Wearable Medical Sensors worked example

Packaging Scrap at 99% target packaging scrap rate: a worked example in wearable medical sensors

Push target packaging scrap rate up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when packaging scrap in wearable medical sensors needs a clean rate and gap-to-target you can put on a tier board.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Rejected sterile packages: 8 count (unchanged)
  • Total packages inspected: 250 count (unchanged)
  • Target packaging scrap rate: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 95)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target packaging scrap rate sits at 95% and the headline result is 3.2 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 3.2 %.
  • It computes the packaging scrap rate as rejected packages divided by total inspected, times 100, and the gap between that rate and your target. 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

  • Packaging scrap rate: 3.2 % (headline result)
  • Packaging scrap gap to target: 95.8 points
  • Packaging scrap count: 8 count
  • Total packaging scrap population: 250 count

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.