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Can a picking improvement reduce paid hours?
Calculate hours released from a pick-rate change and the portion that becomes avoidable labor cost.
Example scenario
Editable demonstration inputs, not verified industry benchmarks. Enable JavaScript to calculate your own scenario.
- Annual order-line picks
- 2,000,000
- Current picks / paid hour
- 80 picks
- Target picks / paid hour
- 100 picks
- Loaded labor cost / hour
- $28
- Hours released that reduce paid hours
- 60 %
- Annual technology & process cost
- $50,000
Annual cash labor benefit net of program
Example result only, not a forecast or promise.
- Annual paid-hour capacity released
- 5,000
- Total labor time value
- $140,000
- Annual program cost
- $50,000
What to do with this result
Measure pick errors and travel as well as speed; validate labor scheduling before claiming cash savings.
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Calculation method
Hours released = picks / current pick rate − picks / target pick rate. Net cash saving = hours × cost × avoidable share − program.
Assumptions and limitations
- Example inputs are editable scenarios, not Aryo results or independently verified industry benchmarks.
- Demand, lead times and service levels are scenario inputs. Validate variability, physical constraints and supplier terms before ordering.