Configure-to-Order & Product Configuration worked example

Option Mix Workload at 21% option mix review and rework allowance: a worked example

Push option mix review and rework allowance up to 21% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. planning staffing for high-option quote or order volume

The inputs for this scenario

  • Option lines to review or process: 640 option lines (unchanged)
  • Option processing pace: 85 option lines / hr (unchanged)
  • Option mix review and rework allowance: 21 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 18)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base option mix workload = option lines to review or process รท option processing pace) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 9.11 hr for estimated option mix workload, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7.53 hr for base option mix workload.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 21 % for option mix review and rework allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 85 option lines / hr for option processing pace.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where option mix review and rework allowance sits at 18% and the headline result is 8.88 hr, this scenario comes in 2.54% above the baseline at 9.11 hr.
  • It computes the total hours to process a set of configured option lines at a given pace, inflated by a review and rework allowance. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • estimated option mix workload: 9.11 hr (headline result)
  • base option mix workload: 7.53 hr
  • option mix review and rework allowance: 21 %
  • option processing pace: 85 option lines / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Option Mix Workload calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.