Manufacturing Project Portfolio & Capex worked example

Capex Approval Workload at 7.2% setup, handling, and delay allowance: a worked example

Suppose setup, handling, and delay allowance falls to 7.2%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate capex approval workload for manufacturing project portfolio and capex using production-ready inputs so teams can plan labor hours, schedule the work, or check whether the job fits the available shift time.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Capex requests to process: 120 units (held at the documented default)
  • Approval throughput rate: 12 units / min (held at the documented default)
  • Setup, handling, and delay allowance: 7.2 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 10)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base capex approval workload time = capex approval workload workload รท capex approval workload completion rate.
  • Required capex approval workload time works out to 10.72 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base capex approval workload time works out to 10 hr at these inputs.
  • Capex approval workload allowance applied works out to 7.2 % at these inputs.
  • Capex approval workload completion rate works out to 12 pieces / min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, handling, and delay allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 2.55% below the baseline at 10.72 hr.
  • It divides the number of capex requests by the approval throughput rate, then applies an allowance for clarifications and committee delays to yield required processing hours. 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 capex approval workload time: 10.72 hr (headline result)
  • Base capex approval workload time: 10 hr
  • Capex approval workload allowance applied: 7.2 %
  • Capex approval workload completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Capex Approval Workload calculator, set setup, handling, and delay allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.