Personal Care, Cosmetics & Household Products worked example

Batch Fill Yield at 70% target fill yield: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop target fill yield to 70%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Calculate batch fill yield for a personal care, cosmetics, or household product run from good filled units versus units started, then compare it to your yield target.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Good filled units: 9,400 units (held at the documented default)
  • Units started in the batch: 10,000 units (held at the documented default)
  • Target fill yield: 70 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 97)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Batch fill yield = good filled units ÷ units started in the batch × 100.
  • Batch fill yield works out to 94 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gap to target yield works out to -24 points at these inputs.
  • Good filled units works out to 9,400 count at these inputs.
  • Units started in the batch works out to 10,000 count at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target fill yield sits at 97% and the headline result is 94 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 94 %.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to target fill yield, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. Yield alone doesn't say where loss occurred — a 94% yield could stem from formula waste, rejected caps, or metering drift, so pair it with reject-code data.

Results at a glance

  • Batch fill yield: 94 % (headline result)
  • Gap to target yield: -24 points
  • Good filled units: 9,400 count
  • Units started in the batch: 10,000 count

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Batch Fill Yield calculator, set target fill yield to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.