Electronics Manufacturing worked example

Pick-and-Place Utilization at 61% target pick-and-place utilization: a worked example

This worked example runs the pick-and-place utilization numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 61% target pick-and-place utilization instead of the typical 85%. Measure how much available pick-and-place machine time is consumed by productive placement work.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Productive pick-and-place hours: 38 machine hr (held at the documented default)
  • Available pick-and-place hours: 48 machine hr (held at the documented default)
  • Target pick-and-place utilization: 61 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 85)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Pick-and-place utilization = productive pick-and-place hours รท available pick-and-place hours.
  • Pick-and-place utilization works out to 79.17 % utilized at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Utilization gap to target works out to -18.17 points at these inputs.
  • Productive placement hours works out to 38 machine hr at these inputs.
  • Available pick-and-place hours works out to 48 machine hr at these inputs.

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.
  • Use it before any capital-equipment justification, when diagnosing whether your bottleneck is machine time or upstream setup, and for asset-utilization reporting. 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

  • Pick-and-place utilization: 79.17 % utilized (headline result)
  • Utilization gap to target: -18.17 points
  • Productive placement hours: 38 machine hr
  • Available pick-and-place hours: 48 machine hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Pick-and-Place Utilization calculator, set target pick-and-place utilization to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.