Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example
Service Bureau Margin with customer quote price of 10,500 $: a worked example
This scenario runs the service bureau margin calculation on the strong side: customer quote price of 10,500 $, with every other input held at its documented default. a quoting manager needs to confirm a 3D printing quote meets the shop margin target
The inputs for this scenario
- Customer quote price: 10,500 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 4,200)
- Estimated job cost: 2,850 $ (unchanged)
- Gross margin price basis: 4,200 $ (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Margin dollars = customer quote price - estimated job cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 182 % for service bureau gross margin, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 7,650 $ for margin dollars.
- At this operating point the engine returns 10,500 $ for customer quote price.
- At this operating point the engine returns 2,850 $ for estimated job cost.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where customer quote price sits at 4,200 $ and the headline result is 32.14 %, this scenario comes in 467% above the baseline at 182 %.
- Use it during quoting to confirm each order clears your floor margin before you send the price, and again at job close-out to compare quoted versus realized margin. 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
- Service bureau gross margin: 182 % (headline result)
- Margin dollars: 7,650 $
- Customer quote price: 10,500 $
- Estimated job cost: 2,850 $
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Service Bureau Margin calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.