Introduction:
Carton consumption is a very important matter in ready made garments sector. Every garments merchandiser should have clear idea about it. Though there are so many garments merchandisers, whom have no correct idea about carton consumption. As its importance in garments merchandising, today I will present here an easy method for carton consumption calculation in apparel industry.
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Carton Box:
Carton box is made by using ply board. Ply board can be 3ply, 5ply or 7ply. Carton box is needed to deliver the finished goods to the buyer. It should be strong enough to protect the finished goods. Goods may damage during transportation if the quality of carton box is not good and ultimately buyer will complain if there’s any damage in the goods. At present, some buyer asks to do busting test of carton box to ensure the right quality of carton box. It should be noted that, every carton boxes should have two ply boards to increase product security.
Carton Consumption Calculation Method in Garments Industry:
Here, carton consumption means “consumption of ply board”. Because, carton box is made by using ply board. Before calculating ply board consumption or carton consumption, a garments merchandiser should confirm the following information:
- Length of carton in cm,
- Width of carton in cm,
- Height of carton in cm.
Now by using the below formula, a garment merchandiser can easily calculate ply board consumption or carton consumption in apparel industry.
Now, I will submit an example here to remove your all the confusions from the above discussion.
Example:
Suppose, a 7 ply carton having length 60cm, width 40cm and height 20cm. Now calculate ply board consumption or carton consumption for 300pcs carton box.
Solution:
Here,
Length of carton- 60cm,
Width of carton- 40cm,
Height of carton- 20cm,
Total carton-300pcs.
Width of carton- 40cm,
Height of carton- 20cm,
Total carton-300pcs.
So,
Ply board consumption (Per pc carton in square meter),
{(Length + Width + Allowance) X (Width + Height + Allowance) X 2}
= .................................................................................................................
10000
{(60+ 40+ 6) x (40+ 20+ 4) x 2}
=........................................................
10000
= 1.36 square meter per pc carton.
So,
= 1.36 square meter per pc carton.
So,
For 1pc carton, 7 ply board needs 2.74 square meters.
And,
For 300 pcs carton, 7 ply board needs (1.36 × 300) = 408 square meters.
