Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing worked example

Special Process Audit Load at 63% finding and follow-up allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the special process audit load calculation on the strong side: 63% finding and follow-up allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. a supplier quality engineer needs to plan audit effort for Nadcap-style or customer-controlled special processes

The inputs for this scenario

  • Special-process evidence records to review: 125 records (unchanged)
  • Special-process audit review pace: 1.6 records/min (unchanged)
  • Finding and follow-up allowance: 63 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 55)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base special-process review time = evidence records รท audit review pace) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 127 audit hr for special process audit load, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 78.13 audit hr for base special-process review time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 63 % for finding and follow-up allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.6 records/min for special-process audit review pace.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where finding and follow-up allowance sits at 55% and the headline result is 121 audit hr, this scenario comes in 5.16% above the baseline at 127 audit hr.
  • Use it when scheduling internal or supplier special-process audits, planning Nadcap re-accreditation prep, or staffing an audit against a fixed window. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Special process audit load: 127 audit hr (headline result)
  • Base special-process review time: 78.13 audit hr
  • Finding and follow-up allowance: 63 %
  • Special-process audit review pace: 1.6 records/min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Special Process Audit Load calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.