Signage, Displays & Architectural Graphics worked example

Rush Order Premium at 99% rush run efficiency vs. standard pace: a worked example

Push rush run efficiency vs. standard pace up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when rush order premium in signage, displays and architectural graphics is being committed and you need a throughput number you can defend.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Rush graphics panels completed: 1,200 units (unchanged)
  • Production hours on the rush run: 8 hr (unchanged)
  • Rush run efficiency vs. standard pace: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Raw rush order premium = completed output รท runtime) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 149 units for effective throughput, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 150 units for raw throughput.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 99 % for efficiency.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 hr for runtime.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where rush run efficiency vs. standard pace sits at 90% and the headline result is 135 units, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 149 units.
  • It divides completed panels by production hours to get raw throughput per hour, then multiplies by an efficiency factor to get the realistic effective throughput. 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

  • Effective throughput: 149 units (headline result)
  • Raw throughput: 150 units
  • Efficiency: 99 %
  • Runtime: 8 hr

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.