Elevators, Escalators & Vertical Transport Equipment worked example

Packaging and Crating Cost at 72% shipment scope captured: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop shipment scope captured to 72%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate packaging and crating cost for elevator, escalator, moving walkway, or modernization equipment shipments.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Crates or protected shipping units: 18 crates (held at the documented default)
  • Average packaging and crating cost: 420 $ / crate (held at the documented default)
  • Shipment scope captured: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Fixed export, handling, or special packaging cost: 1,100 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable crating cost = crates or protected shipping units × average packaging and crating cost × shipment scope captured.
  • Total packaging and crating cost works out to 6,543 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Packaging cost per crate works out to 364 $ / crate at these inputs.
  • Variable crating cost works out to 5,443 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed export and handling cost works out to 1,100 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where shipment scope captured sits at 100% and the headline result is 8,660 $, this scenario comes in 24.44% below the baseline at 6,543 $.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to shipment scope captured, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It uses one average per-crate cost, so a shipment mixing a heavy machine crate with light fixture cartons needs either a blended average that reflects that mix or separate runs per crate class.

Results at a glance

  • Total packaging and crating cost: 6,543 $ (headline result)
  • Packaging cost per crate: 364 $ / crate
  • Variable crating cost: 5,443 $
  • Fixed export and handling cost: 1,100 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Packaging and Crating Cost calculator, set shipment scope captured to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.