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Productivity Loss

The productivity loss calculator will produce the lost income potential to a custom operator because of waiting for moisture to be tested. It will also calculate a cost of labor while waiting for moisture to be tested.

Machine productivity

Number of tons/hr

Number of harvesters

Amount of time to test moisture (minutes)

If moisture is checked more than once per day, provide the total number of minutes per day the harvesters are stopped while waiting for moisture indication.

Labor Paid while waiting on moisture testing

Number of employees

e.g. SPFH driver, scale operations, packing tractor drivers, bag operator, truck drivers, etc.

Hourly wage

Price per ton for harvesting

Days of harvesting per year

Results*
Number of harvesting tons lost due to moisture testing time (daily)
Income lost due to moisture testing time (daily)
Annual income potential lost due to moisture testing time		Based on the amount of time the harvesters are stopped waiting for moisture testing to be completed.

Annual labor cost of waiting for moisture testing		Based on hourly wage paid to employees while waiting for moisture testing to be completed.

*These are estimates only based on numbers provided, not actual results.