WMS, Warehouse Labor & Fulfillment worked example

Warehouse Throughput Capacity at 99% expected equipment uptime: a worked example

Push expected equipment uptime up to 99% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when warehouse throughput capacity 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 handled per equipment cycle: 4 units / cycle (unchanged)
  • Available cycles in the period: 480 cycles (unchanged)
  • Expected equipment uptime: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 90)
  • Expected first-pass yield: 97 % (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

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

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where expected equipment 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 gross capacity (output per cycle times available cycles) and good capacity (gross derated by uptime and first-pass yield), plus the downtime and yield losses. 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 warehouse throughput capacity: 1,844 units (headline result)
  • Gross warehouse throughput capacity: 1,920 units
  • Warehouse throughput capacity downtime loss: 19.2 units
  • Warehouse throughput capacity yield loss: 57.02 units

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.