Fiber Optic Cable & Photonic Interconnects worked example

Rework Cost at 110% captured rework exposure share: a worked example in fiber optic cable & photonic interconnects

Push captured rework exposure share up to 110% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when quantifying cleaning, repolish, resplice, connector replacement, polarity correction, retest, or cable assembly repair cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Fiber optic rework events: 36 events (unchanged)
  • Cost per optical rework event: 28 $ / event (unchanged)
  • Captured rework exposure share: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Fixed containment or quality cost: 450 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Rework cost = rework events × cost per event × captured exposure share + fixed containment cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,559 $ for total optical rework cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.3 $ / event for average cost per rework event.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,109 $ for variable captured rework cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 450 $ for fixed containment/quality cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where captured rework exposure share sits at 100% and the headline result is 1,458 $, this scenario comes in 6.91% above the baseline at 1,559 $.
  • It multiplies rework events by cost per event and your captured exposure share, adds fixed containment cost, and returns total and per-event rework cost. 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 optical rework cost: 1,559 $ (headline result)
  • Average cost per rework event: 43.3 $ / event
  • Variable captured rework cost: 1,109 $
  • Fixed containment/quality cost: 450 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.