Dairy & Frozen Food Manufacturing worked example

Fill Weight Giveaway at 99% target maximum giveaway rate: a worked example in dairy & frozen food manufacturing

What does the result look like when target maximum giveaway rate reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when fill weight giveaway in dairy and frozen food manufacturing needs a clean rate and gap-to-target you can put on a tier board.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Packages above giveaway threshold: 8 packages (unchanged)
  • Total fill-weight samples checked: 250 packages (unchanged)
  • Target maximum giveaway rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 95)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Fill-weight giveaway rate = packages above giveaway threshold ÷ total fill-weight samples checked × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.2 % for fill-weight giveaway rate, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 95.8 points for giveaway rate above target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 count for packages above giveaway threshold.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 count for fill-weight samples checked.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target maximum giveaway rate sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when target maximum giveaway rate is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It counts packages over a threshold, not the size of each overfill; two lines with the same rate can give away very different amounts of product per pack.

Results at a glance

  • Fill-weight giveaway rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Giveaway rate above target: 95.8 points
  • Packages above giveaway threshold: 8 count
  • Fill-weight samples checked: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.