Assumptions (including taxes)
- All-in labor rate including taxes of $9 per hour
- Maximum volume of hand wrapping per person is 50 packages per hour
- No difference in waste of wrapping material between processes
- Quality of wrap is equal
- Wrapster costs $28,000 to buy.
- Energy costs are offset by material costs to hand seal.
- Payback is defined as the cost of the Wrapster divided by the difference in the handwrap vs. Wrapster hourly costs
| Handwrap | Wrapster | Difference | Payback | |||
| at 300 per hr | 6 workers | $54 | 1 worker | $9 | $45 | 622 hours |
| at 400 per hr | 8 workers | $72 | 1 worker | $9 | $63 | 444 hours |
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