Contract Manufacturing, Job Shop Quoting & Make-to-Order worked example
Quote Review Workload at 98% quoting team utilization target: a worked example
Push quoting team utilization target up to 98% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. deciding whether the quoting queue needs triage, overtime, extra engineering help, or no-bid filters
The inputs for this scenario
- RFQ review workload demand: 96 hr (unchanged)
- Available quoting review capacity: 80 hr (unchanged)
- Quoting team utilization target: 98 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 85)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (required quoting review capacity = rfq review workload demand รท quoting team utilization target) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 7,680 hr for total load, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 78.37 hr / hr for hourly equivalent.
- At this operating point the engine returns 96 hr for input load.
- At this operating point the engine returns 80 x for load factor.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where quoting team utilization target sits at 85% and the headline result is 7,680 hr, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 7,680 hr.
- It divides RFQ review demand by a utilization target to get the required quoting capacity, then subtracts available capacity to expose the staffing gap. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.
Results at a glance
- Total load: 7,680 hr (headline result)
- Hourly equivalent: 78.37 hr / hr
- Input load: 96 hr
- Load factor: 80 x
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Quote Review Workload calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.