Stock & logistics
How many storage bins should we count each day?
Multiply priority bins by the number of passes and add regular bins once. Divide total checks by weeks and round up to set weekly capacity. Labour equals checks times average minutes per check.
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Worked example
With the example inputs below, the calculator returns these results.
Total bin checks 60
- Priority bins
- 10 bins
- Checks per priority bin in period
- 4 checks
- Regular bins checked once
- 20 bins
- Counting period
- 5 weeks
- Average time per bin check
- 3 min
Other results
- Weekly capacity to reserve
- 12
- Total counting labour
- 3 h
Use your own figures
Set a weekly bin-check target and estimate the total labour. Open the worksheet, replace the example values, then copy or print the result.
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