{
  "example_kind": "original synthetic manual planning case",
  "slug": "batch-setup-capacity-comparison",
  "title": "Compare batching when each run has setup work",
  "scenario": "Synthetic planning case: Six copy checks take twenty minutes each. Every review batch requires thirty minutes of setup. All six are available before one common deadline.",
  "layout": "allocation",
  "dataset": {
    "heading": "Inspect the invented case records",
    "headers": [
      "Plan",
      "Batches",
      "Execution",
      "Setup",
      "Total"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "One batch of six",
        "1",
        "120 min",
        "30 min",
        "150 min"
      ],
      [
        "Three batches of two",
        "3",
        "120 min",
        "90 min",
        "210 min"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "derivation": "Execution=6×20=120 minutes. Setup is 1×30 or 3×30; total demand is 150 or 210. Different arrival or due times can reverse which plan is feasible.",
  "result": "One six-item batch uses 150 minutes; three two-item batches use 210. The sixty-minute setup saving is conditional on the common availability and deadline, not a universal batching recommendation.",
  "boundary": "The decision compares setup frequency and deadline feasibility rather than removing preparation from a work budget.",
  "limitations": "The example does not measure quality, actual effort or respondent waiting. Its common-cutoff assumption is essential.",
  "sources": [
    "schedule"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    [
      "Confirm arrival and deadline conditions",
      "Work coordinator",
      "All six items are available before the same review cutoff."
    ],
    [
      "Charge setup per actual batch",
      "Reviewer",
      "One versus three setups explains the sixty-minute demand difference."
    ],
    [
      "Check waiting consequences",
      "Delivery lead",
      "The chosen batch still meets each required deadline and evidence boundary."
    ]
  ],
  "faqs": [
    [
      "Does the lower total mean batching is always faster for users?",
      "No. Items may wait longer for a batch; this example compares staffing demand under a common cutoff."
    ],
    [
      "Can I claim a sixty-minute real saving?",
      "Not from invented times. Verify actual setup and review evidence first."
    ]
  ],
  "method_references": [
    {
      "id": "schedule",
      "title": "GAO Schedule Assessment Guide",
      "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-16-89g",
      "scope": "General schedule-model context. All records, local policies and arithmetic are original toy examples, not a certified or optimized schedule."
    }
  ]
}