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

Small Batch Premium with small-batch quoted price of 20,500 $: a worked example

What does the result look like when small-batch quoted price reaches 20,500 $? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. pricing low-volume runs, samples, spares, or customer-specific batches that disrupt normal shop flow

The inputs for this scenario

  • Small-batch quoted price: 20,500 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 8,200)
  • Standard-lot equivalent price: 6,700 $ (unchanged)
  • Standard-lot price basis: 6,700 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (small-batch premium dollars = small-batch quoted price - standard-lot equivalent price) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 206 % for small-batch premium, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 13,800 value for small-batch premium dollars.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 20,500 value for small-batch quoted price.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6,700 value for standard-lot equivalent price.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where small-batch quoted price sits at 8,200 $ and the headline result is 22.39 %, this scenario comes in 820% above the baseline at 206 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when small-batch quoted price is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It measures the price gap, not the cost gap; a high premium isn't automatically fair unless your underlying setup and handling costs actually justify it.

Results at a glance

  • small-batch premium: 206 % (headline result)
  • small-batch premium dollars: 13,800 value
  • small-batch quoted price: 20,500 value
  • standard-lot equivalent price: 6,700 value

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Small Batch Premium calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.