Assumptions & limits
Assumptions & limits
- A user-supplied volume and timing comparison, allowing storage volumes to be split between containers. Holding hours are not inferred or certified as safe for food. Temperature control and food-specific storage instructions require separate verification.
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Further reading
OpenStax: arithmetic and geometry ↗
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