Configure-to-Order & Product Configuration worked example

Configuration Approval Cycle at 18% queue and revision time allowance: a worked example

Suppose queue and revision time allowance falls to 18%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate approval cycle workload for configured quotes or customer orders.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Configuration approvals required to release: 44 approvals (held at the documented default)
  • Approval throughput rate: 5.2 approvals / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Queue and revision time allowance: 18 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 25)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base configuration approval cycle = configuration approvals required รท approval completion pace.
  • estimated configuration approval cycle works out to 9.98 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • base configuration approval cycle works out to 8.46 hr at these inputs.
  • approval queue and revision allowance works out to 18 % at these inputs.
  • approval completion pace works out to 5.2 approvals / hr at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where queue and revision time allowance sits at 25% and the headline result is 10.58 hr, this scenario comes in 5.6% below the baseline at 9.98 hr.
  • It divides the number of required approvals by the approval throughput rate to get base time, then inflates it by a queue and revision allowance to estimate the realistic cycle in hours. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • estimated configuration approval cycle: 9.98 hr (headline result)
  • base configuration approval cycle: 8.46 hr
  • approval queue and revision allowance: 18 %
  • approval completion pace: 5.2 approvals / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Configuration Approval Cycle calculator, set queue and revision time allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.