Fixture, Gauge & Workholding Management worked example

Fixture ROI with fixture project investment of 80,000 $: a worked example in fixture, gauge & workholding management

Push fixture project investment up to 80,000 $ and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when a tooling engineer or production manager needs to justify a machining fixture, checking fixture, pallet, tombstone, or dedicated nest before capital approval.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Fixture project investment: 80,000 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 32,000)
  • Annual fixture savings: 21,000 $ / yr (unchanged)
  • Annual fixture support cost: 3,500 $ / yr (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Net annual fixture ROI savings = annual fixture savings - annual fixture support cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4.57 yr for fixture roi payback period, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 17,500 $ / yr for net annual fixture roi savings.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 80,000 $ for fixture project investment.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7,500 $ for five-year net fixture roi value.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where fixture project investment sits at 32,000 $ and the headline result is 1.83 yr, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 4.57 yr.
  • It computes the payback period in years and the five-year net value of a fixture investment after subtracting annual support cost from annual savings. 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

  • Fixture ROI payback period: 4.57 yr (headline result)
  • Net annual fixture ROI savings: 17,500 $ / yr
  • Fixture project investment: 80,000 $
  • Five-year net fixture ROI value: 7,500 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.