Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example

Build Failure Exposure at 57% failure cost recovered in quote: a worked example

This scenario runs the build failure exposure calculation on the strong side: 57% failure cost recovered in quote, with every other input held at its documented default. a quoting manager needs to price failure risk for a difficult material, geometry, or rush order

The inputs for this scenario

  • Expected failed builds per job: 2 failures (unchanged)
  • Cost per scrapped build: 640 $ / failure (unchanged)
  • Failure cost recovered in quote: 57 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 50)
  • Recovery and remake overhead: 180 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Captured failure exposure = expected failures × cost per failure × quoted exposure) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 910 $ for build failure exposure, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 455 $ / failure for cost per failure.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 730 $ for captured failure exposure.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 180 $ for recovery/remake overhead.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where failure cost recovered in quote sits at 50% and the headline result is 820 $, this scenario comes in 10.93% above the baseline at 910 $.
  • Use it when quoting a multi-part build or a recurring production contract on a machine with a known historical failure rate, so the price reflects real scrap risk. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Build failure exposure: 910 $ (headline result)
  • Cost per failure: 455 $ / failure
  • Captured failure exposure: 730 $
  • Recovery/remake overhead: 180 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Build Failure Exposure calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.