Capacity Planning in Banking: A Conceptual Review upon Branch Operation Activities

Turkish Banking Sector has been continuing growth in terms of financial indicators. Despite that, it is seen that the number of personnel in the sector has been declining recently. Focus of banks on capacity planning activities and liquidation of idle capacities are at the core of these developments. This work on capacity planning in banking is prepared due to increasing importance in recent times. It is aimed to present the conceptual framework regarding capacity planning in banking with the study. In addition, the issues that banks should pay attention to in capacity planning activities are emphasized and an example of capacity planning on branch operation is given. Also, it is suggested that central capacity planning departments should be set up to work without conflicts of interest in banks so that capacity-planning activities can be carried out in a healthy way and that the banks can benefit from these activities. This paper is pioneer study because of the fact that there is no study about capacity planning in banking sector in Turkey