Conveyors worked example

Daily Capacity at 63% expected daily uptime: a worked example

This worked example runs the daily capacity numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 63% expected daily uptime instead of the typical 87%. Calculate good units per day from units per cycle, available daily cycles, uptime, and yield.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Units completed per line cycle: 1 units / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available line cycles per day: 3,000 cycles / day (held at the documented default)
  • Expected daily uptime: 63 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 87)
  • Expected good yield: 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross daily capacity = units per cycle × available cycles per day.
  • Good daily capacity works out to 1,833 units / day at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross daily capacity works out to 3,000 units / day at these inputs.
  • Daily units lost to downtime works out to 1,110 units / day at these inputs.
  • Daily units lost to rejects works out to 56.7 units / day at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected daily uptime sits at 87% and the headline result is 2,532 units / day, this scenario comes in 27.59% below the baseline at 1,833 units / day.
  • Use it when setting daily production targets, planning shift staffing, or checking whether a line can meet a daily order quantity. 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

  • Good daily capacity: 1,833 units / day (headline result)
  • Gross daily capacity: 3,000 units / day
  • Daily units lost to downtime: 1,110 units / day
  • Daily units lost to rejects: 56.7 units / day

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Daily Capacity calculator, set expected daily uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.