Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example

Build Failure Exposure at 36% failure cost recovered in quote: a worked example

Suppose failure cost recovered in quote falls to 36%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate quote risk from failed builds or rejected parts, including failure cost, expected exposure, and recovery charges.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Expected failed builds per job: 2 failures (held at the documented default)
  • Cost per scrapped build: 640 $ / failure (held at the documented default)
  • Failure cost recovered in quote: 36 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 50)
  • Recovery and remake overhead: 180 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Captured failure exposure = expected failures × cost per failure × quoted exposure.
  • Build failure exposure works out to 641 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Cost per failure works out to 320 $ / failure at these inputs.
  • Captured failure exposure works out to 461 $ at these inputs.
  • Recovery/remake overhead works out to 180 $ at these inputs.

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 21.85% below the baseline at 641 $.
  • It computes total dollar exposure from anticipated build failures by combining captured failure risk (expected failures times cost times quoted capture) with fixed recovery and remake overhead. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Build failure exposure: 641 $ (headline result)
  • Cost per failure: 320 $ / failure
  • Captured failure exposure: 461 $
  • Recovery/remake overhead: 180 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Build Failure Exposure calculator, set failure cost recovered in quote to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.