Wire, Cable & Conductor Manufacturing worked example
Cut Length Yield at 99% target cut-length yield rate: a worked example in wire, cable & conductor manufacturing
This scenario runs the cut length yield calculation on the strong side: 99% target cut-length yield rate, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when cut length yield in wire, cable and conductor manufacturing needs a clean rate and gap-to-target you can put on a tier board.
The inputs for this scenario
- Off-spec or scrap cut lengths: 8 units (unchanged)
- Total cut lengths produced: 250 units (unchanged)
- Target cut-length yield rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 95)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Cut Length Yield rate = affected amount รท total amount) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 3.2 ft for rate, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 95.8 points for gap to target.
- At this operating point the engine returns 8 count for affected count.
- At this operating point the engine returns 250 count for total count.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where target cut-length yield rate sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 ft, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 ft.
- Use it for a shift or lot review of a cut-to-length operation, to trend scrap on a cut saw, or to check whether a run met its yield target. 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
- Rate: 3.2 ft (headline result)
- Gap to target: 95.8 points
- Affected count: 8 count
- Total count: 250 count
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Cut Length Yield calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.