Signage, Displays & Architectural Graphics worked example

Scrap Cost at 92% scrap and reprint rate: a worked example in signage, displays & architectural graphics

Push scrap and reprint rate up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when scrap cost in signage, displays and architectural graphics is being put through a signage, displays and architectural graphics weighted-cost review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Sign panels or graphics produced: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Material and print cost per panel: 45 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Scrap and reprint rate: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Fixed setup and disposal cost: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Scrap Cost cost = quantity × rate × capture factor + fixed cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for weighted cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for per piece value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for captured value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed adjustment.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where scrap and reprint rate sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
  • It applies a scrap-and-reprint rate to the material cost of the run to find total scrap dollars, then adds fixed setup or disposal cost and expresses it per panel. 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

  • Weighted cost: 4,390 $ (headline result)
  • Per piece value: 43.9 $ / piece
  • Captured value: 4,140 $
  • Fixed adjustment: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.