The company believes the industry will be more diplomatic about adding capacity

Symptom: The company believes that the industry will be more diplomatic and careful in adding capacity, despite high utilization rates.

Implications for the market:

Diplomacy is unlikely; capacity is likely to be readily available to customers.
- Even in the most manufacturing-intensive industries there remains substantial cash contribution and returns from marginal sales.
- As an industry runs low on capacity new capacity will come on stream because most companies will invest on the basis of marginal rather than full cost returns.
- The internal debate will shift from the full cost return on the additional investment to the opportunity cost risk of losing the customer relationship.
- Usually, the marketing and sales functions will win this battle and convince the company to add capacity to support the customer demand.

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