Glass Container & Bottle Manufacturing worked example

Pack-To-Pallet Throughput at 66% pack-to-pallet uptime: a worked example

This worked example runs the pack-to-pallet throughput numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 66% pack-to-pallet uptime instead of the typical 91%. Estimate good packed-container throughput from packer or palletizer cycles, available cycles, equipment uptime, and packout yield.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Containers packed per pack-to-pallet cycle: 288 containers / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available pack-to-pallet cycles: 120 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Pack-to-pallet uptime: 66 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 91)
  • Packout first-pass yield: 99 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross pack-to-pallet throughput = containers packed per cycle × available pack-to-pallet cycles.
  • Good packed-container throughput works out to 22,582 containers at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross pack-to-pallet throughput works out to 34,560 containers at these inputs.
  • Pack-to-pallet uptime loss works out to 11,750 containers at these inputs.
  • Packout yield loss works out to 228 containers at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where pack-to-pallet uptime sits at 91% and the headline result is 31,135 containers, this scenario comes in 27.47% below the baseline at 22,582 containers.
  • Use it when the palletizer or cartoner is the constraint, or when you need a realistic packed-pallet commitment for a campaign rather than a forming-side gross rate. 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

  • Good packed-container throughput: 22,582 containers (headline result)
  • Gross pack-to-pallet throughput: 34,560 containers
  • Pack-to-pallet uptime loss: 11,750 containers
  • Packout yield loss: 228 containers

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Pack-To-Pallet Throughput calculator, set pack-to-pallet uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.