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I have a formula that figures out the hundred weight of a warehosue.
Throughput / Hours / 100 = CWT When I use the numbers it comes out to this: 5544654 / 1810 / 100 = 30.64 CWT Now my problem is that I am trying to figure out a formula that will take a goal CWT and figure out teh hours needed to hit it, whether we need to cut labor. So this is what i put in the cell: Throughput * 100 * CWT = hours When i do this I get a weird number, lets use a goal of 34.2CWT. 5544654 * 34.2 * 100 = 18962714970 Obvious this is incorrect, as 1810 hours results in a CWT of 30.64. Can anyone think of a correct formula to figure out my dilemma? |
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Hi,
This is exactly what the Tools Goal Seek function does. Please read up on it in Excel's Help menu -- Regards, Ashish Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "kejak28" wrote in message ... I have a formula that figures out the hundred weight of a warehosue. Throughput / Hours / 100 = CWT When I use the numbers it comes out to this: 5544654 / 1810 / 100 = 30.64 CWT Now my problem is that I am trying to figure out a formula that will take a goal CWT and figure out teh hours needed to hit it, whether we need to cut labor. So this is what i put in the cell: Throughput * 100 * CWT = hours When i do this I get a weird number, lets use a goal of 34.2CWT. 5544654 * 34.2 * 100 = 18962714970 Obvious this is incorrect, as 1810 hours results in a CWT of 30.64. Can anyone think of a correct formula to figure out my dilemma? |
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Simple algebra. If:
CWT = Throughput / Hours / 100 then Hours = Throughput / CWT / 100 So: Hours = 5544654 / 34.2 / 100 = 1621.24 You have used * instead of /. Hope this helps. Pete On Nov 13, 12:26*pm, kejak28 wrote: I have a formula that figures out the hundred weight of a warehosue. Throughput / Hours / 100 = CWT When I use the numbers it comes out to this: 5544654 / 1810 / 100 = 30.64 CWT Now my problem is that I am trying to figure out a formula that will take a goal CWT and figure out teh hours needed to hit it, whether we need to cut labor. So this is what i put in the cell: Throughput * 100 * CWT = hours When i do this I get a weird number, lets use a goal of 34.2CWT. 5544654 * 34.2 * 100 = 18962714970 Obvious this is incorrect, as 1810 hours results in a CWT of 30.64. Can anyone think of a correct formula to figure out my dilemma? |
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To solve you equasion for hours it becomes
throughput/cwt/100 =5544657/30.64/100 = 1809.613 Mike "kejak28" wrote: I have a formula that figures out the hundred weight of a warehosue. Throughput / Hours / 100 = CWT When I use the numbers it comes out to this: 5544654 / 1810 / 100 = 30.64 CWT Now my problem is that I am trying to figure out a formula that will take a goal CWT and figure out teh hours needed to hit it, whether we need to cut labor. So this is what i put in the cell: Throughput * 100 * CWT = hours When i do this I get a weird number, lets use a goal of 34.2CWT. 5544654 * 34.2 * 100 = 18962714970 Obvious this is incorrect, as 1810 hours results in a CWT of 30.64. Can anyone think of a correct formula to figure out my dilemma? |
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