Electronics Manufacturing worked example

Feeder Setup Time at 23% kitting and verification allowance: a worked example

Push kitting and verification allowance up to 23% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. an SMT supervisor needs to schedule changeover labor before releasing a high-mix build

The inputs for this scenario

  • Feeders to load or verify: 96 feeders (unchanged)
  • Verified feeder setup pace: 6 feeders / min (unchanged)
  • Kitting and verification allowance: 23 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 20)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base feeder loading time = feeders to load or verify รท verified feeder setup pace) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19.68 min for estimated feeder setup time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 16 min for base feeder loading time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23 % for kitting and verification allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6 feeders / min for verified feeder setup pace.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where kitting and verification allowance sits at 20% and the headline result is 19.2 min, this scenario comes in 2.5% above the baseline at 19.68 min.
  • It computes base loading time as feeders divided by setup pace, then inflates it by the kitting-and-verification allowance to give a realistic total feeder setup time in minutes. 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 feeder setup time: 19.68 min (headline result)
  • Base feeder loading time: 16 min
  • Kitting and verification allowance: 23 %
  • Verified feeder setup pace: 6 feeders / min

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.