Appliances, HVAC & White Goods Manufacturing worked example

End-of-Line Test Time Calculator at 23% retest and handling allowance: a worked example

Push retest and handling allowance up to 23% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a test engineer needs to size EOL test labor, stands, or schedule time

The inputs for this scenario

  • Units requiring EOL test: 1,450 units (unchanged)
  • EOL test throughput rate: 1.8 units / min (unchanged)
  • Retest and handling allowance: 23 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 20)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base EOL test time = units requiring EOL test รท EOL test throughput rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 991 hr for required eol test workload, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 806 hr for base eol test time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23 % for retest and handling allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.8 units / min for eol test throughput rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where retest and handling allowance sits at 20% and the headline result is 967 hr, this scenario comes in 2.5% above the baseline at 991 hr.
  • It computes the total EOL test-station workload in hours by dividing units by throughput and adding a retest and handling allowance. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Required EOL test workload: 991 hr (headline result)
  • Base EOL test time: 806 hr
  • Retest and handling allowance: 23 %
  • EOL test throughput rate: 1.8 units / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live End-of-Line Test Time Calculator calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.