Process Skids, Modular Equipment & Packaged Plants worked example

Panel Integration Cost at 92% billable integration factor: a worked example

Push billable integration factor up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when panel integration cost in process skids, modular equipment and packaged plants is being put through a process skids, modular equipment and packaged plants weighted-cost review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Instrument panels integrated: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Integration labor rate per panel: 45 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Billable integration factor: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Panel setup and materials cost: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Panel Integration Cost cost = quantity × rate × capture factor + fixed cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for weighted cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for per piece value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for captured value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed adjustment.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where billable integration factor sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
  • It computes total integration cost as panels x rate x billable factor plus a fixed setup cost, then divides by panel count for a per-panel figure. 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

  • Weighted cost: 4,390 $ (headline result)
  • Per piece value: 43.9 $ / piece
  • Captured value: 4,140 $
  • Fixed adjustment: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.