Full standing-cost build — every station priced time × rate, packaging sourced with per-component freight-in,
ingredients costed per formula. ASSUMPTION fields are placeholders to overwrite.
Records
Run Sizes & Fill 01
Run sizes (jars)
Target gross margin — per run size (%)
Price is solved from total cost to hit each margin. Taper down as volume rises, or set them equal for a flat margin.
Fill speedjars/min
ASSUMPTION
Line rate$/hr
All line stations.
Fill overage%
Yield / scrap%
ASSUMPTION · Loss + rejects.
Fill batch sizejars / run
ASSUMPTION · Jars per fill run before a line re-setup.
Net fill weightg/jar
Used in tolling mode.
Labor — Prep & Fixed 02
General rate$/hr
Receivingtotal hr
ASSUMPTION
Mixing setup/takedownhr each
Blender / formulation suite.
Mixing setupscount
Setup/takedown cycles. 0 = per mix batch (auto).
Filling setup/takedownhr each
Jar line changeover.
Filling setupscount
Setup/takedown cycles. 0 = per fill run (auto).
Palletizationtotal hr
ASSUMPTION
Off
Sieving
Sievinghr / batch
ASSUMPTION
Formulation & Blending 03
Required
Blending
Turn off for single-ingredient fills — no blend step charged.
Mixing batch sizekg
Blender charge — drives # of mix batches. 60 kg for small lots.
Form/blend rate$/hr
Formulate basehr/batch
ASSUMPTION
+ per extra ingrmin
ASSUMPTION
Blend timehr / batch
ASSUMPTION
Line — Fill, Close, Label 04
On
Scoop insert
Scoop insertjars/min
ASSUMPTION
Off
Desiccant / O₂
Desiccant insertjars/min
ASSUMPTION
Cap application/min
ASSUMPTION
Capping / torque/min
ASSUMPTION
Tamper seal/min
ASSUMPTION · Induction / band.
Label + code/min
ASSUMPTION
On
Checkweigh
Checkweighjars/min
ASSUMPTION · NIST 133 net-weight.
Line — Box & Case 05
Off
Retail carton
Boxingjars/min
ASSUMPTION
Box lot code/min
ASSUMPTION
On
Inner case
Jars / innerct
ASSUMPTION
Casingjars/min
ASSUMPTION
Off
Master case
Inners / masterct
ASSUMPTION
Casinginners/min
ASSUMPTION
Requires inner case enabled.
Packaging Materials 06
AXN
Branded packaging
AXN
General supplies
AXN = we supply it (priced in) · Brand = client-supplied ($0, greyed); labor still applies. Branded: jar, lid, tamper, label, carton. General: scoop, desiccant, cases, pallet / wrap.
Componentcost eafrt ea
Landed = cost + freight-in. Greyed rows are toggled off above.
Off
Pallet out
Cases / palletct
ASSUMPTION
Pallet/wrap/strap$/plt
ASSUMPTION
Ingredients 07
Brand
Source ingredients
Ingredientg/jar$/kgfrt/kg
Brand-supplied — cost excluded; fill weight uses the manual value.
QC & Margin 08
QC / lot$/order
ASSUMPTION · Micro, heavy metals, ID, label-claim, water activity. Biggest volume-break driver.
Pass at cost
QC handling
Cost-plus
Pricing basis
Cost-plus uses the two markups below. Target GM solves price from cost to hit the per-run-size margins set in card 01.