Contract Manufacturing, Job Shop Quoting & Make-to-Order worked example

Expedite Premium with expedited quote price of 36,500 $: a worked example

What does the result look like when expedited quote price reaches 36,500 $? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. quoting orders that must jump the queue or ship faster than normal lead time

The inputs for this scenario

  • Expedited quote price: 36,500 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 14,600)
  • Standard lead-time quote price: 12,100 $ (unchanged)
  • Standard lead-time price basis: 12,100 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (expedite premium dollars = expedited quote price - standard lead-time quote price) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 202 % for expedite premium, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 24,400 value for expedite premium dollars.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 36,500 value for expedited quote price.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12,100 value for standard lead-time quote price.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expedited quote price sits at 14,600 $ and the headline result is 20.66 %, this scenario comes in 876% above the baseline at 202 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when expedited quote price is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It quantifies the price uplift, not the internal disruption cost; a premium that looks healthy can still lose money if expediting forces overtime and bumps higher-margin work.

Results at a glance

  • expedite premium: 202 % (headline result)
  • expedite premium dollars: 24,400 value
  • expedited quote price: 36,500 value
  • standard lead-time quote price: 12,100 value

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.