Packaging Right-Sizing Break-Even Calculator
Use actual quoted freight for each finished package and complete material cost including protection. A volume reduction does not prove a freight saving.
Use a saved product specification (optional)
Enter your values
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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 current freight per parcel
Enter the transport charge for the same shipment or order represented by the other fields. Use 0 only when the supplier has confirmed that freight is included.
Help with proposed freight per parcel
Enter the transport charge for the same shipment or order represented by the other fields. Use 0 only when the supplier has confirmed that freight is included.
Label only; no exchange-rate conversion.
Parcels to recover change cost
Break-even parcels = ceil(Change cost ÷ (Current scoped cost − Proposed scoped cost))
setup = 1000; a = 1.2; b = 1; fa = 4; fb = 3.8 → Parcels to recover change cost = 2500 parcels; Scoped recurring saving = 0.4 currency/parcelSaved 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 parcels to recover change cost
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.
Use actual quoted freight for each finished package and complete material cost including protection. A volume reduction does not prove a freight saving.
How to use this calculator
- 01
Confirm change and qualification cost, current complete material cost, proposed complete material cost, current freight per parcel, proposed freight per parcel.
- 02
Enter consistent units; zero means a confirmed absence of a charge or allowance.
- 03
Review the arithmetic, rounding and limitations before using the result in a purchasing decision.
A calculation you can check
EUR 0.40 combined saving recovers EUR 1,000 after 2,500 parcels.
- Change and qualification cost
- 1000 EUR
- Current complete material cost
- 1.2 EUR
- Proposed complete material cost
- 1 EUR
- Current freight per parcel
- 4 EUR
- Proposed freight per parcel
- 3.8 EUR
setup = 1000; a = 1.2; b = 1; fa = 4; fb = 3.8 → Parcels to recover change cost = 2500 parcels; Scoped recurring saving = 0.4 currency/parcelCheck 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 ↗