Wire, Cable & Conductor Manufacturing worked example

Cut Length Yield at 68% target cut-length yield rate: a worked example in wire, cable & conductor manufacturing

This worked example runs the cut length yield numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 68% target cut-length yield rate instead of the typical 95%. Cut length yield tracks what fraction of cut-to-length wire or cable pieces come off the line off-spec, so you can see how a cut-and-coil or precut operation is really performing against a target.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Off-spec or scrap cut lengths: 8 units (held at the documented default)
  • Total cut lengths produced: 250 units (held at the documented default)
  • Target cut-length yield rate: 68 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 95)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Cut Length Yield rate = affected amount รท total amount.
  • Rate works out to 3.2 ft at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gap to target works out to 64.8 points at these inputs.
  • Affected count works out to 8 count at these inputs.
  • Total count works out to 250 count at these inputs.

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. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Rate: 3.2 ft (headline result)
  • Gap to target: 64.8 points
  • Affected count: 8 count
  • Total count: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Cut Length Yield calculator, set target cut-length yield rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.