Blow Molding & Hollow Plastic Products worked example

Container Cube Utilization at 61% target cube utilization: a worked example

Suppose target cube utilization falls to 61%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Calculate how much pallet, carton, trailer, or warehouse cube is used by blow molded bottles, drums, jerry cans, or hollow products against a target utilization.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Occupied hollow-product cube: 920 ft³ or m³ (held at the documented default)
  • Available pack or shipment cube: 1,200 ft³ or m³ (held at the documented default)
  • Target cube utilization: 61 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 85)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Container cube utilization = occupied hollow-product cube ÷ available pack or shipment cube × 100.
  • Container cube utilization works out to 76.67 % cube utilization at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Cube utilization gap to target works out to -15.67 points at these inputs.
  • Occupied hollow-product cube works out to 920 ft³ or m³ at these inputs.
  • Available pack or shipment cube works out to 1,200 ft³ or m³ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target cube utilization sits at 85% and the headline result is 76.67 % cube utilization, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 76.67 % cube utilization.
  • It divides occupied hollow-product cube by available pack or shipment cube, expresses it as a percentage, and reports how many points short of your target you are. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Container cube utilization: 76.67 % cube utilization (headline result)
  • Cube utilization gap to target: -15.67 points
  • Occupied hollow-product cube: 920 ft³ or m³
  • Available pack or shipment cube: 1,200 ft³ or m³

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Container Cube Utilization calculator, set target cube utilization to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.