Industrial packaging cost allocation

Compare bulk bags, drums and IBCs using actual payload or approved planned fill.

Work through the task

  1. Choose the actual transport format and identify liners, fittings, pallets and other included components. Do not infer allowable payload from a nominal size.
  2. Allocate price over approved planned product payload or fill. Net packaging mass is a different quantity from product capacity.
  3. Compare like-for-like assemblies and entered delivery costs. Reuse, return, cleaning and loss need an explicitly supported lifecycle scenario.

Tools for this job

A worked example

A EUR 150 container filled with an approved planned 900 L allocates about EUR 0.16667 per litre. Dividing by 1,000 L would understate that planned-fill cost. This example does not establish permitted fill.

Use your supplier specification and quotation. These numbers demonstrate the arithmetic; they are not market prices or a packaging suitability assessment.

Checks before you decide

  • Approved planned fill or payload
  • Liner and fitting scope
  • One-way versus verified reuse scenario