Fixture, Gauge & Workholding Management worked example

Inspection Fixture Workload at 14% load, record, and review allowance: a worked example

Push load, record, and review allowance up to 14% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when planning CMM fixture workload, checking-fixture throughput, in-process inspections, first-article inspections, or receiving inspection labor.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Parts inspected on the fixture: 480 parts (unchanged)
  • Fixture inspection throughput: 55 parts / hr (unchanged)
  • Load, record, and review allowance: 14 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 12)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base inspection fixture workload time = parts inspected with fixture รท inspection-fixture throughput) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 9.95 hr for required inspection fixture workload time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.73 hr for base inspection fixture workload time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 14 % for loading, recording, and review allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 55 parts / hr for inspection-fixture throughput.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where load, record, and review allowance sits at 12% and the headline result is 9.77 hr, this scenario comes in 1.79% above the baseline at 9.95 hr.
  • It converts a part quantity and a fixture's parts-per-hour throughput into clock hours, then inflates that base time by a load/record/review allowance to give the staffing hours actually required. 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

  • Required inspection fixture workload time: 9.95 hr (headline result)
  • Base inspection fixture workload time: 8.73 hr
  • Loading, recording, and review allowance: 14 %
  • Inspection-fixture throughput: 55 parts / hr

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.