Bottling, Canning & Filling Lines worked example

Container Loss at 1.73% container loss target for the run: a worked example

Push container loss target for the run up to 1.73% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a packaging team needs to quantify container damage, rejects, or leakage against the number of containers issued to the line

The inputs for this scenario

  • Broken, damaged, leaked, or rejected containers: 725 units (unchanged)
  • Empty containers issued to the packaging line: 52,000 units (unchanged)
  • Container loss target for the run: 1.73 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 1.5)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Container loss = broken, damaged, leaked, or rejected containers ÷ empty containers issued to the packaging line × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.39 % container loss for container loss, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.34 points for container loss gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 725 count for broken, damaged, leaked, or rejected containers.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 52,000 count for empty containers issued to the packaging line.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where container loss target for the run sits at 1.5% and the headline result is 1.39 % container loss, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 1.39 % container loss.
  • It computes broken, damaged, leaked, or rejected containers as a percentage of the empty containers issued to the line, plus how that compares to your loss target. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Container loss: 1.39 % container loss (headline result)
  • Container loss gap to target: 0.34 points
  • Broken, damaged, leaked, or rejected containers: 725 count
  • Empty containers issued to the packaging line: 52,000 count

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Container Loss calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.