Signage, Displays & Architectural Graphics worked example

Rush Order Premium at 65% rush run efficiency vs. standard pace: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop rush run efficiency vs. standard pace to 65%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Rush Order Premium measures the real, efficiency-adjusted output rate of a rush signage or graphics run — how many panels per hour you actually produce when a job jumps the queue and the shop pushes pace.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Rush graphics panels completed: 1,200 units (held at the documented default)
  • Production hours on the rush run: 8 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Rush run efficiency vs. standard pace: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Raw rush order premium = completed output ÷ runtime.
  • Effective throughput works out to 97.5 units at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Raw throughput works out to 150 units at these inputs.
  • Efficiency works out to 65 % at these inputs.
  • Runtime works out to 8 hr at these inputs.

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 27.78% below the baseline at 97.5 units.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to rush run efficiency vs. standard pace, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. The single efficiency factor rolls up many losses — changeovers, breaks, quality holds — into one number, so it's only as accurate as your estimate of that factor.

Results at a glance

  • Effective throughput: 97.5 units (headline result)
  • Raw throughput: 150 units
  • Efficiency: 65 %
  • Runtime: 8 hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Rush Order Premium calculator, set rush run efficiency vs. standard pace to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.