Wire Harness, Cable & Electromechanical Assembly worked example

Routing Labor at 12% setup, handling, and delay allowance: a worked example

This scenario runs the routing labor calculation on the strong side: 12% setup, handling, and delay allowance, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when routing labor in wire harness, cable and electromechanical assembly is changing rate or allowance and you want to see the impact.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Wires or circuits to route: 120 units (unchanged)
  • Circuits routed per minute on the board: 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 routing labor time = routing labor workload รท routing labor completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required routing labor time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base routing labor time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for routing labor allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for routing labor 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.
  • Use it when quoting a new harness, building a routed-work standard, or checking whether a routing station is meeting its rate. 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

  • Required routing labor time: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base routing labor time: 10 hr
  • Routing labor allowance applied: 12 %
  • Routing labor completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.