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

Quote Accuracy Score at 99% target quote accuracy rate: a worked example in contract manufacturing, job shop quoting & make-to-order

What does the result look like when target quote accuracy rate reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. reviewing estimator performance, routing standards, and closed-job variance

The inputs for this scenario

  • Jobs that landed within cost or margin tolerance: 84 quotes (unchanged)
  • Closed quoted jobs reviewed in the period: 105 jobs (unchanged)
  • Target quote accuracy rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (quote accuracy rate = quotes within cost or margin tolerance ÷ closed quoted jobs reviewed × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 80 % for quote accuracy rate, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19 points for quote accuracy gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 84 count for quotes within cost or margin tolerance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 105 count for closed quoted jobs reviewed.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target quote accuracy rate sits at 90% and the headline result is 80 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 80 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when target quote accuracy rate is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It treats every job equally, so a shop with a high count but most misses on its largest jobs can show a healthy rate while losing real money; weight by job value for a dollar-true picture.

Results at a glance

  • quote accuracy rate: 80 % (headline result)
  • quote accuracy gap to target: 19 points
  • quotes within cost or margin tolerance: 84 count
  • closed quoted jobs reviewed: 105 count

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.