Circular Economy, Recycling & Remanufacturing worked example

Repair Labor Capacity at 21% diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the repair labor capacity calculation on the strong side: 21% diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. a team needs to staff repair benches, promise turnaround, or decide which repairs to outsource for a repair queue

The inputs for this scenario

  • Repairable units assigned to technicians: 260 units (unchanged)
  • Repair completion rate: 0.52 units / min (unchanged)
  • Diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance: 21 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 18)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base repair labor capacity = repairable units assigned to technicians รท repair completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 605 min for required repair labor capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 500 min for base repair labor capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 21 % for diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.52 pieces / min for repair completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance sits at 18% and the headline result is 590 min, this scenario comes in 2.54% above the baseline at 605 min.
  • Use it to staff a repair or reman shift, confirm a backlog will clear in the available hours, or set realistic repair turnaround quotes. 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

  • Required repair labor capacity: 605 min (headline result)
  • Base repair labor capacity: 500 min
  • Diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance applied: 21 %
  • Repair completion rate: 0.52 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Repair Labor Capacity calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.