Fixture, Gauge & Workholding Management worked example

Workholding Setup Savings at 110% setups captured by new workholding: a worked example

This scenario runs the workholding setup savings calculation on the strong side: 110% setups captured by new workholding, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when comparing current changeover labor with proposed workholding that reduces setup time, indicating, locating, or clamp adjustment.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Annual setups affected: 420 setups (unchanged)
  • Savings per setup: 65 $ / setup (unchanged)
  • Setups captured by new workholding: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Fixed implementation or training cost: 4,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable workholding setup savings = annual setups affected × savings per setup × setups captured by new workholding) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 34,530 $ for total workholding setup savings, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 82.21 $ / piece for savings per setup captured.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 30,030 $ for variable workholding setup savings.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,500 $ for fixed implementation or training cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setups captured by new workholding sits at 100% and the headline result is 31,800 $, this scenario comes in 8.58% above the baseline at 34,530 $.
  • Use it when justifying a quick-change or zero-point workholding conversion, or when ranking work centers by setup-savings opportunity. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Total workholding setup savings: 34,530 $ (headline result)
  • Savings per setup captured: 82.21 $ / piece
  • Variable workholding setup savings: 30,030 $
  • Fixed implementation or training cost: 4,500 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.