QuotedPartCalculators · Updated 2026-10-30
Make a small order pay for opening the job
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An example hour of administration at $45, half an hour of unrecovered setup at $95 and $10 of other order cost totals $102.50. Recovering that at 25% gross margin needs $136.67. This is a job-opening floor; extra production and material still need to be priced.
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Minimum order from job-opening work
This is a minimum administration/setup floor, not an all-in part quote. Do not add setup here if the normal routing already recovers it in the order cost used for the final minimum comparison.
| Measure | Amount |
|---|---|
| Job-opening cost | $102.50 |
| Order value to cover it at target margin | $136.67 |
| Gross dollars above this cost | $34.17 |
Count the work a tiny order still creates
A short part can require a quote, revision check, PO entry, material purchase, traveler, packing record and invoice. Enter the minutes your process consumes, with a cost rate appropriate to the people doing that work. The default hour is split into 25 minutes quoting, 15 minutes PO handling and twenty minutes closing the job. It is an example workload, not a measured industry average. Add an unavoidable transaction or packaging expense as a dollar input when it is not already included in the rate.
Avoid recovering setup twice
The setup field means setup that your normal part price has not recovered. If the routing already includes full setup at each quoted quantity, enter zero here when using the resulting floor to compare against that full routing price. Otherwise a minimum intended to cover administration quietly becomes a second setup charge. Decide whether the floor applies per order, per line or per release, and document that basis. A ten-line PO has different work from one line even when both share one customer acknowledgment.
State the policy without arguing about cycle time
Customer wording can be simple: Minimum order value for this release is [amount], covering order processing and production preparation. Pricing assumes [quantity/revision] in one release. A buyer can then decide whether to combine releases or order more pieces. Do not represent the illustrated floor as sufficient for every prototype; difficult stock, tooling or outside processing may require a much higher price. Review several completed small jobs and their actual administrative time before making the policy permanent. The margin input is a planning choice and does not predict the company’s net income.
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