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SAT Workload at 25% site delay and retest allowance: a worked example

Suppose site delay and retest allowance falls to 25%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate site acceptance test workload from SAT checkpoints, closeout throughput, and site delay allowance.

The inputs for this scenario

  • SAT checkpoints and signoff items: 95 items (held at the documented default)
  • SAT closeout throughput: 7 items / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Site delay and retest allowance: 25 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 35)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base SAT time = SAT checkpoints and signoff items รท SAT closeout throughput.
  • Required SAT workload works out to 16.96 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base SAT time works out to 13.57 hr at these inputs.
  • Site delay and retest allowance works out to 25 % at these inputs.
  • SAT closeout throughput works out to 7 pieces / min at these inputs.

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 7.41% below the baseline at 16.96 hr.
  • It computes the total on-site hours to close out a SAT protocol, applying a site delay and retest uplift to the base closeout time. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Required SAT workload: 16.96 hr (headline result)
  • Base SAT time: 13.57 hr
  • Site delay and retest allowance: 25 %
  • SAT closeout throughput: 7 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live SAT Workload calculator, set site delay and retest allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.