Cost calculator
External finishing or your own idle time?
Calculate in 30 seconds what a job really costs in-house – and whether a network partner is the better choice.
Your numbers
All values are estimates. You can adjust them at any time.
Result
In-house production
€840.54
€1.681 per piece
External finishing
€905.00
€1.81 per piece
Extra cost with a partner
€64.46
- Production time
- 5 hrs
- Break-even quantity
- 889
From this quantity onwards in-house production is cheaper.
Recommendation: finish in-house and offer spare capacity for network jobs.
Value of your idle time
Unused capacity per year
€24,480.00
That much revenue potential sits idle every year – network jobs fill those gaps.
Plausibility check
All inputs look plausible.
Optimisation tips
- • In-house production is €64.46 cheaper – finish it yourself and offer spare capacity to the network.
- • Material accounts for 49% of in-house cost – joint purchasing via the network pays off.
- • The maths flips at 889 pieces. Negotiate volume pricing close to that threshold.
- • Your idle time is worth €24,480.00 per year – accept network jobs to fill it.
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How the calculator works
- • In-house cost = (setup + production time) × hourly rate + material × quantity, adjusted for the reject rate.
- • External cost = partner price × quantity + setup fee + logistics.
- • The idle-time value shows how much contribution margin unused machine hours cost per year (48 production weeks).