Textiles & Apparel Manufacturing worked example

Soft Goods Scrap Cost at 14% scrap and offcut rate: a worked example

Push scrap and offcut rate up to 14% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it to quantify cutting-room scrap value and judge whether better markers or nesting justify the change.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Fabric consumed per run: 3,200 yards (unchanged)
  • Fabric cost per yard: 4.1 $/yard (unchanged)
  • Scrap and offcut rate: 14 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 12)
  • Scrap disposal and rework cost: 180 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Scrap cost = fabric yardage x cost per yard x scrap rate + disposal cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,017 $ for total soft goods scrap cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.63 $ / piece for soft goods scrap cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,837 $ for variable soft goods scrap cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 180 $ for fixed soft goods scrap cost adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where scrap and offcut rate sits at 12% and the headline result is 1,754 $, this scenario comes in 14.96% above the baseline at 2,017 $.
  • It computes total scrap cost as fabric yardage × cost per yard × scrap rate plus a fixed disposal/rework adder, and divides it into a per-unit burden. 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

  • Total soft goods scrap cost: 2,017 $ (headline result)
  • Soft goods scrap cost per unit: 0.63 $ / piece
  • Variable soft goods scrap cost: 1,837 $
  • Fixed soft goods scrap cost adder: 180 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.