Electronics Manufacturing worked example

ESD Control Cost Per Unit with esd control program cost of 24,000 $: a worked example

Push esd control program cost up to 24,000 $ and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. an operations manager needs to allocate ESD control cost into assembly pricing

The inputs for this scenario

  • ESD control program cost: 24,000 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 9,600)
  • Protected assemblies or units: 48,000 units (unchanged)
  • Allocation factor: 1 x (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Unadjusted ESD cost per unit = ESD control program cost รท protected assemblies or units) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.5 $ / unit for esd control cost per unit, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.5 $ / unit for unadjusted esd cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1 x for allocation factor.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 48,000 units for protected units.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where esd control program cost sits at 9,600 $ and the headline result is 0.2 $ / unit, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 0.5 $ / unit.
  • It divides total ESD control program cost by the number of protected assemblies, then scales by an allocation factor to give cost per unit. 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

  • ESD control cost per unit: 0.5 $ / unit (headline result)
  • Unadjusted ESD cost per unit: 0.5 $ / unit
  • Allocation factor: 1 x
  • Protected units: 48,000 units

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live ESD Control Cost Per Unit calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.