Packaging MOQ Cost Calculator
Translate a packaging supplier’s minimum order quantity into cash commitment, film area, approximate pack quantity and inventory coverage. Compare that commitment with the quantity you actually intended to buy.
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Replace the example values with figures from your supplier sheet or measurements. Choose the unit beside each value. Results update as you type; fix any highlighted field before using the result.
GSM means grams per square metre. Net weight excludes the core and other packaging. MOQ means the minimum order quantity. An optional field can stay blank unless the result you need depends on it.
Prices keep the selected currency; changing its label does not convert an exchange rate. Save or export the result after checking your inputs.
Help with moq basis
MOQ means minimum order quantity: the smallest quantity the supplier will sell at this price. Confirm the unit on the quote.
Help with minimum order quantity
Enter the usable quantity you actually need. Waste, pack rounding or minimum order effects are added separately where required.
Label only. No exchange-rate conversion.
Help with intended order quantity
Enter the usable quantity you actually need. Waste, pack rounding or minimum order effects are added separately where required.
Help with web width
Measure the full width of the flat material from edge to edge, rather than the width of one finished pack. Choose the matching unit.
Use actual supplier or measured GSM when available.
Help with film gsm
GSM is the weight of one square metre of material, in grams. Find it on the supplier specification; use the complete laminate value for layered film.
Cash required to meet MOQ
Annual usage and intended order must use the selected MOQ basis.
Approximate packs exclude process waste, startup losses and additional pouch features.
MOQ cash = MOQ × price; months of inventory = MOQ ÷ annual usage × 12
1,000 × 3 = 3,000; 1,000 ÷ 6,000 × 12 = 2 monthsSaved calculations stay in this browser. No account or cloud backup is created.
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Calculated from your inputs. Confirm specifications with your supplier.
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Vary one input and inspect cash required to meet moq
All other entered inputs stay fixed. Ranges are your scenarios, not statistical confidence or supplier performance predictions. This uses the same validated calculator engine.
The formula, made clear.
A minimum order can make an attractive unit price expensive in cash and storage terms. The calculator values the MOQ on its entered basis and converts it into production units when the film layout is known. Months of inventory is a simple consumption ratio: it assumes demand is spread evenly across the year. Excess quantity measures how much the supplier minimum exceeds the intended order; it is not a forecast of obsolete stock.
How to use this calculator
- 01
Enter the supplier minimum and price on the same quantity basis.
- 02
Add GSM and web-layout information to estimate area and finished-unit coverage.
- 03
Enter intended order quantity and annual usage on the stated basis to assess excess material and stock duration.
A calculation you can check
The example evaluates whether a supplier’s minimum material order matches a buyer’s immediate need and annual consumption plan.
- Minimum order quantity
- 1000 selected basis
- Price per selected unit
- 3 EUR
- Annual usage on the same basis
- 6000 selected basis
- Intended order quantity
- 750 selected basis
- Web width
- 800 mm
- Print / pack repeat
- 250 mm
- Lanes across the web
- 2 lanes
- Film GSM
- 80 g/m²
1,000 × 3 = 3,000; 1,000 ÷ 6,000 × 12 = 2 monthsCheck the displayed formula and units against your quotation. Use measured GSM, net weight and actual layout dimensions where available. Default densities are planning assumptions, not certified material properties. Calculated cost does not certify strength, compatibility or safe loading.
Method, units and material assumptions ↗