Roofing, Siding & Exterior Building Products worked example

Freight Cube Utilization at 99% target cube-fill compliance rate: a worked example

What does the result look like when target cube-fill compliance rate reaches 99%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when freight cube utilization in roofing, siding and exterior building products needs a clean rate and gap-to-target you can put on a tier board.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Loads meeting cube target (per period): 8 count (unchanged)
  • Total outbound loads shipped (per period): 250 count (unchanged)
  • Target cube-fill compliance rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 95)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Freight cube utilization rate = freight cube utilization count ÷ total freight cube utilization population × 100) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3.2 % for freight cube utilization rate, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 95.8 points for freight cube utilization gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8 count for freight cube utilization count.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 count for total freight cube utilization population.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target cube-fill compliance rate sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when target cube-fill compliance rate is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It counts loads as pass/fail against a target; it does not measure how far a failing load fell short, so two shops with the same rate can waste very different amounts of trailer volume.

Results at a glance

  • Freight cube utilization rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Freight cube utilization gap to target: 95.8 points
  • Freight cube utilization count: 8 count
  • Total freight cube utilization population: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.