Reshoring & Tariff Strategy worked example

Supplier Ramp Up Time at 12% setup, handling, and delay allowance: a worked example

Push setup, handling, and delay allowance up to 12% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when supplier ramp up time in reshoring and tariff strategy is changing rate or allowance and you want to see the impact.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Supplier ramp up time workload: 120 units (unchanged)
  • Supplier ramp up time completion rate: 12 units / min (unchanged)
  • Setup, handling, and delay allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base supplier ramp up time = supplier ramp up time workload รท supplier ramp up time completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required supplier ramp up time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base supplier ramp up time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for supplier ramp up time allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for supplier ramp up time completion rate.

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 1.82% above the baseline at 11.2 hr.
  • It computes the required hours to clear a given supplier workload at a stated completion rate after applying a setup, handling, and delay allowance. 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

  • Required supplier ramp up time: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base supplier ramp up time: 10 hr
  • Supplier ramp up time allowance applied: 12 %
  • Supplier ramp up time completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Supplier Ramp Up Time calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.