WooCommerce Throughput Guard – Capacity Dispatcher

WooCommerce Throughput Guard – Capacity Dispatcher

$24.99

Prevent operational collapse from infinite capacity fallacy. Pizzeria accepts eight deep-dish pizza orders for 3PM Saturday slot. Each deep-dish requires 15 capacity points. Oven has 100 CP per hour. Customer thinks eight orders manageable. Reality: 8 × 15 CP = 120 CP required. Oven limit: 100 CP available. Kitchen collapses. Four orders complete on time. Four orders delayed 45 minutes. Customers furious posting negative reviews. Lost future business. Or bakery accepts two wedding cakes requiring 120 CP each for Saturday 10AM slot. Oven capacity: 150 CP per two-hour slot. Total required: 240 CP. Physically impossible. Baker discovers Friday night calling customer frantically rescheduling. Customer cancels wedding order. Lost $800 plus reputation damage. Traditional booking systems treat all timeslots as infinite capacity regardless product mix complexity. Accept unlimited orders until operationally impossible. This plugin implements token bucket algorithm for throughput management. Resources have CP limits per timeslot. Products have CP costs. System tracks usage preventing overbooking.

✓ Token Bucket Algorithm – Network traffic shaping adapted for order capacity management
✓ Resource Configuration – Ovens, stations, chairs with CP limits per timeslot
✓ Product CP Costs – Deep-dish = 15 CP, regular pizza = 5 CP, cupcakes = 2 CP
✓ Real-time Availability – Grays out full timeslots preventing overbooking disasters
✓ Transient Holds – 10-minute capacity reservation during checkout process
✓ Automatic Release – Abandoned carts release CP for other customers instantly
✓ Weekday Scheduling – Automatically skips weekends (Saturday/Sunday)
✓ Business Hours Config – Set opening/closing times and slot duration
✓ Visual Timeslot Selector – Customer chooses available slots with CP display
✓ Order Confirmation – Locks capacity permanently preventing double-booking

One-time purchase. Lifetime updates. Unlimited resources and timeslots. Single site license.

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Description

WooCommerce Plugin

Throughput Guard – Capacity Dispatcher

Pizzeria accepts eight deep-dish pizza orders for 3PM Saturday timeslot. Customers excited. Kitchen confident. Reality strikes 2:45 PM. Each deep-dish requires 15 capacity points baking time. Eight orders equal 120 CP total. Oven maximum capacity: 100 CP per hour. Physically impossible. Four pizzas complete on time. Four pizzas delayed 45 minutes. Customers furious. Negative reviews posted. Lost future business. Traditional booking systems treat all timeslots as infinite capacity regardless product mix complexity. Accept unlimited orders until operationally impossible. This plugin implements token bucket algorithm preventing throughput disasters. Resources have CP limits per timeslot. Products have CP costs. System tracks usage automatically. Timeslots gray out when capacity reached. Professional operational protection computational infrastructure.

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Token Bucket Algorithm
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Capacity Point Tracking
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Real-time Availability
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Zero Overbooking

The infinite capacity fallacy

Bakery specializes wedding cakes birthday cakes cupcakes. Wedding cakes require 120 capacity points (intricate decoration fondant work multi-tier construction). Birthday cakes require 30 CP (standard decoration single tier). Cupcakes require 5 CP (batch production simple frosting). Oven capacity: 150 CP per two-hour timeslot. Saturday morning customer books two wedding cakes for 10AM slot online booking system. System accepts order confirmation sent. Saturday 10AM arrives. Two wedding cakes require 2 × 120 CP = 240 CP total. Oven limit: 150 CP available. Physically impossible to complete. Baker discovers problem Friday night reviewing schedule. Calls customer frantically explaining situation. Customer wedding tomorrow needs cakes urgently. Baker offers reschedule. Customer refuses cancels entire $800 order switches competitor. Lost revenue plus negative review plus reputation damage. Root cause: booking system treated timeslot as infinite capacity. Accepted any number orders regardless complexity mix. No computational tracking throughput limits. Professional bakeries medical practices salons restaurants need capacity enforcement preventing operational collapse systematically.

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Token Bucket Algorithm

Network traffic shaping computational method adapted for order capacity. Resources have CP limits per timeslot. Products consume CP. System tracks usage real-time. When timeslot reaches limit system prevents additional bookings. Professional throughput management preventing kitchen collapse.

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Capacity Point System

Assign CP costs reflecting actual production complexity. Deep-dish pizza = 15 CP (slow baking). Regular pizza = 5 CP (quick baking). Wedding cake = 120 CP (complex decoration). Cupcakes = 2 CP (batch production). System calculates total CP required multiplying product cost by quantity ordered.

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Transient Holds

Customer adds product to cart system reserves capacity for 10 minutes during checkout. If order completes hold converts to permanent booking. If cart abandoned or 10 minutes expires CP automatically released for other customers. Prevents abandoned carts blocking capacity indefinitely.

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Visual Timeslot Selector

Customer selects quantity system displays available timeslots dropdown. Each slot shows remaining capacity (“2:00 PM – 30 CP available”). Full timeslots automatically grayed out. Customer must choose different time. Real-time availability preventing overbooking disasters. Professional customer experience.

10min
Checkout hold duration (auto-release)
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Overbooking disasters (computational enforcement)
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Resources and timeslots (unlimited scale)
Real-time
Availability calculation (AJAX updates)

Perfect for capacity-constrained operations

Restaurant Kitchens

Oven capacity limits prevent accepting impossible order volumes. Deep-dish vs regular pizza CP differentiation. Professional kitchen throughput management.

Salons & Spas

Chair and stylist capacity tracking. Complex services consume more CP than simple cuts. Prevents overbooking station capacity causing customer delays.

Bakery Production

Wedding cakes vs cupcakes CP differentiation. Oven throughput limits enforce realistic scheduling. Eliminates Friday night panic calls rescheduling impossible orders.

How token bucket capacity works

Step-by-step computational throughput management preventing operational disasters through systematic capacity tracking enforcement.

1. Configure Resources

Create resource “Main Oven” with 150 CP per two-hour timeslot. System generates timeslots automatically based on business hours slot duration settings.

2. Assign Product CP Costs

Edit products. Enable capacity booking. Set CP costs: Wedding Cake = 120 CP, Birthday Cake = 30 CP, Cupcakes = 5 CP. Assign to resource “Main Oven”.

3. Customer Selects Timeslot

Customer adds wedding cake to cart. Product page displays available timeslots dropdown. System shows: “Saturday 10AM – 150 CP available”. Customer selects timeslot.

4. Capacity Reserved & Locked

System reserves 120 CP for 10 minutes during checkout. Customer completes order. Hold converts to permanent booking. Timeslot now shows “Saturday 10AM – 30 CP available”. Second wedding cake order automatically prevented.

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