Coffee, Tea, Roasting & Dry Goods Processing worked example

Bag Fill Giveaway at 72% giveaway capture rate: a worked example

Suppose giveaway capture rate falls to 72%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate effective fill-weight giveaway from extra product packed, packaging runtime, and confirmed giveaway capture percentage.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Extra product packed above label weight: 18 units (held at the documented default)
  • Packaging line runtime: 6 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Giveaway capture rate (scale verification coverage): 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Raw bag fill giveaway = extra product packed above target รท packaging runtime.
  • effective bag fill giveaway works out to 2.16 lb / hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • raw bag fill giveaway works out to 3 lb / hr at these inputs.
  • confirmed giveaway capture percentage works out to 72 % at these inputs.
  • packaging runtime works out to 6 hr at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where giveaway capture rate sits at 100% and the headline result is 3 lb / hr, this scenario comes in 28% below the baseline at 2.16 lb / hr.
  • It converts the total overweight product packed above target into a per-hour giveaway rate, then scales it by how reliably your checkweigher and scale audits actually capture that overfill. 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

  • effective bag fill giveaway: 2.16 lb / hr (headline result)
  • raw bag fill giveaway: 3 lb / hr
  • confirmed giveaway capture percentage: 72 %
  • packaging runtime: 6 hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Bag Fill Giveaway calculator, set giveaway capture rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.