Agricultural Equipment & Farm Machinery Manufacturing worked example

Final Test Throughput at 65% final test station uptime: a worked example in agricultural equipment & farm machinery manufacturing

This worked example runs the final test throughput numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 65% final test station uptime instead of the typical 90%. Estimate final test throughput for agricultural equipment from test completions per cycle, available test cycles, station uptime, and pass yield.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Machines tested per cycle: 6 machines/cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available final test cycles: 110 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Final test station uptime: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • First-pass final test yield: 87 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross final test throughput = machines tested per cycle × available final test cycles.
  • Usable final test throughput works out to 373 tested machines at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross final test throughput works out to 660 tested machines at these inputs.
  • Throughput lost to test station downtime works out to 231 tested machines at these inputs.
  • Throughput lost to test failures works out to 55.77 tested machines at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where final test station uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 517 tested machines, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 373 tested machines.
  • Use it to set shippable-output commitments and to find whether downtime or test failures is the larger constraint on the final-test cell. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Usable final test throughput: 373 tested machines (headline result)
  • Gross final test throughput: 660 tested machines
  • Throughput lost to test station downtime: 231 tested machines
  • Throughput lost to test failures: 55.77 tested machines

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Final Test Throughput calculator, set final test station uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.