Calculators
Shipping and packages
- DIM weightBillable weight from box size and actual weight
- Cubic pricing tierUSPS price tier from box size
- Length plus girthPackage size to check against carrier limits
- Delivery timeBusiness days to promise at checkout
- Shipping cost as a percent of revenueNet postage as a share of revenue
- Freight densityPounds per cubic foot, the basis of LTL class
- Units per palletUnits on a pallet of master cartons
Fulfillment and warehouse
- 3PL monthly invoiceMonthly 3PL bill and the cost per order
- Cost per orderEverything it costs to fulfill one order
- Cost per unit shippedFees, packaging, and postage per unit
- Fulfillment cost as a percent of revenueShare of revenue spent on fulfillment
- Units per hourUnits handled per labor hour
- ThroughputUnits completed per hour
- Cluster picking tripsPicking trips needed and trips saved per cart
- Units per orderAverage units in each order
- Lines per orderAverage order lines in each order
- Dock-to-stock timeHours from dock arrival to sellable stock
- Time to shipAverage hours from order release to shipment
- Storage utilizationPercent of storage locations in use
- Automation paybackYears until automation savings repay the cost
Order performance
- On-time deliveryPercent of orders delivered by the promised date
- Ship-on-time ratePercent of orders shipped by the required date
- Order accuracyPercent of orders shipped without an error
- Perfect order ratePercent of orders with nothing wrong
- Fill ratePercent of ordered units shipped the first time
- Backorder ratePercent of orders with a backordered line
- Damage ratePercent of delivered orders reported damaged
- Click-to-door timeHours and days from order to delivery
- WISMO ratePercent of orders asking where their order is
- OTIFPercent of orders delivered on time and in full
Inventory
- Reorder pointStock level that should trigger a purchase order
- Safety stockExtra units to cover demand and lead time swings
- Economic order quantityOrder size with the lowest total cost
- Min/max order quantityInventory position and how much to order
- Available to promiseUnits you can still promise to new orders
- Days of inventory (units)Days your stock on hand lasts at current sales
- Days of inventory (finance)Days of inventory from inventory value and COGS
- Inventory turnoverTurns per year and days to sell through
- Sell-through ratePercent of received units that sold
- Stockout ratePercent of SKU-days out of stock
- Inventory accuracyPercent of counted locations that match the system
- Forecast accuracyMAPE and forecast accuracy across three SKUs
- Open to buyBudget left to buy inventory this period
- Carrying costYearly cost of holding your inventory
- Inventory-to-sales ratioInventory value divided by sales for the period
- Virtual bundleBundles you can sell from component stock
Costs and margins
- Landed costProduct, freight, duties, and fees per unit
- Contribution marginWhat each order leaves after variable costs
- Gross marginGross profit and margin from revenue and COGS
- Cost to serveFull cost per order for a customer or channel
- Average order valueAverage revenue per order
- COGSCost of goods sold from inventory and purchases
- GMROIGross margin earned per dollar of inventory
- Cash conversion cycleDays from paying suppliers to getting paid