#1: Start small

#2: Speak your customers’ language

#3: Consider future platforms

#4: Share plans with suppliers

#5: Anticipate nonlinear cost ratios

#6: Plan for occasional workload reductions

#7: Prepare for the turnover of personnel

#8: Strive to continually improve the process

#9: Institute a formal capacity-planning program

#10: Market the lesser-known benefits of capacity planning