CDMO — Capacity planning across multi-client batches

Shared manufacturing capacity across multiple clients is a constant balancing act — one client’s delay becomes another’s bottleneck, and equipment and skilled-operator availability rarely line up neatly.

How far ahead do you plan capacity, and how do you handle the conflicts when two clients want the same suite in the same window? Do you build in buffer, or run hot and re-juggle as things move?

Keen to learn how other CDMOs keep utilization high without overcommitting.