Construction Machinery & Attachments worked example

Throughput Gap with available equipment or attachment throughput of 220 units: a worked example in construction machinery & attachments

What does the result look like when available equipment or attachment throughput reaches 220 units? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. deciding whether equipment capacity can meet required production

The inputs for this scenario

  • Available equipment or attachment throughput: 220 units (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 86)
  • Required production throughput: 102 units (unchanged)
  • Throughput reference for percentage basis: 102 units (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Throughput shortfall or surplus = available equipment or attachment throughput - required production throughput) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 116 % for throughput gap percentage, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 118 value for throughput shortfall or surplus.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 220 value for available equipment or attachment throughput.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 102 value for required production throughput.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where available equipment or attachment throughput sits at 86 units and the headline result is -15.69 %, this scenario comes in 838% above the baseline at 116 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when available equipment or attachment throughput is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It compares two throughput numbers at a single point in time and does not model variability, downtime distribution, or how the gap changes if you re-sequence work across cells.

Results at a glance

  • throughput gap percentage: 116 % (headline result)
  • throughput shortfall or surplus: 118 value
  • available equipment or attachment throughput: 220 value
  • required production throughput: 102 value

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.