Fixture, Gauge & Workholding Management worked example

Fixture Utilization at 92% target fixture utilization rate: a worked example in fixture, gauge & workholding management

What does the result look like when target fixture utilization rate reaches 92%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when deciding whether fixtures are underused, overbooked, duplicated, missing, or blocking production because the right tool is not available.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Fixtures used during the period: 138 fixtures (unchanged)
  • Fixtures available for the period: 180 fixtures (unchanged)
  • Target fixture utilization rate: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Fixture Utilization rate = fixtures used during the period ÷ fixtures available for the period × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 76.67 % for fixture utilization rate, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15.33 points for fixture utilization gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 138 fixtures for fixtures used during the period.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 180 fixtures for fixtures available for the period.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target fixture utilization rate sits at 80% and the headline result is 76.67 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 76.67 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when target fixture utilization rate is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It is a snapshot ratio of counts, so it doesn't capture how long each fixture ran; a fixture used for one job all period counts the same as one used continuously.

Results at a glance

  • Fixture Utilization rate: 76.67 % (headline result)
  • Fixture Utilization gap to target: 15.33 points
  • Fixtures used during the period: 138 fixtures
  • Fixtures available for the period: 180 fixtures

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.