How much do picking errors and additional checks cost?
The order picking calculator shows how picking errors, additional checks and corrections affect your time and costs. It gives you an insight into the impact of discrepancies within your order process and how quickly a solution can pay for itself.
In many order picking processes, there are extra walking and driving movements, interruptions in the flow and extra time spent on rectifying errors and double-checking. This happens, for example, when quantities are checked manually, picks are not correct straight away and when corrections are needed afterwards.
These steps are often taken for granted, under the guise of: ‘this is simply part of the process’, or are barely noticeable on a day-to-day basis. An extra check here, a correction there. But precisely because these actions are constantly repeated, they have a clear impact on your time and costs on a monthly and annual basis.
What is often missing is an understanding of the total cost. How much time does this actually take? And what does this mean financially?
The order picking ROI calculator makes this clear. By entering your own data, such as the number of picks, the error rate and the cost per correction, you gain insight into your specific situation. This helps you determine whether adjustments to the order picking process are worthwhile and how quickly a potential weighing solution can pay for itself.
How much time do you waste driving to a fixed scale?
The distance calculator (fixed scale) shows how much time is lost travelling to a fixed weighbridge and what this means in terms of your costs and staff deployment. It gives you an insight into the impact of these additional steps and how quickly an alternative approach can pay for itself.
In many logistics processes, weighing is a separate step. Pallets are picked up, taken to a fixed weighbridge, weighed and then moved on to their next location. This results in extra driving, double handling and interruptions in the process. Staff spend time on tasks that do not add direct value, but have become part of the working method.
This does not have to be the standard working method. There are alternatives that combine weighing and moving, thereby eliminating these extra steps. Not everyone is aware of this or knows what this can yield in terms of time and costs on a monthly or annual basis.
The ROI calculator for distance (fixed scales) provides clarity on this. By entering your own data, such as the distance to the scales, the number of weighings and labour costs, you gain immediate insight into your situation. This helps you determine whether the current working method is still appropriate and what the impact would be of reorganising your process.
What do minor weight discrepancies mean for your invoicing?
The weight-based invoicing calculator shows how small variations in weight affect your invoice amounts. It gives you an insight into how these differences accumulate and what this means for your total turnover.
When invoicing is based on weight, the accuracy of that weight determines the final invoice. In practice, small discrepancies regularly arise, for example because weights are rounded off or because supplied weight data is used. These differences are limited per shipment and spread across multiple orders, meaning they often go unnoticed.
Nevertheless, these discrepancies do add up. What seems small per shipment can, with larger volumes, lead to structural differences in invoiced amounts and thus affect the final revenue. What is often missing is insight into this cumulative total and the actual impact.
With the weight-based invoicing ROI calculator, you can quantify exactly what small weight discrepancies mean for your invoice values. By entering your own data, such as the number of pallets, the average weight discrepancy and the value per unit, you gain immediate insight into your situation. You can also see how quickly a potential solution in the form of a weighing system would pay for itself.
From insight to informed decisions in your logistics process
Additional checks, vehicle movements or minor variations in weight – these may all seem like routine parts of the process, but on a larger scale they affect time, costs and revenue. Without proper insight, it remains difficult to determine where the greatest impact lies and which adjustments are worthwhile.
The ROI calculators help to quantify this impact based on your own data. They provide insight into where deviations occur and what this means for your process, enabling you to better justify whether and where changes are needed.
Would you like this insight for your situation? Explore the full suite of calculators and gain clarity on what is happening in your process.
From theory to practice
Want to gain a better understanding of your own situation?
The calculators provide an initial overview of the impact on your process. Would you like to see how this applies to your own situation? Please get in touch or book a demo. We’d be happy to review your current working methods with you and identify the key differences.
