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Operations analyst

Cost per mile, detention, turns, utilization and route cost. 23 tools: 2 are free, the rest are premium.

Free for operations analyst

Delivery route cost per stop

Daily cost of one delivery route, cost per stop and per mile, and delivery cost as a share of order value. No account needed.

Also free

Free picks from other roles that are useful for the operations analyst role too.

Premium tools

All of them come with the operations analyst plan.

PremiumIn the role plan

Receiving variance (ASN vs counted)

Unit, percent and dollar variance between the ASN or PO and what was counted, against your tolerance.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Warehousing
PremiumIn the role plan

Cycle-count accuracy and sample size

Location accuracy from your last counts and how many locations to sample for a confident accuracy figure.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Warehousing
PremiumIn the role plan

Slotting velocity (ABC) classifier

Classifies a SKU by its pick-rank and sizes its forward pick location for a target days of supply.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Warehousing
PremiumExpert check pendingIn the role plan

Temperature excursion exposure

Degree-minutes above the limit and a release, hold or reject recommendation by product sensitivity.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Cold Chain
PremiumIn the role plan

Dry ice quantity per shipper

Pounds of dry ice per insulated shipper for the transit time, total quantity and cost.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Cold Chain
PremiumIn the role plan

FEFO shelf life and ship-by date

Remaining shelf life of a lot and the last date it can ship and still meet the customer's minimum.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Cold Chain
PremiumIn the role plan

Cold-chain receiving check (FSMA / HACCP)

Scores a refrigerated receipt against sanitary transport and traceability checks and lists what must be resolved before put-away.

Helps with: Use · Capability · ConsistencySupply Chain · Cold Chain
PremiumIn the role plan

Economic order quantity (EOQ)

The order size that balances ordering and holding cost, with orders per year and annual cost.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Wholesale Distribution
PremiumIn the role plan

Inventory turns, days on hand and GMROI

Turns, days on hand, gross margin return on inventory and the cash tied up versus a target.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Wholesale Distribution
PremiumIn the role plan

Branch transfer vs new purchase order

Compares moving stock from another branch with buying from the vendor, including stockout days and excess from minimums.

Helps with: Intent · UseSupply Chain · Wholesale Distribution
PremiumIn the role plan

Fill rate and backorder cost

Line fill rate, the monthly cost of backorders and lost sales, and the saving at a target fill rate.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Wholesale Distribution
PremiumIn the role plan

Stops per route and route time

Whether a planned route fits the shift, the maximum stops it can take and overtime if it does not.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Last Mile
PremiumIn the role plan

Failed delivery cost

Monthly cost of failed first attempts from redelivery, customer contacts and returns, and the value of cutting the rate.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Last Mile
PremiumIn the role plan

EV range vs route check

Usable electric van range after temperature, payload, battery health and reserve, against the route.

Helps with: Intent · UseSupply Chain · Last Mile
PremiumExpert check pendingIn the role plan

Driver pay: per stop vs hourly

Weekly cost of paying drivers per stop or by the hour, including FLSA overtime on piece-rate pay.

Helps with: Intent · UseSupply Chain · Last Mile
PremiumIn the role plan

Parcel dimensional weight

Billable weight of a parcel from its dimensions and actual weight with the carrier's DIM divisor.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Last Mile
PremiumIn the role plan

Truck cost per mile

Fixed plus variable cost per mile for one tractor, and the break-even rate.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Trucking
PremiumIn the role plan

Detention and dwell cost calculator

What waiting at docks costs per month, and how much detention billing would recover.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Trucking
PremiumIn the role plan

Empty-mile ratio and cost

Share of miles driven empty, what they cost and the real revenue per mile driven.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Trucking
PremiumIn the role plan

Rental fleet utilization and ROI

Time utilization, dollar utilization and return on a rental unit or class.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencyConstruction · Equipment rental
PremiumIn the role plan

Labor productivity and crew size

Labor hours, duration and crew size for a quantity of work from a unit productivity rate.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencyConstruction · Project controls

The operations analyst plan

All 23 operations analyst tools, one plan

$10.20 a month at the launch price (list $12). Save more paying by the quarter or year; add another role for less. 2 of them are still waiting on a trade expert's check; their cards say so.

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