WMS, Warehouse Labor & Fulfillment worked example

Putaway Productivity at 65% reach truck and forklift uptime: a worked example

Suppose reach truck and forklift uptime falls to 65%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate putaway productivity for wms, warehouse labor and fulfillment using production-ready inputs so teams can confirm whether capacity can cover demand before committing the schedule.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Units put away per equipment cycle: 4 units / cycle (held at the documented default)
  • Available putaway cycles in the shift: 480 cycles (held at the documented default)
  • Reach truck / forklift uptime: 65 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 90)
  • First-pass putaway accuracy: 97 % (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Gross putaway productivity capacity = putaway productivity output per cycle × available putaway productivity cycles.
  • Good putaway productivity capacity works out to 1,211 units at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Gross putaway productivity capacity works out to 1,920 units at these inputs.
  • Putaway productivity downtime loss works out to 672 units at these inputs.
  • Putaway productivity yield loss works out to 37.44 units at these inputs.

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 27.78% below the baseline at 1,211 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. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Good putaway productivity capacity: 1,211 units (headline result)
  • Gross putaway productivity capacity: 1,920 units
  • Putaway productivity downtime loss: 672 units
  • Putaway productivity yield loss: 37.44 units

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Putaway Productivity calculator, set reach truck and forklift uptime to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.