Circular Economy, Recycling & Remanufacturing worked example

Repair Labor Capacity at 13% diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance: a worked example

This worked example runs the repair labor capacity numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 13% diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance instead of the typical 18%. Estimate labor time required to repair returned products or reusable parts in a circular repair workflow.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Repairable units assigned to technicians: 260 units (held at the documented default)
  • Repair completion rate: 0.52 units / min (held at the documented default)
  • Diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance: 13 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 18)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base repair labor capacity = repairable units assigned to technicians รท repair completion rate.
  • Required repair labor capacity works out to 565 min at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base repair labor capacity works out to 500 min at these inputs.
  • Diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance applied works out to 13 % at these inputs.
  • Repair completion rate works out to 0.52 pieces / min at these inputs.

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 4.24% below the baseline at 565 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. 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

  • Required repair labor capacity: 565 min (headline result)
  • Base repair labor capacity: 500 min
  • Diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance applied: 13 %
  • Repair completion rate: 0.52 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Repair Labor Capacity calculator, set diagnostics, parts search, test, and rework allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.