Vending, Kiosk & Self-Service Equipment worked example

Field Install Labor at 12% setup, access, and site-delay allowance: a worked example in vending, kiosk & self-service equipment

Push setup, access, and site-delay allowance up to 12% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when field install labor in vending, kiosk and self-service equipment is changing rate or allowance and you want to see the impact.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Machines to install in the field: 120 units (unchanged)
  • Install completion rate per technician: 12 units / min (unchanged)
  • Setup, access, and site-delay allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, access, and site-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 required install hours by dividing machine count by the per-technician install rate, then multiplying by a site-delay allowance factor. 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 field install labor time: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base field install labor time: 10 hr
  • Field install labor allowance applied: 12 %
  • Field install labor completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.