Jarred Powder Pricing Model
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)
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 frequency
Filling setup/takedownhr each
Jar line changeover.
Filling frequency
Palletizationtotal hr
ASSUMPTION
Off
Sieving
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$/hr
Formulate basehr/batch
ASSUMPTION
+ per extra ingrmin
ASSUMPTION
Blend timehr / batch
ASSUMPTION
Line — Fill, Close, Label 04
On
Scoop insert
Scoop insertjars/min
ASSUMPTION
Off
Desiccant / O₂
Cap application/min
ASSUMPTION
Capping / torque/min
ASSUMPTION
Tamper seal/min
ASSUMPTION · Induction / band.
Label + code/min
ASSUMPTION
On
Checkweigh
Checkweighjars/min
ASSUMPTION · NIST 133 net-weight.
Line — Box & Case 05
Off
Retail carton
On
Inner case
Jars / innerct
ASSUMPTION
Casingjars/min
ASSUMPTION
Off
Master case
Packaging Materials 06
Componentcost eafrt ea
Landed = cost + freight-in. Greyed rows are toggled off above.
Off
Pallet out
Ingredients 07
Brand
Source ingredients
Brand-supplied — cost excluded; fill weight uses the manual value.
QC & Margin 08
QC / lot$/order
ASSUMPTION · Micro, heavy metals, ID, label-claim, water activity. Biggest volume-break driver.
Pass at cost
QC handling
Value-add markup%
ASSUMPTION
Materials markup%
ASSUMPTION
One-Time 09
Label setup$
ASSUMPTION
Stability test$
ASSUMPTION · Per SKU.
Custom tooling$
Mold/die if custom jar or carton.
Quote Details 10
Client
Product
Jar / size
Quote #
Validdays
Lead time
Deposit%
Prepared by
Notes / terms
Run sizePrice / jarPrice / orderGross margin
Labor = Σ(station hours × its rate): fill/cap/seal/scoop/desiccant/checkweigh/label on attempted jars (incl. scrap); boxing/casing/palletizing on good jars; formulate (base + extra-ingredient minutes) & blend ×batches; receiving, setup, sieving, palletizing fixed. Materials = ingredients + jars/lids/tamper/label/scoop/desiccant + cartons/cases/pallet, each landed (cost + freight-in). Price = labor ×(1+VA markup) + materials ×(1+materials markup) + QC. Brand-supplied components contribute $0.