MedTech Manufacturing worked example

IQ OQ PQ Cost with installation qualification cost of 30,000 $: a worked example

Push installation qualification cost up to 30,000 $ and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use this when budgeting capital equipment installations, estimating total validation project cost, or comparing qualification approaches for new equipment.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Installation Qualification (IQ) cost: 30,000 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 12,000)
  • Operational Qualification (OQ) cost: 18,000 $ (unchanged)
  • Performance Qualification (PQ) cost: 25,000 $ (unchanged)
  • Documentation and project management: 8,000 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total IQ/OQ/PQ cost = IQ cost + OQ cost + PQ cost + documentation and project management) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 81,000 $ for total qualification cost (iq+oq+pq+docs), the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 30,000 $ for element 1.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18,000 $ for element 2.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 33,000 $ for element 3 + 4.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where installation qualification cost sits at 12,000 $ and the headline result is 63,000 $, this scenario comes in 28.57% above the baseline at 81,000 $.
  • It sums IQ, OQ, PQ, and documentation/project-management spend into one total validation cost for a piece of equipment or process. 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 qualification cost (IQ+OQ+PQ+Docs): 81,000 $ (headline result)
  • Element 1: 30,000 $
  • Element 2: 18,000 $
  • Element 3 + 4: 33,000 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.