Manufacturing Master Data & Data Governance worked example

Work Center Data Completeness at 40% share of work centers with data gaps: a worked example

Push share of work centers with data gaps up to 40% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. A master data steward uses this to justify a work center data cleanup ahead of a costing or scheduling rollout.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Work centers to audit: 120 work centers (unchanged)
  • Correction cost per work center: 85 $/work center (unchanged)
  • Share of work centers with data gaps: 40 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 35)
  • Governance tooling setup cost: 4,000 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total cleanup cost = work centers x correction cost each x (gap % / 100) + governance tooling setup) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8,080 $ for total work center data completeness cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 67.33 $ / piece for work center data completeness cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,080 $ for variable work center data completeness cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,000 $ for fixed work center data completeness adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where share of work centers with data gaps sits at 35% and the headline result is 7,570 $, this scenario comes in 6.74% above the baseline at 8,080 $.
  • It totals the variable cost of correcting the gappy share of your work centers plus a fixed governance-tooling cost, and divides by the number audited for a per-work-center figure. 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

  • Total work center data completeness cost: 8,080 $ (headline result)
  • Work center data completeness cost per unit: 67.33 $ / piece
  • Variable work center data completeness cost: 4,080 $
  • Fixed work center data completeness adder: 4,000 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Work Center Data Completeness calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.