Textiles & Apparel Manufacturing worked example

Dyehouse Capacity at 99% machine availability: a worked example

This scenario runs the dyehouse capacity calculation on the strong side: 99% machine availability, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when dyehouse capacity in textiles and apparel manufacturing is being asked to take on more work and you need to know if there is room.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Fabric loaded per dye machine cycle (kg): 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Scheduled dye cycles in the period: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Machine availability (uptime): 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • Right-first-time dye yield: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross dyehouse capacity = dyehouse capacity output per cycle × available dyehouse capacity cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,844 units for good dyehouse capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,920 units for gross dyehouse capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19.2 units for dyehouse capacity downtime loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 57.02 units for dyehouse capacity yield loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where machine availability sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 1,844 units.
  • Use it when planning a dyeing schedule or quoting a lead time, and when investigating why promised output isn't landing. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Good dyehouse capacity: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross dyehouse capacity: 1,920 units
  • Dyehouse capacity downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Dyehouse capacity yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Dyehouse Capacity calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.