QMS, CAPA & Quality System Management worked example

Audit Evidence Completeness at 65% auditor availability factor: a worked example

This worked example runs the audit evidence completeness numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 65% auditor availability factor instead of the typical 90%. Estimate audit evidence completeness for qms, capa and quality system management using production-ready inputs so teams can confirm whether capacity can cover demand before committing the schedule.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Records gathered per audit cycle: 4 units / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Audit cycles available in window: 480 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Auditor availability factor: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • Records passing review first time: 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross audit evidence completeness capacity = audit evidence completeness output per cycle × available audit evidence completeness cycles.
  • Good audit evidence completeness capacity works out to 1,211 units at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross audit evidence completeness capacity works out to 1,920 units at these inputs.
  • Audit evidence completeness downtime loss works out to 672 units at these inputs.
  • Audit evidence completeness yield loss works out to 37.44 units at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where auditor availability factor sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 1,211 units.
  • Use it when planning evidence collection for an upcoming certification, surveillance, or customer audit and you need to know if your team can produce enough clean records in time. 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

  • Good audit evidence completeness capacity: 1,211 units (headline result)
  • Gross audit evidence completeness capacity: 1,920 units
  • Audit evidence completeness downtime loss: 672 units
  • Audit evidence completeness yield loss: 37.44 units

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Audit Evidence Completeness calculator, set auditor availability factor to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.