Capacity planning tool

What could reusable time be worth?

Start with observed hours, a loaded labor-cost estimate and the share of that time you could actually reuse. This is a planning illustration, not a profit forecast.

Your assumptions

Use observed time, not a claimed saving.

Your labor-cost estimate, not the shop's retail billing rate.

From 0 to 100. Time only has capacity value if you can reuse it.

Illustrative capacity value

Per week

$0

Annualized over 52 weeks

$0

This is not cash profit, additional sales, guaranteed savings or a promise of labor-cost reduction. Demand, redeployment, delivery costs and implementation effort matter.

hours x loaded cost x (reusable share / 100)
annual illustration = weekly x 52

Keep timing and profit separate.

Faster billing changes timing; it does not automatically create new profit. Returned cores are not credits until the supplier confirms them. The calculator deliberately does not total uncertain parts differences as revenue.

Read the cash-timing guide

A practical first conversation

Start with the workflow that needs attention.

Tell Mike what your team is dealing with. We will confirm the fit and scope before you commit.

Discuss your shop