Industrial Laundry, Uniform & Textile Rental Operations worked example
Delivery Route Cost at 110% service route scope: a worked example in industrial laundry, uniform & textile rental operations
Push service route scope up to 110% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Useful for route managers, finance managers, and service leaders costing uniform, linen, mat, towel, and mixed textile delivery routes.
The inputs for this scenario
- Route stops served: 185 stops (unchanged)
- Cost per route stop: 12.5 $ / stop (unchanged)
- Service route scope: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
- Fixed vehicle and route support cost: 950 $ (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Variable delivery route cost = route stops served × cost per route stop × service route scope) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 3,494 $ for total delivery route cost, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 18.89 $ / stop for cost per route stop served.
- At this operating point the engine returns 2,544 $ for variable delivery route cost.
- At this operating point the engine returns 950 $ for fixed vehicle and route support cost.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where service route scope sits at 100% and the headline result is 3,263 $, this scenario comes in 7.09% above the baseline at 3,494 $.
- It computes total delivery route cost by combining the variable per-stop cost across the served scope with fixed vehicle and route support overhead. 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 delivery route cost: 3,494 $ (headline result)
- Cost per route stop served: 18.89 $ / stop
- Variable delivery route cost: 2,544 $
- Fixed vehicle and route support cost: 950 $
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Delivery Route Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.