Space Payload & Avionics Manufacturing worked example

Supplier Screening Cost at 86% share requiring full upscreen: a worked example in space payload & avionics manufacturing

What does the result look like when share requiring full upscreen reaches 86%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. A supply chain engineer pricing the burn-in and DPA screening needed to take commercial parts to flight grade.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Part Numbers Screened: 25 part numbers (unchanged)
  • Screening Cost per Part Number: 950 $/part number (unchanged)
  • Share Requiring Full Upscreen: 86 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 75)
  • Source Qualification Fee: 5,500 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total cost = part numbers x screening cost per part number x share needing full upscreen + qualification fee) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 25,925 $ for total supplier screening cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,037 $ / piece for supplier screening cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 20,425 $ for variable supplier screening cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 5,500 $ for fixed supplier screening cost adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where share requiring full upscreen sits at 75% and the headline result is 23,313 $, this scenario comes in 11.21% above the baseline at 25,925 $.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when share requiring full upscreen is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It blends all part numbers at one average screening cost; a single complex ASIC upscreen can dwarf the mean and should be estimated on its own.

Results at a glance

  • Total supplier screening cost: 25,925 $ (headline result)
  • Supplier screening cost per unit: 1,037 $ / piece
  • Variable supplier screening cost: 20,425 $
  • Fixed supplier screening cost adder: 5,500 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.