Configure-to-Order & Product Configuration worked example

CTO Schedule Impact at 110% share of impact scope included: a worked example

What does the result look like when share of impact scope included reaches 110%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. evaluating the cost of configuration-driven schedule disruption

The inputs for this scenario

  • Configuration-driven delay events on the job: 18 events (unchanged)
  • Schedule impact cost per delay event: 1,250 $ / event (unchanged)
  • Share of impact scope included: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Fixed recovery and communication cost: 1,600 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable cto schedule impact = configuration-driven delay events × schedule impact cost per event × schedule impact scope included) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 26,350 $ for total cto schedule impact, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,464 $ / piece for cto schedule impact per configured unit or quote.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 24,750 $ for variable cto schedule impact.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,600 $ for fixed recovery and communication cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where share of impact scope included sits at 100% and the headline result is 24,100 $, this scenario comes in 9.34% above the baseline at 26,350 $.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when share of impact scope included is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. Cost-per-event is an estimate of downstream impact; if it omits second-order effects like lost future orders, the total understates true damage.

Results at a glance

  • total cto schedule impact: 26,350 $ (headline result)
  • cto schedule impact per configured unit or quote: 1,464 $ / piece
  • variable cto schedule impact: 24,750 $
  • fixed recovery and communication cost: 1,600 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live CTO Schedule Impact calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.