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

Job Routing Cost at 110% routing scope included in quote: a worked example

What does the result look like when routing scope included in quote reaches 110%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. building costed routings for RFQs, work orders, and make-to-order production plans

The inputs for this scenario

  • Routing operations or quoted hours: 14 operations (unchanged)
  • Cost per routing operation: 185 $ / operation (unchanged)
  • Routing scope included in quote: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Fixed routing planning and setup cost: 750 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable job routing cost = routing operations or quoted hours × cost per routing operation × routing scope included in quote) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3,599 $ for total job routing cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 257 $ / piece for cost per routing operation.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,849 $ for variable job routing cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 750 $ for fixed routing planning and setup cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where routing scope included in quote sits at 100% and the headline result is 3,340 $, this scenario comes in 7.75% above the baseline at 3,599 $.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when routing scope included in quote is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. A flat cost per operation assumes operations are roughly comparable; a routing mixing a 30-second op with a multi-hour op needs operation-level rates rather than a single average.

Results at a glance

  • total job routing cost: 3,599 $ (headline result)
  • cost per routing operation: 257 $ / piece
  • variable job routing cost: 2,849 $
  • fixed routing planning and setup cost: 750 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.