Processes

What will AGI do for Manage logistics and warehousing?

AI-deliverabilityphysical

The LENS indicates this top-level APQC process category centers on administering the flow of physical goods. Because it decomposes into managing inbound materials, warehousing operations, and outbound transportation, the underlying value-producing work relies heavily on handling, storing, and moving physical objects, placing it firmly in the physical band.

A supply chain strategy cycle, demand forecast, or the physical arrival of materials initiates the coordination of inbound, storage, and outbound logistics.

Trigger
A supply chain strategy cycle, demand forecast, or the physical arrival of materials initiates the coordination of inbound, storage, and outbound logistics.
Outcome
Materials and finished goods are safely stored, accurately tracked, and delivered to their required destinations on time, while customer returns are efficiently processed.

The work itself

Grounded Work Profile

Measured by

  • Inventory Turnover RatioprocessProfile
  • On-Time Delivery RateprocessProfile
  • Order Fill RateprocessProfile
  • Total Logistics Cost Per UnitprocessProfile

Key steps

  • Define logistics strategy and network designprocessProfile
  • Coordinate inbound transportation and receivingprocessProfile
  • Manage warehouse operations and inventory storageprocessProfile
  • Fulfill orders and execute outbound transportationprocessProfile
  • Process reverse logistics and customer returnsprocessProfile

