Aftermarket, Field Service & Service Parts worked example

Depot Repair Cost at 99% chargeable repair cost share: a worked example

What does the result look like when chargeable repair cost share reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a depot repair manager needs to estimate cost for a repair queue, product family, or customer program

The inputs for this scenario

  • Depot repair orders: 96 orders (unchanged)
  • Average depot repair cost: 740 $ / order (unchanged)
  • Chargeable repair cost share: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 87)
  • Fixed depot overhead: 11,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Chargeable depot repair cost = repair orders × average repair cost × chargeable share) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 81,830 $ depot repair cost for depot repair cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 852 $ / order for average depot repair cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 70,330 $ depot repair cost for chargeable depot repair cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11,500 $ for fixed depot overhead.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where chargeable repair cost share sits at 87% and the headline result is 73,305 $ depot repair cost, this scenario comes in 11.63% above the baseline at 81,830 $ depot repair cost.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when chargeable repair cost share is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes a single blended average cost per order, so a depot handling very different repair complexities will need to segment by product or repair tier for accurate quoting.

Results at a glance

  • Depot repair cost: 81,830 $ depot repair cost (headline result)
  • Average depot repair cost: 852 $ / order
  • Chargeable depot repair cost: 70,330 $ depot repair cost
  • Fixed depot overhead: 11,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Depot Repair Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.