Commercial Vehicle, Bus & Coach Manufacturing worked example

Paint Cure Throughput at 62% paint shop operating efficiency: a worked example

This worked example runs the paint cure throughput numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 62% paint shop operating efficiency instead of the typical 86%. Estimate paint cure throughput for commercial vehicle, bus, or coach bodies moving through a bake, flash, or curing process.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Cured bodies or panel sets completed: 22 units (held at the documented default)
  • Paint cure runtime: 8 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Paint shop operating efficiency: 62 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 86)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross paint cure throughput = cured bodies or panel sets รท paint cure runtime.
  • Effective throughput works out to 1.71 vehicles / hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Raw throughput works out to 2.75 vehicles / hr at these inputs.
  • Efficiency works out to 62 % at these inputs.
  • paint cure runtime works out to 8 hr at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where paint shop operating efficiency sits at 86% and the headline result is 2.36 vehicles / hr, this scenario comes in 27.91% below the baseline at 1.71 vehicles / hr.
  • Use it when checking whether the paint and cure operation can keep up with assembly demand, or when justifying a second booth or oven. 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

  • Effective throughput: 1.71 vehicles / hr (headline result)
  • Raw throughput: 2.75 vehicles / hr
  • Efficiency: 62 %
  • paint cure runtime: 8 hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Paint Cure Throughput calculator, set paint shop operating efficiency to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.