WMS, Warehouse Labor & Fulfillment worked example

Putaway Productivity at 99% reach truck and forklift uptime: a worked example

Push reach truck and forklift uptime up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when putaway productivity in wms, warehouse labor and fulfillment is being asked to take on more work and you need to know if there is room.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Units put away per equipment cycle: 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available putaway cycles in the shift: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Reach truck / forklift uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • First-pass putaway accuracy: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Gross putaway productivity capacity = putaway productivity output per cycle × available putaway productivity cycles) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,844 units for good putaway productivity capacity, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,920 units for gross putaway productivity capacity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 19.2 units for putaway productivity downtime loss.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 57.02 units for putaway productivity yield loss.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where reach truck and forklift uptime sits at 90% and the headline result is 1,676 units, this scenario comes in 10% above the baseline at 1,844 units.
  • It computes the good (net) units correctly put away per shift after applying equipment uptime and first-pass slotting accuracy to gross cycle capacity. 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

  • Good putaway productivity capacity: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross putaway productivity capacity: 1,920 units
  • Putaway productivity downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Putaway productivity yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Putaway Productivity calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.