Veterinary Device & Animal Health Products worked example

Final Inspection Capacity at 99% inspection station uptime: a worked example

What does the result look like when inspection station uptime reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when final inspection capacity in veterinary device and animal health products is being asked to take on more work and you need to know if there is room.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Devices inspected per QC cycle: 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available inspection cycles per shift: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Inspection station uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • First-pass yield at final QC: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where inspection station uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 1,844 units.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when inspection station uptime is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes uptime and first-pass yield hold steady across the run; a fault batch or an equipment stall mid-shift will make the modeled good capacity optimistic.

Results at a glance

  • Good final inspection capacity: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross final inspection capacity: 1,920 units
  • Final inspection capacity downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Final inspection capacity yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.