PalletLab · Reference
A pallet's cost price, line by line
Four items make the price: material, nails, treatment and labour. The worked example of a Euro pallet.
The example of a Euro pallet
With pine at €200 per cubic metre, an EPAL comes to €12.50 each : €9.41 of timber, €0.77 of nails, €0.45 of treatment and €1.87 of labour.
45,2
dm³ of sawn timber
78
nails counted one by one
12,50 €
at the sample rates
| Item | Detail | EPAL example |
|---|---|---|
| Material | 45.2 dm³ × €200/m³ | 9,41 € |
| Nails | 78 nails | 0,77 € |
| ISPM 15 treatment | optional | 0,45 € |
| Labour | 0.07 hour | 1,87 € |
| Cost price | each | 12,50 € |
Sample rates, not yours: the software recalculates every item with your timber prices, your hourly rate and your losses, at every changed dimension.
From margin to selling price
The cost price is not the selling price: the margin goes on top, in your hands. At 35%, the example goes from €12.50 to €16.88 each, and the quote carries this price for the whole batch.
What moves the pricespecies, sections, batch size, losses
Offcuts countthe cutting plan prices the timber you buy, not just the timber you fit
Every dimension recalculatesmodel, cutting list and quote move together