Heat Exchanger, Coil & Radiator Manufacturing worked example

Packaging Cost at 58% packaging cost recovery rate: a worked example in heat exchanger, coil & radiator manufacturing

Suppose packaging cost recovery rate falls to 58%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate packaging cost for finished coils, radiators, heat exchangers, condensers, evaporators, and oil coolers from pack quantity, packaging rate, capture factor, and fixed packaging cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Packaged heat exchangers shipped: 100 units (held at the documented default)
  • Packaging material cost per unit: 45 $ / unit (held at the documented default)
  • Packaging cost recovery rate: 58 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 80)
  • Fixed crating and setup cost: 250 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Captured packaging cost = packaged heat exchangers × packaging cost per unit × packaging cost capture + fixed packaging setup cost.
  • Captured packaging cost works out to 2,860 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Packaging cost per shipped unit works out to 28.6 $ / piece at these inputs.
  • Captured unit packaging cost works out to 2,610 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed packaging setup cost works out to 250 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where packaging cost recovery rate sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 25.71% below the baseline at 2,860 $.
  • It computes the total captured packaging cost for a batch of heat exchangers and the resulting packaging cost per shipped unit. 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

  • Captured packaging cost: 2,860 $ (headline result)
  • Packaging cost per shipped unit: 28.6 $ / piece
  • Captured unit packaging cost: 2,610 $
  • Fixed packaging setup cost: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Packaging Cost calculator, set packaging cost recovery rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.