Traceability, Serialization & Lot Genealogy worked example

Serialization Workload 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 serialization workload in traceability, serialization and lot genealogy is being added to next week's schedule and you need an honest hours estimate.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Units to serialize this run: 120 units (unchanged)
  • Serialization throughput per station: 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 serialization workload time = serialization workload workload รท serialization workload completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required serialization workload time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base serialization workload time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for serialization workload allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for serialization workload 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 base serialization time from throughput and inflates it by a setup/handling allowance to give required hours. 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 serialization workload time: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base serialization workload time: 10 hr
  • Serialization workload allowance applied: 12 %
  • Serialization workload completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.