Forge Floor Calculator | Fire Forged Enterprise

Pounds and prices, per week

Pounds received

Full-value yield %sold at full price

Off-spec, sold as trim %

Bone, fat, defect %to rendering

Pack giveaway %

Full value, $ per lb

Trim, $ per lb

Rendering, $ per lb

Chicken cost, $ per lb

Total weekly cost, $for cost per pound

Labor hours paid per week

Loaded rate, $ per hour

What it's worth

Product value, week

Change vs. example, week

Change vs. example, year

Cost per good pound

Value yield, $ back per $1 of chicken

Good lbs per labor hour

Labor saved at same output, week

Where the pounds go

Example plant: 84% full value, 6.5% trim, 8% rendering, 1.5% giveaway. Move pounds from trim, rendering, or giveaway into full value and watch the change. Yield and efficiency move together: more good pounds from the same hours.

One breakdown

People on the line

Loaded rate, $ per hourwage plus benefits and taxes

Minutes down

Made up on overtime?

Times per week

Line rate, lbs per hourpounds that show up late

What it costs

Idle labor

Make-up overtime

One breakdown

Per year

Overtime is 1.5 times the loaded rate. Planned work is cheaper than breakdown work, every time.

Turnover and overtime

Hourly people

Turnover today, % per year

Turnover goal, %

Cost of one quit, $hiring, training, slow first month

Overtime hours per week

Loaded rate, $ per hour

What it costs

Quits per year

Turnover cost, year

Saved at goal, year

OT premium, year