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

Expedite Premium with expedited quote price of 7,300 $: a worked example

Suppose expedited quote price falls to 7,300 $. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Calculate the premium needed for a rush or expedited customer order.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Expedited quote price: 7,300 $ (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 14,600)
  • Standard lead-time quote price: 12,100 $ (held at the documented default)
  • Standard lead-time price basis: 12,100 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: expedite premium dollars = expedited quote price - standard lead-time quote price.
  • expedite premium works out to -39.67 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • expedite premium dollars works out to -4,800 value at these inputs.
  • expedited quote price works out to 7,300 value at these inputs.
  • standard lead-time quote price works out to 12,100 value at these inputs.

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 292% below the baseline at -39.67 %.
  • It computes the expedite premium as the dollar difference between the rush quote and the standard lead-time quote, divided by the standard lead-time price basis. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • expedite premium: -39.67 % (headline result)
  • expedite premium dollars: -4,800 value
  • expedited quote price: 7,300 value
  • standard lead-time quote price: 12,100 value

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Expedite Premium calculator, set expedited quote price to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.