AMR, AGV & Intralogistics Automation worked example

Load Transfer Time Calculator at 16% alignment, scan, and staging allowance: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop alignment, scan, and staging allowance to 16%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate load transfer workload time from transfers, transfer rate, and allowance for alignment, scan, or staging delays.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Load transfers to complete: 980 transfers (held at the documented default)
  • Pick-and-place transfer rate: 5.5 transfers/min (held at the documented default)
  • Alignment, scan, and staging allowance: 16 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 22)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Base transfer processing time = load transfers รท transfer processing rate.
  • Adjusted load transfer time works out to 207 hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Base transfer processing time works out to 178 hr at these inputs.
  • Alignment, scan, and staging allowance works out to 16 % at these inputs.
  • Transfer processing rate works out to 5.5 transfers/min at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where alignment, scan, and staging allowance sits at 22% and the headline result is 217 hr, this scenario comes in 4.92% below the baseline at 207 hr.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to alignment, scan, and staging allowance, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It assumes a single steady transfer rate and one blended allowance; it does not model traffic blocking, charging gaps, or variable load types, so heavily mixed or congested routes need a discrete-event simulation instead.

Results at a glance

  • Adjusted load transfer time: 207 hr (headline result)
  • Base transfer processing time: 178 hr
  • Alignment, scan, and staging allowance: 16 %
  • Transfer processing rate: 5.5 transfers/min

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Load Transfer Time Calculator calculator, set alignment, scan, and staging allowance to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.