Wood & Paper Manufacturing worked example

Corrugated Sheet Cost at 99% saleable yield after warp and crush: a worked example

Push saleable yield after warp and crush up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. A box plant scheduler uses it to price a single-wall sheet order before committing the corrugator slot.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Sheets produced on the corrugator: 25,000 sheets (unchanged)
  • Board cost per sheet: 0.62 $/sheet (unchanged)
  • Saleable yield after warp and crush: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 96)
  • Corrugator setup charge: 450 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total board cost = sheets x board cost per sheet x saleable yield% + corrugator setup charge) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15,795 $ for total corrugated sheet cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.63 $ / piece for corrugated sheet cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15,345 $ for variable corrugated sheet cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 450 $ for fixed corrugated sheet cost adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where saleable yield after warp and crush sits at 96% and the headline result is 15,330 $, this scenario comes in 3.03% above the baseline at 15,795 $.
  • It computes total board cost from sheets, board cost, and saleable yield, adds the corrugator setup charge, and divides by sheets for a per-sheet cost. 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 corrugated sheet cost: 15,795 $ (headline result)
  • Corrugated sheet cost per unit: 0.63 $ / piece
  • Variable corrugated sheet cost: 15,345 $
  • Fixed corrugated sheet cost adder: 450 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.