Instrument Capacity: Throughput, Peak Utilisation & When a Second Analyser Is Needed
This lesson is part of the course
In this lesson
You compare a fictional analyser's hourly demand with its usable throughput, measure the utilisation per hour and at the peak, count the hours above an alert level and use ROUNDUP to see how many analysers next year's peak needs.
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Lessons in this course
- Test Volumes: Samples by Department, Weekday & Hour and the Peak Locked
- Cost per Reportable Result: Reagents, Controls, Calibrators & Labour Locked
- Batch vs Continuous Runs: Controls per Run, Cost per Result & Waiting Time Locked
- Instrument Capacity: Throughput, Peak Utilisation & When a Second Analyser Is Needed Locked
- Turnaround Times: Receipt to Result, Median, p90 & the Late Share Locked
- Staffing per Shift: Workload Minutes, Staff Needed & Cost per Test Locked
- Send-Out vs In-House: Cost per Test, Break-Even Volume & a Volume Table Locked
- Test Menu Profitability: Margin per Test, Ranking, Loss Makers & a Chart Locked