Appliance Electronics & Control Boards worked example

Appliance Control Board Scrap Cost Calculator at 110% scrap cost captured in estimate: a worked example

Push scrap cost captured in estimate up to 110% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a quality or finance team needs to estimate control board scrap cost for a lot, shift, or warranty disposition period

The inputs for this scenario

  • Control boards scrapped: 135 boards (unchanged)
  • Cost per scrapped board: 22.4 $ / board (unchanged)
  • Scrap cost captured in estimate: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Fixed disposition or failure analysis cost: 500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable scrap cost = control boards scrapped × cost per scrapped board × scrap cost captured in estimate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,826 $ for total control board scrap cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 28.34 $ / board for cost per scrapped board.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,326 $ for variable scrap cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 500 $ for fixed disposition or failure analysis cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where scrap cost captured in estimate sits at 100% and the headline result is 3,524 $, this scenario comes in 8.58% above the baseline at 3,826 $.
  • It computes total control board scrap cost from boards scrapped, the loaded cost per board, the share of cost captured, plus fixed disposition or failure-analysis cost. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total control board scrap cost: 3,826 $ (headline result)
  • Cost per scrapped board: 28.34 $ / board
  • Variable scrap cost: 3,326 $
  • Fixed disposition or failure analysis cost: 500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Appliance Control Board Scrap Cost Calculator calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.