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

Quote Accuracy Score at 65% target quote accuracy rate: a worked example in contract manufacturing, job shop quoting & make-to-order

Suppose target quote accuracy rate falls to 65%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Measure how often quoted jobs stay within expected cost or margin tolerance.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Jobs that landed within cost or margin tolerance: 84 quotes (held at the documented default)
  • Closed quoted jobs reviewed in the period: 105 jobs (held at the documented default)
  • Target quote accuracy rate: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: quote accuracy rate = quotes within cost or margin tolerance ÷ closed quoted jobs reviewed × 100.
  • quote accuracy rate works out to 80 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • quote accuracy gap to target works out to -15 points at these inputs.
  • quotes within cost or margin tolerance works out to 84 count at these inputs.
  • closed quoted jobs reviewed works out to 105 count at these inputs.

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 %.
  • It calculates the percentage of reviewed closed jobs whose actual cost or margin fell within tolerance of the quote, then compares that rate to your target. 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

  • quote accuracy rate: 80 % (headline result)
  • quote accuracy gap to target: -15 points
  • quotes within cost or margin tolerance: 84 count
  • closed quoted jobs reviewed: 105 count

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Quote Accuracy Score calculator, set target quote accuracy rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.