Your inputs
Sales engineers -
Inquiries per month -
Annual inquiries (x 12) -
Capacity drop rate -
Average deal size -
Response time -
Unworked pipeline
Annual inquiries x drop rate -
x Your win rate -
x Average deal size -
= Unworked pipeline / year -
Deals lost to slow response
Inquiries that were worked -
x Your win rate -
x Win rate penalty (response time) -
x Average deal size -
= Lost to slow response / year -
Benchmarks & assumptions used
- Win rate - your input (default 20% based on HubSpot 2024 Sales Trends Report average B2B win rate; manufacturing configured-product deals typically range 10-35%)
- 30% capacity drop rate default - manufacturing industry average for unanswered or significantly delayed technical inquiries
- 35% win rate penalty at 3-5 days - industry research shows win probability drops 35%+ after 48 hours
- 55% win rate penalty at 1+ week - at this response time, the majority of buyers have already made a decision
- 10% win rate penalty at 1-2 days - marginal but measurable effect on competitive deals