Managing a facility

A facility manager that is to receive resources from a first resource supply, said facility manager comprising:

• a memory storing at least one module comprising machine readable instructions to:
• (a) predict a supply of resources available from the first resource supply for a predetermined period of time;
• (b) predict a demand for resources in the facility during the predetermined period of time;
• (c) plan a capacity schedule for the facility that meets a predefined operational goal, wherein the plan of the capacity schedule includes as inputs, the predicted supply of resources available from the first resource supply and the predicted demand for resources in the facility during the predetermined period of time;
• (d) execute the capacity schedule during the predetermined period of time;
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• (e) determine whether the planned capacity schedule meets the predefined operational goal;
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• a processor to implement the at least one module.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is embedded at least one computer program, said at least one computer program implementing a method for managing a facility that is to receive resources from a first resource supply and a second resource supply, wherein the first resource supply differs from the second resource supply, said at least one computer program comprising computer readable code to:

• predict a supply of resources available from the first resource supply for a predetermined period of time;
• predict a demand for resources in the facility during the predetermined period of time;
• plan a capacity schedule for the facility that meets a predefined operational goal, wherein the plan of the capacity schedule includes as inputs, the predicted supply of resources available from the first resource supply, the predicted demand for resources in the facility during the predetermined period of time, and a price of resources available from the second resource supply;
• execute the capacity schedule during the predetermined period of time;
• and
• determine whether the planned capacity schedule meets the predefined operational goal.