Industrial Equipment, Machinery & Capital Goods worked example

SAT Workload at 40% site delay and retest allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the sat workload calculation on the strong side: 40% site delay and retest allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when planning customer site acceptance, process validation support, and handover for installed equipment.

The inputs for this scenario

  • SAT checkpoints and signoff items: 95 items (unchanged)
  • SAT closeout throughput: 7 items / hr (unchanged)
  • Site delay and retest allowance: 40 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 35)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base SAT time = SAT checkpoints and signoff items รท SAT closeout throughput) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19 hr for required sat workload, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 13.57 hr for base sat time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 40 % for site delay and retest allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7 pieces / min for sat closeout throughput.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where site delay and retest allowance sits at 35% and the headline result is 18.32 hr, this scenario comes in 3.7% above the baseline at 19 hr.
  • Use it when planning a commissioning trip or installation closeout, after the machine is installed and before final acceptance signoff. 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

  • Required SAT workload: 19 hr (headline result)
  • Base SAT time: 13.57 hr
  • Site delay and retest allowance: 40 %
  • SAT closeout throughput: 7 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.