How AGI delivers it

Four ways AGI delivers for Manage logistics and warehousing

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Value flow

How Manage logistics and warehousing connects

automated by

measured by

  • "Last mile" percentage handled via a method other than in-house delivery fleet, national postal service, parcel delivery service, other third-party provider, or gig economystandard
  • "Last mile" percentage handled via a third-party provider other than parcel%2Fpoststandard
  • "Last mile" percentage handled via commercial parcel delivery servicestandard
  • "Last mile" percentage handled via gig economy%2Fcrowdsourcingstandard
  • "Last mile" percentage handled via in-house delivery fleetstandard
  • "Last mile" percentage handled via national postal servicestandard
  • Annual shrinkage as a percentage of inventory valuestandard
  • Average "last mile" vehicle capacity used when the vehicle departs its locationstandard
  • Average cycle time in calendar days from delivery order to successful completion of delivery and disposal of back-hauled large%2Fbulky goodsstandard
  • Average time to proficiency in months for new transportation employeesstandard
  • Average time to proficiency in months for new warehouse employeesstandard
  • Cost of damaged product as a percentage of salesstandard
  • Direct labor as a percentage of total labor used in the process group "manage logistics and warehousing"standard
  • Direct labor availability for logisticsstandard
  • Expedited costs as a percentage of freight coststandard
  • Expedited costs as a percentage of total cost of the logistics process group "manage logistics and warehousing"standard
  • Gross value of on-hand balance for service%2Frepair parts that have sales or usage between 101 and 1,000 units as a percentage of total gross service%2Frepair parts inventory valuestandard
  • Gross value of on-hand balance for service%2Frepair parts that have sales or usage between 1 and 100 units as a percentage of total gross service%2Frepair parts inventory valuestandard
  • Gross value of on-hand balance for service%2Frepair parts that have sales or usage of 0 units as a percentage of total gross service%2Frepair parts inventory valuestandard
  • Gross value of on-hand balance for service%2Frepair parts that have sales or usage of more than 1,000 units as a percentage of total gross service%2Frepair parts inventory valuestandard
  • Gross value of on-hand balance for typical products that have sales or usage between 101 and 1,000 units as a percentage of total gross typical parts inventory valuestandard
  • Gross value of on-hand balance for typical products that have sales or usage between 1 and 100 units as a percentage of total gross typical parts inventory valuestandard
  • Gross value of on-hand balance for typical products that have sales or usage of 0 units as a percentage of total gross typical parts inventory valuestandard
  • Gross value of on-hand balance for typical products that have sales or usage of more than 1,000 units as a percentage of total gross typical parts inventory valuestandard
  • Learning budget per transportation employeestandard
  • Learning budget per warehouse employeestandard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process "define logistics strategy" as a percentage of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" (excluding "manage returns; manage reverse logistics) (Number of FTEs who perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F (Number of FTEs who perform the process "define logistics strategy" + Number of FTEs who perform the process "plan and manage inbound material flow" + Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate warehousing" + Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate outbound transportation")) *100 percent 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Supplemental Information 107418 Number of FTEs that perform the process "define logistics strategy" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEs (Number of FTEs who perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F Number of FTEs who perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing") *100 percent 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Process Efficiency 101224 Number of FTEs that perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $1 billion revenue Number of FTEs who perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F (Total business entity revenue*.000000001) FTEs 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Cost Effectiveness 101470 Other cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $1,000 revenue Costs other than personnel, systems, overhead, and outsourced to perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Cost Effectiveness 101542 Outsourced cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $1,000 revenue Outsourced cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Cost Effectiveness 101673 Overhead cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $1,000 revenue Overhead cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Cost Effectiveness 102880 Personnel cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $1,000 revenue Personnel cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Cost Effectiveness 107580 Personnel cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per process FTE Personnel cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F Number of FTEs who perform the process "define logistics strategy" dollars 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Cost Effectiveness 103241 Systems cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $100,000 revenue Systems cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.000010) dollars 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Cost Effectiveness 103606 Total cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $1,000 revenue Total cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F (Total business entity revenue * .001) dollars 10338 4.4.1 Provide logistics governance Cost Effectiveness 103600 Total cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per process FTE Total cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" %2F Number of FTEs who perform the process "define logistics strategy" dollars 20936 4.4.2 Plan and manage inbound material flow Supplemental Information 103075 Number of FTEs that perform the process "plan and manage inbound material flow" as a percentage of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" (excluding "manage returns; manage reverse logistics)standard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEsstandard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per $1 billion revenuestandard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process "operate outbound transportation" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEsstandard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process "operate warehousing" as a percentage of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" (excluding "manage returns; manage reverse logistics) (Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F (Number of FTEs who perform the process "define logistics strategy" + Number of FTEs who perform the process "plan and manage inbound material flow" + Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate warehousing" + Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate outbound transportation")) *100 percent 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Supplemental Information 107420 Number of FTEs that perform the process "operate warehousing" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEs (Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F Number of FTEs who perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing") *100 percent 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Process Efficiency 101231 Number of FTEs that perform the process "operate warehousing" per $1 billion revenue Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F (Total business entity revenue*.000000001) FTEs 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Staff Productivity 100882 Number of sales order line items placed per FTE that performs the process "operate warehousing" Number of sales order line items placed %2F Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate warehousing" sales order line items 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Process Efficiency 101445 Order fill rate Order fill rate percent 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Process Efficiency 101450 Order line fill rate Sales order line fill rate percent 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 101507 Other cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per $1,000 revenue Costs other than personnel, systems, overhead, and outsourced to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 101571 Outsourced cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per $1,000 revenue Outsourced cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 101710 Overhead cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per $1,000 revenue Overhead cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Supplemental Information 102067 Percentage of finished goods inventory requiring special handling or storage Percentage of finished goods inventory requiring special handling or storage percent 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Process Efficiency 102628 Percentage of SKUs tracked by radio frequency Percentage of SKUs tracked by radio frequency percent 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 102975 Personnel cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per $1,000 revenue Personnel cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 105192 Personnel cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per process FTE Personnel cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate warehousing" dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cycle Time 103072 Pick-to-ship cycle time in hours for customer orders Pick-to-ship cycle time in hours for customer orders hours 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 103319 Systems cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per $100,000 revenue Systems cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F (Total business entity revenue * .00001) dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 103780 Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" as a percentage of cost of goods sold (Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F Cost of goods sold (COGS)) * 100 percent 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 103784 Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per $1,000 revenue Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010) dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 103781 Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per process FTE Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F Number of FTEs who perform the process "operate warehousing" dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Cost Effectiveness 103788 Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per sales order fulfilled Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" %2F Number of sales orders fulfilled dollars 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Process Efficiency 104172 Unit fill rate Unit fill rate percent 10340 4.4.3 Operate warehousing Process Efficiency 100011 Warehouse slot utilization Warehouse slot utilization percent 10359 4.4.3.7 Manage physical finished goods inventory Cost Effectiveness 106146 Annual value of damaged or expired retails products as percentage of average annual retail inventory value Product wastage (Damage and expiry) rate percent 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Supplemental Information 103081 Approved preferred%2Fcore carriers for primary transportation as a percentage of total carriers used for primary transportation (Number of approved preferred%2Fcore carriers for primary transportation mode %2F Number of carriers used for primary transportation mode in the last twelve months) * 100 percent 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Process Efficiency 107221 Average number of delivery attempts required to complete large%2Fbulky deliveries Average number of delivery attempts required to complete large%2Fbulky deliveries attempts 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Supplemental Information 107217 Average number of items included in a large%2Fbulky delivery Average number of items included in a large%2Fbulky delivery items 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Supplemental Information 107216 Average volume, in cubic feet, of large%2Fbulky deliveries completed Average volume of large%2Fbulky deliveries completed cubic feet 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Supplemental Information 107215 Average weight, in pounds, of large%2Fbulky deliveries completed Average weight of large%2Fbulky deliveries completed pounds 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Cycle Time 100520 Customer shipment to delivery cycle time in days Customer shipment to delivery cycle time in hours %2F 24 days 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Cost Effectiveness 100739 Freight cost to perform the process "operate outbound transportation" as a percentage of the total logistics process group "manage logistics and warehousing" excluding "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" cost (Freight cost to perform the process "operate outbound transportation" %2F (Total cost to perform the process "operate outbound transportation" + Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" + Total cost to perform the process "plan and manage inbound material flow" + Total cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy")) * 100.0 percent 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Cost Effectiveness 100742 Freight cost to perform the process "operate outbound transportation" per $1,000 revenue Freight cost to perform the process "operate outbound transportation" %2F (Total business entity revenue * .001) dollars 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Process Efficiency 102082 Full trailer-load or full container-load capacity utilization Full trailer load or full container load capacity utilization percent 10341 4.4.4 Operate outbound transportation Supplemental Information 101437 Number of FTEs that perform the process "operate outbound transportation" as a percentage of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" (excluding "manage returns; manage reverse logistics)standard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process "plan and manage inbound material flow" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEsstandard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" as a percentage of total business entity FTEsstandard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" excluding "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per $1 billion revenuestandard
  • Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" per $1 billion revenuestandard
  • Number of SKUs for service%2Frepair parts that have sales between 101 and 1,000 as a percentage of the total number of SKUs for service%2Frepair partsstandard
  • Number of SKUs for service%2Frepair parts that have sales between 1 and 100 as a percentage of the total number of SKUs for service%2Frepair partsstandard
  • Number of SKUs for service%2Frepair parts that have sales greater than 1,000 as a percentage of the total number of SKUs for service%2Frepair partsstandard
  • Number of SKUs for service%2Frepair parts that have zero sales as a percentage of the total number of SKUs for service%2Frepair partsstandard
  • Number of SKUs for typical products that have sales between 101 and 1,000 as a percentage of the total number of SKUs for typical productsstandard
  • Number of SKUs for typical products that have sales between 1 and 100 as a percentage of the total number of SKUs for typical productsstandard
  • Number of SKUs for typical products that have sales greater than 1,000 as a percentage of the total number of SKUs for typical productsstandard
  • Number of SKUs for typical products that have zero sales as a percentage of the total number of SKUs for typical productsstandard
  • Other cost to perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per $1,000 revenuestandard
  • Outsourced cost to perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per $1,000 revenuestandard
  • Overhead cost to perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per $1,000 revenuestandard
  • Peak warehouse slot utilizationstandard
  • Percentage change in perfect order performance in the past 12 monthsstandard
  • Percentage of Inventory counting work that is aided by intelligent automationstandard
  • Percentage of annual expedited orders resulting from documentation errorsstandard
  • Percentage of annual expedited orders resulting from inaccurate demand forecastsstandard
  • Percentage of annual expedited orders resulting from information technology%2Fsystem failurestandard
  • Percentage of annual expedited orders resulting from late delivery%2Floss in transitstandard
  • Percentage of annual expedited orders resulting from manufacturing equipment failurestandard
  • Percentage of annual expedited orders resulting from network stock re-balancesstandard