Advanced Planning, Scheduling & APS worked example

Schedule Recovery Time Cost at 92% recoverable schedule share: a worked example

What does the result look like when recoverable schedule share reaches 92%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. an operations manager needs to decide whether schedule recovery effort is worth the cost

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recovery hours required: 36 hr (unchanged)
  • Cost per recovery hour: 115 $ / hr (unchanged)
  • Recoverable schedule share: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Restart and coordination overhead: 900 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Recoverable catch-up cost = recovery hours required × cost per recovery hour × recoverable schedule share) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,709 $ recovery cost for schedule recovery cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 131 $ / hr for cost per recovery hour.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,809 $ recovery cost for recoverable catch-up cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 900 $ for restart and coordination overhead.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where recoverable schedule share sits at 80% and the headline result is 4,212 $ recovery cost, this scenario comes in 11.79% above the baseline at 4,709 $ recovery cost.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when recoverable schedule share is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. Recoverable share is an estimate; if downstream constraints or material limit how much you can actually claw back, the true cost per recovered hour is higher than modeled.

Results at a glance

  • Schedule recovery cost: 4,709 $ recovery cost (headline result)
  • Cost per recovery hour: 131 $ / hr
  • Recoverable catch-up cost: 3,809 $ recovery cost
  • Restart and coordination overhead: 900 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Schedule Recovery Time Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.