# Manufacturing & packaging calculators

> Manufacturing and packaging calculators for OEE, yield, scrap, cycle time, carton volume, board weight and material requirements.

Page: https://calculators.geekmidst.com/categories/manufacturing

- [Corrugated Box Board Area Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/corrugated-box-board-area-calculator.md): Work out the flat blank size and board area of a regular slotted carton (RSC, FEFCO 0201) from its inside dimensions, glue flap and trim.
- [Carton Board Weight Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/carton-board-weight-calculator.md): Find the weight of a corrugated or solid board carton from its blank area, liner and fluting GSM, and the flute take-up factor you use.
- [Carton Production Cost Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/carton-production-cost-calculator.md): Build up the cost of a carton from board weight and price, printing, conversion and other costs, add overhead and markup, and get the unit price.
- [Corrugated Box Volume Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/corrugated-box-volume-calculator.md): Find the inside volume of a box in litres, cubic metres, cubic feet and cubic inches, with an approximate outside volume from board thickness.
- [Packaging Dimensional Weight Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/packaging-dimensional-weight-calculator.md): Work out a parcel’s dimensional (volumetric) weight with your carrier’s divisor and compare it with the actual weight to find the chargeable weight.
- [Die Cutting Waste Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/die-cutting-waste-calculator.md): Find the scrap percentage of a die-cut sheet from the sheet size, net blank area and number of ups, plus total waste area and weight for a run.
- [Board Reel Usage Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/board-reel-usage-calculator.md): Work out how many running metres of paper reel an order needs from the cut length, outs across the deckle, trim and allowance, plus reel area and weight.
- [Flute Take-Up Factor Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/flute-take-up-factor-calculator.md): Turn a length of corrugated board into the fluting medium it consumes using your take-up factor, or measure the factor from a board sample.
- [Box Burst Strength Estimate Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/box-burst-strength-calculator.md): Estimate corrugated board burst strength from each paper’s GSM and burst factor (BF), using the trade summation method, with its limits stated.
- [Pallet Fit Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/pallet-fit-calculator.md): Find how many cartons fit on a pallet without overhang, testing straight, rotated and two-block mixed layer patterns, and how many layers fit the height.
- [Pallet Height Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/pallet-height-calculator.md): Work out the total height of a loaded pallet from the layers, carton height, pallet height and sheets, and how many layers fit under a height limit.
- [Case Pack Optimization Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/case-pack-calculator.md): Find how many rectangular items fit in a case, testing every allowed orientation and mixed layer patterns, compared with the simple volume upper bound.
- [Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/oee-calculator.md): Calculate overall equipment effectiveness from planned time, downtime, ideal cycle time, total count and good count, with each OEE factor shown.
- [Machine Utilization Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/machine-utilization-calculator.md): Find machine utilisation as run hours divided by available hours, for one machine or a group, with idle hours for the period.
- [Production Cycle Time Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/production-cycle-time-calculator.md): Find average cycle time per unit from operating time and units completed, the hourly output rate, and whether it keeps up with your takt time.
- [Takt Time Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/takt-time-calculator.md): Work out takt time from shift length, breaks, shifts per day and daily customer demand, the pace your line must meet to match demand.
- [Production Yield Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/production-yield-calculator.md): Calculate final yield, first-pass yield and scrap rate from units started, units good first time and units recovered by rework.
- [Production Material Requirement Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/production-material-requirement-calculator.md): Work out how many units to start and how much material to order to finish a target number of good units after an expected scrap rate.
- [Batch Manufacturing Cost Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/batch-manufacturing-cost-calculator.md): Find the total cost of a production batch from fixed set-up cost and variable cost per unit, the cost per unit made and the cost per good unit after yield.
- [Carton Quote Margin Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/carton-quote-margin-calculator.md): Price a packaging order for a target margin: spread one-off plate and die costs over the quantity, then find the unit price, order value and profit.
- [Packaging MOQ Break-Even Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/packaging-moq-break-even-calculator.md): Find the order quantity that recovers set-up and tooling costs from the unit price and variable cost, and test whether a proposed MOQ is profitable.
- [Material Scrap Value Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/material-scrap-value-calculator.md): Work out what your production scrap is worth at the recycler’s price after handling costs, and how much of the original material cost it recovers.
- [Material Inventory Days Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/material-inventory-days-calculator.md): Find how many days of raw material you hold from opening and closing inventory and the material consumed in the period, plus inventory turnover.
- [Printing Ink Consumption Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/printing-ink-consumption-calculator.md): Estimate the ink a print job uses from printed area, coverage, ink film weight per m² and quantity, with a waste allowance and optional ink cost.
- [Paper GSM Calculator](https://calculators.geekmidst.com/calculators/paper-gsm-calculator.md): Convert GSM into sheet weight, ream weight and total weight for any sheet size, plus the US basis weight in pounds for bond, text, cover or index paper.