Production Capacity Calculator

Tell us about your shift pattern

Start with a profile, then adjust any figure.

The shift pattern

Machines or cells

Working the same part family.

Hours per day

hrs

Two shifts is 16.

Days per week

Including any weekend running.

Weeks per year

52 less shutdown and holidays.

The work

Cycle time

min / unit

Machine running, per good unit.

Units per batch ?Every batch costs one changeover, so batch size is a capacity decision. Halving it without touching setup time quietly removes capacity — change this figure and watch.

One changeover per batch.

Changeover per batch

min

Real work, so taken off before utilisation.

How much of that time you actually get

Current utilisation ?The share of remaining time the machine actually spends cutting. Most factories that have never measured it land between 50% and 65%. If you do not know, start at 60%. 62%

Breakdowns, waiting for material, waiting for a decision, running slow.

If utilisation reached 75%

Same machines, same people, fewer stops.

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