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What would a process improvement free up?
Connect output, labor hours, and a proposed hours reduction.
Example scenario
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- Annual units delivered
- 100,000
- Annual direct labor hours
- 50,000 hours
- Fully loaded labor cost / hour
- $35
- Proposed hours reduction
- 10 %
Annual capacity released
Example result only, not a forecast or promise.
- Hours released / month
- 416.7
- Theoretical annual labor value
- $175,000
- Modeled units / labor hour
- 2.2
What to do with this result
Pilot the workflow change on one team and measure output, quality, overtime, and sustainable staffing requirements.
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Calculation method
Hours released = hours × reduction. Theoretical labor value = released hours × loaded hourly cost.
Assumptions and limitations
- Output and quality are held constant.
- Freed capacity is not cash savings unless spending is actually removed or capacity is productively redeployed.