Processing Time per Linear Foot Estimator (MPLP)

Budget MPLP processing workload by measured series extents, caller complexity rates and explicit setup overhead; no universal hours-per-foot or description-quality guarantee.

Description

More Product, Less Process workload budgeting uses explicit processing rates and setup overhead rather than assuming every series costs the same per foot.

More Product, Less Process workload budgeting uses explicit processing rates and setup overhead rather than assuming every series costs the same per foot. Staff-day conversion depends on productive hours rather than calendar duration.^[1]

Budget MPLP processing workload by measured series extents, caller complexity rates and explicit setup overhead; no universal hours-per-foot or description-quality guarantee.

When to use Processing Time per Linear Foot Estimator (MPLP)

Use this tool to budget MPLP processing workload by measured series extents, caller complexity rates and explicit setup overhead; no universal hours-per-foot or description-quality guarantee.

Prepare the inventory, measurements or policy dates for the collection and reporting period. Confirm units, record order and any independently established thresholds or permissions.

How to use Processing Time per Linear Foot Estimator (MPLP) and understand its results

Prepare the inventory, measurements or policy dates for the collection and reporting period. Confirm units, record order and any independently established thresholds or permissions.
Enter unprocessedExtentsLinearFeetBySeries, callerProcessingHoursPerFoot, requiredFixedSeriesSetupHours, availableProductiveHoursPerStaffDay using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read modeledSeriesProcessingHours, totalModeledProcessingHours, wholeStaffDaysBudget. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
unprocessedExtentsLinearFeetBySeries	Unprocessed extents linear feet by series	list of number	Required
callerProcessingHoursPerFoot	Caller processing hours per foot	list of number	Required
requiredFixedSeriesSetupHours	Required fixed series setup hours	list of number	Required
availableProductiveHoursPerStaffDay	Available productive hours per staff day	number	Required

Pair nonnegative unprocessed linear-foot extents with nonnegative processing rates and setup hours, and enter positive productive hours per staff day. Return per-series hours, total hours and rounded-up whole staff days. Setup is charged for each supplied series, including one with zero extent.

Paired lists must be nonempty and have equal lengths.

seriesHours_i = extent_i × hoursPerFoot_i + setup_i; staffDays = ceil(Σ hours/productiveHoursPerDay)

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
modeledSeriesProcessingHours	Modeled series processing hours	list of number
totalModeledProcessingHours	Total modeled processing hours	number
wholeStaffDaysBudget	Whole staff days budget	number

json

{
  "input": {
    "unprocessedExtentsLinearFeetBySeries": [
      10,
      20
    ],
    "callerProcessingHoursPerFoot": [
      1,
      2
    ],
    "requiredFixedSeriesSetupHours": [
      2,
      3
    ],
    "availableProductiveHoursPerStaffDay": 5
  },
  "output": {
    "modeledSeriesProcessingHours": [
      12,
      43
    ],
    "totalModeledProcessingHours": 55,
    "wholeStaffDaysBudget": 11
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

Rates and scope are supplied estimates. The tool does not impose a universal MPLP rate, guarantee description quality or schedule staff on a calendar.

Numeric inputs must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Numeric lists are limited to 100,000 entries; the rules above may require smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use More Product Less Process Backlog Reduction Percent Calculator: Reconcile backlog stock with new accessions, completed processing and separately removed scope, retaining signed net growth; scope removal is not counted as processing. For a complementary task, use Scan-on-Demand Turnaround Business Days Estimator: Schedule caller FIFO scan demand including known queued pages on actual productive-day calendar, without assuming weekends/holidays or guaranteed turnaround.

References

Processing Time per Linear Foot Estimator (MPLP) — tool.io

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