Electronics Manufacturing worked example

Pick-and-Place Utilization at 98% target pick-and-place utilization: a worked example

What does the result look like when target pick-and-place utilization reaches 98%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a production manager is checking whether pick-and-place capacity is overloaded or underused

The inputs for this scenario

  • Productive pick-and-place hours: 38 machine hr (unchanged)
  • Available pick-and-place hours: 48 machine hr (unchanged)
  • Target pick-and-place utilization: 98 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 85)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Pick-and-place utilization = productive pick-and-place hours ÷ available pick-and-place hours) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 79.17 % utilized for pick-and-place utilization, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18.83 points for utilization gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 38 machine hr for productive placement hours.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 48 machine hr for available pick-and-place hours.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target pick-and-place utilization sits at 85% and the headline result is 79.17 % utilized, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 79.17 % utilized.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when target pick-and-place utilization is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. Utilization says nothing about whether the productive hours were fast or slow — a machine can be 95% utilized while running at half speed, so always read it alongside placement rate, not on its own.

Results at a glance

  • Pick-and-place utilization: 79.17 % utilized (headline result)
  • Utilization gap to target: 18.83 points
  • Productive placement hours: 38 machine hr
  • Available pick-and-place hours: 48 machine hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Pick-and-Place Utilization calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.