Configure-to-Order & Product Configuration worked example

Engineering-to-Order Workload at 35% clarification and approval allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the engineering-to-order workload calculation on the strong side: 35% clarification and approval allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. planning engineering capacity for custom configuration demand

The inputs for this scenario

  • Custom configuration requests to engineer: 58 requests (unchanged)
  • Engineering review pace: 3.4 requests / hr (unchanged)
  • Clarification and approval allowance: 35 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 30)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base engineering-to-order workload = custom configuration requests รท engineering review pace) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23.03 hr for estimated engineering-to-order workload, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 17.06 hr for base engineering-to-order workload.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 35 % for engineering clarification and approval allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.4 requests / hr for engineering review pace.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where clarification and approval allowance sits at 30% and the headline result is 22.18 hr, this scenario comes in 3.85% above the baseline at 23.03 hr.
  • Use it for capacity planning, lead-time quoting, or deciding whether to add ETO engineering headcount. 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

  • estimated engineering-to-order workload: 23.03 hr (headline result)
  • base engineering-to-order workload: 17.06 hr
  • engineering clarification and approval allowance: 35 %
  • engineering review pace: 3.4 requests / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Engineering-to-Order Workload calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.