Defense Electronics & Ruggedized Systems worked example

Repair Depot Throughput at 99% expected repair bench uptime: a worked example

Push expected repair bench uptime up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when repair depot throughput in defense electronics and ruggedized systems is being asked to take on more work and you need to know if there is room.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Units repaired per depot cycle: 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available depot repair cycles: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Expected repair bench uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • First-pass repair yield: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross depot repair capacity = units repaired per depot cycle × available depot repair cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,844 units for released repair depot throughput, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,920 units for gross depot repair capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19.2 units for repair bench downtime loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 57.02 units for repair retest yield loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected repair bench uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 1,844 units.
  • It multiplies units per cycle by available cycles to get gross capacity, then derates that by bench uptime and first-pass repair yield to give released throughput. 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

  • Released repair depot throughput: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross depot repair capacity: 1,920 units
  • Repair bench downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Repair retest yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.