MES, MOM & Shop-Floor Data Systems worked example

Operator Reporting Time at 14% walking, login, and correction allowance: a worked example

This worked example runs the operator reporting time numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 14% walking, login, and correction allowance instead of the typical 20%. Estimate total operator time spent on manual production reporting per shift, including data entry, quality checks, and walking to terminals.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Manual report entries per shift: 45 entries (held at the documented default)
  • Entries completed per minute: 3 entries / min (held at the documented default)
  • Walking, login, and correction allowance: 14 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 20)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base reporting time = manual report entries per shift / entries completed per minute.
  • Total reporting time per shift works out to 17.1 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base reporting time works out to 15 hr at these inputs.
  • Walking and correction allowance works out to 14 % at these inputs.
  • Entry completion rate works out to 3 pieces / min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where walking, login, and correction allowance sits at 20% and the headline result is 18 hr, this scenario comes in 5% below the baseline at 17.1 hr.
  • Use it to build the labor business case for automated data capture or to benchmark how much of a shift is lost to keying. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Total reporting time per shift: 17.1 hr (headline result)
  • Base reporting time: 15 hr
  • Walking and correction allowance: 14 %
  • Entry completion rate: 3 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Operator Reporting Time calculator, set walking, login, and correction allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.