Configure-to-Order & Product Configuration worked example
Customer Option Cost at 72% share of option cost captured: a worked example
Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop share of option cost captured to 72%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate cost for customer-selected options, accessories, packages, or configurable features.
The inputs for this scenario
- Customer-selected option units: 165 option units (held at the documented default)
- Cost per selected option unit: 42 $ / option unit (held at the documented default)
- Share of option cost captured: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
- Fixed option setup and handling cost: 380 $ (held at the documented default)
Working through the calculation
- The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable customer option cost = customer-selected option units × cost per selected option unit × customer option scope included.
- total customer option cost works out to 5,370 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
- customer option cost per configured unit or quote works out to 32.54 $ / piece at these inputs.
- variable customer option cost works out to 4,990 $ at these inputs.
- fixed option setup and handling cost works out to 380 $ at these inputs.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where share of option cost captured sits at 100% and the headline result is 7,310 $, this scenario comes in 26.54% below the baseline at 5,370 $.
- The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to share of option cost captured, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. A single cost per option unit averages across options — mixing cheap and expensive options understates the true cost of the premium ones.
Results at a glance
- total customer option cost: 5,370 $ (headline result)
- customer option cost per configured unit or quote: 32.54 $ / piece
- variable customer option cost: 4,990 $
- fixed option setup and handling cost: 380 $
Run it with your numbers
- To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Customer Option Cost calculator, set share of option cost captured to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.