HAND BANDING 



The cost per M board feet of hand banding lumber packages is 



Labor 



Materials 



Machine 



$0,900 

 . 165 

 .021 



$1,086 



Two men require 4 hours to band 40 M board feet by hand. Parttime use of a 

 forklift is also needed. This is estimated at 1 hour. A total of 9 man-hours for 40 

 M board feet or 4,444 board feet per man-hour is the productivity rate. 



The labor cost is $36.00 and the forklift machine operation costs an additional 

 $0,950. The materials cost is the same as for machine banding, $0,165 per M board feet, 

 even though there is the likelihood that some wastage will occur. The total cost for 

 hand banding is $1,086 per M board feet. 



HAND WRAPPING 



The cost of hand wrapping is 



Labor 

 Materials 



$0,800 

 .990 

 $1,790 



Two men are required to hand wrap the units. Their productivity is 5 M board feet 

 per man-hour. The total wage charge is $0,800 per M board feet. No forklift charges 

 are made because forklift handling has been done in the banding process. The cost of 

 materials is the same as for machine wrapping. 



COST COMPARISON 



The preceding section has presented costs for banding and wrapping lumber by 

 different methods. These costs are suiiimarized in table 1, which shows that on a cost 

 per M board feet, machine banding and machine wrapping using Alternative 1 is the least 

 costly. 



Table 1. -- Summary of banding and wrapping costs 









Machine 









Hand 















Band 



and : 









Item 





Band : 



wrap 

 Alt. 1 : 



Alt. 2 : 



Band : 



Band and 

 wrap 



Number of men 





2 



4 







3 



2 



25 



2. 



25 



Productivity 



(MBF/man-hour) 



11.5 



5. 



8 



4 



.5 



4 



4 



5. 







Cost ($/MBF) 























Labor 





0. 347 



0. 



694 







.923 







900 



1 . 



700 



Materials 





. 165 



1 . 



155 



1 



. 155 





165 



1 . 



155 



Machine ^ 





.297 





297 





.297 





021 





021 



Total 





0.809 





146 



2 



.375 



1 



086 



2 



876 



■^Includes amortization of banding 

 operating expense where applicable. 



and 



wrappinj 



7 



facility 



and forklift 





5 



