Orchestrate

Crew Estimator

How many hands does today actually need? Sized from real planned labour.

Counts the work the day contains — picking trips, top-up moves, pallet moves — and divides by what one person gets through in a shift. Pickers and equipment operators are sized separately.

A CREW SIZE YOU CAN DEFENDTHE DAY’S WORKpicking tripstop-up movespallet moves÷ ONE PERSONPER SHIFTGATED · FLEXEDorder-feeding top-ups firstpickers and MHE sized apartroles flex as work runs outself-tunes from recorded actualsRosterby habitSuggestedfrom planned labourStaffedwhat ranRECORDED EVERY DAYthe gap = labour saving

Daily

roster vs suggested vs staffed, recorded

2 crews

compared on the same day, same KPIs

How it works

Crew Estimator, in three moves.

Only the top-ups feeding today’s orders hold up picking, so those hands go in early; everyone else flexes as the day moves. Suggestions self-tune from recorded actuals, and the gap between roster, suggested and staffed is recorded every day — the labour half of the savings story.

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01

Count

Add up the day’s real work — trips, moves, pallets — and divide by one person’s shift output.

02

02

Gate

Top-ups that feed today’s orders go first, so nobody waits at an empty face.

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Flex

Beyond the dedicated top-up hand, operators switch roles as the day moves — moves, pallets, then picks.

Capabilities

  • Sized from planned labour minutes — not a roster, not a rule of thumb
  • Pickers and equipment operators sized separately
  • Gating: order-feeding top-ups first, stock-health top-ups any time
  • Flex roles: one dedicated top-up operator, the rest switch as work runs out
  • Four modes: manual, suggested, confirm, compare
  • Self-tuning from recorded actuals — every rate labelled with its source

What you get

Suggested crew per shift, per role
Roster vs suggested vs staffed, recorded daily
Compare view: the same day run with two crews, on real KPIs
Labour saving stream handed to Value Tracking

See Crew Estimator run on your operation’s data.