Manufacturing Sales Engineering, Estimating & Quoting Operations worked example

No-Bid Threshold at 7.2% setup, handling, and delay allowance: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop setup, handling, and delay allowance to 7.2%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate no-bid threshold for manufacturing sales engineering, estimating and quoting operations using production-ready inputs so teams can plan labor hours, schedule the work, or check whether the job fits the available shift time.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quotes to clear in the period: 120 units (held at the documented default)
  • Estimating throughput rate: 12 units / min (held at the documented default)
  • Setup, handling, and delay allowance: 7.2 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 10)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base no-bid threshold time = no-bid threshold workload รท no-bid threshold completion rate.
  • Required no-bid threshold time works out to 10.72 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base no-bid threshold time works out to 10 hr at these inputs.
  • No-bid threshold allowance applied works out to 7.2 % at these inputs.
  • No-bid threshold completion rate works out to 12 pieces / min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, handling, and delay allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 2.55% below the baseline at 10.72 hr.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to setup, handling, and delay allowance, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It models throughput as a steady rate; in reality complex RFQs vary widely, so use it for queue-level planning, not single-quote promises.

Results at a glance

  • Required no-bid threshold time: 10.72 hr (headline result)
  • Base no-bid threshold time: 10 hr
  • No-bid threshold allowance applied: 7.2 %
  • No-bid threshold completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live No-Bid Threshold calculator, set setup, handling, and delay allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.