AMR, AGV & Intralogistics Automation worked example

Internal Logistics Labor Savings Calculator at 11% supervision and exception allowance: a worked example

This worked example runs the internal logistics labor savings calculator numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 11% supervision and exception allowance instead of the typical 15%. Estimate recovered labor hours from automated move volume, manual handling rate, and allowance for supervision or exceptions.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Moves shifted from manual handling: 9,500 moves (held at the documented default)
  • Current manual handling rate: 3.8 moves/min (held at the documented default)
  • Supervision and exception allowance: 11 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 15)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base manual handling hours = moves shifted from manual handling รท current manual handling rate.
  • Recovered logistics labor hours works out to 2,775 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base manual handling hours works out to 2,500 hr at these inputs.
  • Residual supervision and exception allowance works out to 11 % at these inputs.
  • Current manual handling rate works out to 3.8 moves/min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where supervision and exception allowance sits at 15% and the headline result is 2,875 hr, this scenario comes in 3.48% below the baseline at 2,775 hr.
  • Use it when sizing the labor-savings line of an AMR/AGV business case, planning operator redeployment, or validating that a manual-handling rate translates into real freed hours. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Recovered logistics labor hours: 2,775 hr (headline result)
  • Base manual handling hours: 2,500 hr
  • Residual supervision and exception allowance: 11 %
  • Current manual handling rate: 3.8 moves/min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Internal Logistics Labor Savings Calculator calculator, set supervision and exception allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.