Packaging Cost & Materials Calculator
Know your true cost per bag — film, labor, machine, all in.
④ Machine Investment (optional)
Your cost per bag
$0.0000
- Monthly output:
- — bags
- Monthly film:
- — kg
- Film spec:
- — mm × — m
- Payback:
- — months
How packaging cost per unit is calculated
The total cost to package a single unit breaks down into four components: the flexible film itself, the labor to run the line, the energy consumed by the machine, and the depreciation of that machine across its lifetime. Most packaging cost calculations dramatically under-count by including only the film — our calculator includes all four.
See the full methodology page for the formulas and derivation.