Printing, Labels & Industrial Converting worked example

Substrate Yield at 99% expected substrate yield efficiency: a worked example in printing, labels & industrial converting

Push expected substrate yield efficiency up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when substrate yield in printing, labels and industrial converting is being committed and you need a throughput number you can defend.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Good units produced from substrate: 1,200 units (unchanged)
  • Substrate run time: 8 hr (unchanged)
  • Expected substrate yield efficiency: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Substrate yield throughput = substrate yield output quantity รท substrate yield runtime) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 149 units/hr for effective substrate yield throughput, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 150 units/hr for raw throughput.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 99 % for expected substrate yield efficiency.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 hr for substrate yield runtime.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected substrate yield efficiency sits at 90% and the headline result is 135 units/hr, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 149 units/hr.
  • It divides good output by run time to get raw throughput, then multiplies by expected efficiency to get effective throughput in units per hour. 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

  • Effective substrate yield throughput: 149 units/hr (headline result)
  • Raw throughput: 150 units/hr
  • Expected substrate yield efficiency: 99 %
  • Substrate yield runtime: 8 hr

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.