Industrial Gases & Cryogenic Systems worked example

Route Density Margin at 98% target route density margin: a worked example

Push target route density margin up to 98% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when reviewing cylinder routes, microbulk deliveries, dewar exchange routes, or bulk gas delivery stop economics.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Profitable or on-plan delivery stops: 32 stops (unchanged)
  • Total delivery stops on route: 40 stops (unchanged)
  • Target route density margin: 98 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 85)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Route density margin = profitable or on-plan delivery stops ÷ total delivery stops on route × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 80 % for route density margin, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18 points for route density margin gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 32 count for profitable or on-plan delivery stops.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 40 count for total delivery stops on route.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target route density margin sits at 85% and the headline result is 80 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 80 %.
  • It computes the percentage of total route stops that are profitable or on-plan and the gap between that figure and your target margin. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Route density margin: 80 % (headline result)
  • Route density margin gap to target: 18 points
  • Profitable or on-plan delivery stops: 32 count
  • Total delivery stops on route: 40 count

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Route Density Margin calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.