AMR, AGV & Intralogistics Automation worked example

Material Delivery SLA Capacity Calculator with required material delivery rate of 110 deliveries/hr: a worked example

Push required material delivery rate up to 110 deliveries/hr and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a logistics planner needs to quantify delivery demand and SLA cost exposure for an AMR, AGV, or route plan

The inputs for this scenario

  • Required material delivery rate: 110 deliveries/hr (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 42)
  • SLA delivery window length: 10 hr (unchanged)
  • Cost per late or expedited delivery: 18 $ / delivery (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Required deliveries in SLA window = required material delivery rate × SLA operating window) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,100 deliveries for required deliveries in sla window, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19,800 $ for sla delivery cost exposure.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for sla operating window.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18 $ / delivery for cost per late or expedited delivery.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where required material delivery rate sits at 42 deliveries/hr and the headline result is 420 deliveries, this scenario comes in 162% above the baseline at 1,100 deliveries.
  • It computes the total deliveries required inside an SLA window from the delivery rate and window length, and the cost exposure if every delivery were late or expedited. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Required deliveries in SLA window: 1,100 deliveries (headline result)
  • SLA delivery cost exposure: 19,800 $
  • SLA operating window: 10 hr
  • Cost per late or expedited delivery: 18 $ / delivery

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Material Delivery SLA Capacity Calculator calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.