Order-Size Planner

This planner runs on your numbers, not ours. Enter the set-up cost and the variable cost your own quotations show, and it prints the per-unit total across run sizes so you can see where the curve flattens for your programme.

Enter a set-up cost and a variable cost, both zero or above, to see the curve.
Run size Cost per unit Set-up share per unit Against your minimum run
500 – – –
1,000 – – –
2,000 – – –
3,000 – – –
5,000 – – –
10,000 – – –
25,000 – – –
50,000 – – –

The set-up charge stops mattering once it falls under 5% of your variable cost, which happens at roughly units on the figures you entered. Ordering beyond that buys you very little on set-up recovery and ties up cash in stock.