Tooling, Fixtures, Dies & Mold Economics worked example

Fixture Payback with fixture design & build investment of 62,500 $: a worked example

Push fixture design & build investment up to 62,500 $ and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when fixture payback in tooling, fixtures, dies and mold economics is being put in front of a capital committee and the savings story needs to hold up.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Fixture design & build investment: 62,500 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 25,000)
  • Annual savings from the new fixture: 18,000 $ / yr (unchanged)
  • Annual fixture upkeep & support cost: 2,500 $ / yr (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Net annual fixture payback savings = annual fixture payback savings - annual fixture payback support cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4.03 yr for fixture payback payback period, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15,500 $ / yr for net annual fixture payback savings.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 62,500 $ for fixture payback investment.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15,000 $ for five-year net fixture payback value.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where fixture design & build investment sits at 25,000 $ and the headline result is 1.61 yr, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 4.03 yr.
  • It divides the fixture's up-front investment by its net annual savings (gross savings minus annual support cost) to return a payback period in years. 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

  • Fixture payback payback period: 4.03 yr (headline result)
  • Net annual fixture payback savings: 15,500 $ / yr
  • Fixture payback investment: 62,500 $
  • Five-year net fixture payback value: 15,000 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.