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Free Sales Tool — Hardware OEM

How much revenue is your commercial process leaving on the table?

Hardware OEM companies invest heavily in product development, application engineering, and technical support. When deals are lost commercially — not technically — that investment is written off. This calculator makes that cost visible.

Calibrated for photonics, precision optics, semiconductor equipment, machine vision, and industrial deep-tech markets. Adjust the inputs to match your business and read the numbers on the right.

Your Business Parameters
Adjust each slider. Results update in real time.
Deals & Pipeline
OEM evaluations entered per year 15
From first substantive technical contact to evaluation conclusion
Average production PO value (CHF) 320,000
First series production order value (not NRE / samples)
Current win rate in competitive evaluations 24%
% of evaluations converting to a production PO
Avg. evaluation-to-PO cycle (months) 30
From evaluation start to first production purchase order
R&D & Application Engineering
Eng. hours invested per lost evaluation 140
Samples, application testing, demo preparation, travel, documentation
Engineering cost per hour (CHF) 175
Fully loaded cost: salary + overhead + benefits
Evaluations lost commercially, not technically 50%
Product passed technical eval but deal stalled — procurement, stakeholder, approval
Production Throughput
Monthly production revenue per active customer (CHF) 22,000
Average monthly revenue from an established OEM production relationship
Win rate improvement potential +7%
Conservative estimate from better stakeholder navigation & commercial process
Cycle time reduction potential -18%
From earlier market entry and stronger internal business case support
Stalled Pipeline Cost
Deals currently stalled at commercial stage 4
Technically approved but stuck in procurement, approval, or commercial negotiation
Avg. months stalled before resolution or loss 8
How long deals sit without progressing commercially
Annual Value at Stake
Additional revenue from improved win rate
CHF 0
R&D & engineering cost recovered
CHF 0
Revenue unlocked by faster cycles
CHF 0
Revenue lost to stalled pipeline
CHF 0
Total annual value
CHF 0
5-year: commercial improvement vs. cost of inaction
Key metrics
Production POs won / year (current)
Production POs won / year (improved)
Months saved per evaluation cycle
Engineering hours written off per year
Engineering hours recoverable
5-year cumulative value

The numbers are specific.
The problem is structural.

Hardware OEM companies don't lose evaluations because their products aren't good enough. They lose them because the commercial process — stakeholder navigation, champion development, procurement management, internal business case — wasn't built for the complexity of the OEM buying committee. That's exactly what the OEM Sales Mastery course addresses.