Food & Beverage Manufacturing worked example

Palletizing Rate at 65% expected palletizing efficiency: a worked example in food & beverage manufacturing

This worked example runs the palletizing rate numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 65% expected palletizing efficiency instead of the typical 90%. Estimate palletizing throughput from completed pallets, runtime, and efficiency.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Completed pallets: 72 pallets (held at the documented default)
  • Palletizing machine runtime: 6 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Expected palletizing efficiency: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Palletizing Rate throughput = completed pallets รท palletizing runtime.
  • Effective palletizing rate throughput works out to 7.8 pallets / hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Raw throughput works out to 12 pallets / hr at these inputs.
  • Expected palletizing efficiency works out to 65 % at these inputs.
  • Palletizing runtime works out to 6 hr at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected palletizing efficiency sits at 90% and the headline result is 10.8 pallets / hr, this scenario comes in 27.78% below the baseline at 7.8 pallets / hr.
  • Use it when matching the palletizer to the case packer, planning truck load-out windows, or sizing stretch-wrap and forklift staging downstream. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Effective palletizing rate throughput: 7.8 pallets / hr (headline result)
  • Raw throughput: 12 pallets / hr
  • Expected palletizing efficiency: 65 %
  • Palletizing runtime: 6 hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Palletizing Rate calculator, set expected palletizing efficiency to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.