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Business Process Efficiency Calculator
Measure Lean efficiency and spot waste in any process.
Inputs
Result
Process efficiency
10.0%
Lean target: 25%+
Error rate
2.0%
Waste time
36.0 hrs
About this tool
Enter value-add time, total cycle time, errors and output — get process efficiency %, error rate and waste hours. Based on Lean/Six Sigma principles.
What it does
- •Process efficiency %
- •Error rate %
- •Waste hours
- •Lean benchmarks
Use cases
- ★Ops audits
- ★Lean transformations
- ★Continuous improvement
FAQ
What's a good efficiency?
Lean-mature orgs hit 25%+; most start at 5–10%. Above 40% is world-class.
What counts as value-add?
Time the customer would pay for. Everything else — waiting, handoffs, rework — is waste.