Processes

What will AGI do for Manage physical finished goods inventory?

AI-deliverabilityphysical

The APQC lens 'Manage logistics and warehousing' strongly signals physical work. The process description explicitly involves the 'movement of the finished products' through warehouses; while it incorporates digital tracking via barcodes and inventory systems, the core value is managing physical capacity and goods, placing it in the upper physical band.

Finished goods arrive at the warehouse facility and are marked for intake.

Trigger
Finished goods arrive at the warehouse facility and are marked for intake.
Outcome
Physical inventory is accurately tracked, securely stored, and maintained until successfully allocated for outbound shipment.

The work itself

Grounded Work Profile

Measured by

  • Inventory Accuracy RateprocessProfile
  • Warehouse Capacity UtilizationprocessProfile
  • Inventory Shrinkage RateprocessProfile
  • Inventory Carrying CostprocessProfile

Key steps

  • Receive and verify inbound finished goodsprocessProfile
  • Apply barcodes or tracking tags to individual items or palletsprocessProfile
  • Assign and route goods to optimal warehouse storage locationsprocessProfile
  • Monitor inventory volumes, storage conditions, and remaining product shelf lifeprocessProfile
  • Conduct cycle counts to reconcile physical stock with system recordsprocessProfile
  • Stage requested finished goods for outbound fulfillmentprocessProfile

How AGI delivers it

Four ways AGI delivers for Manage physical finished goods inventory

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Value flow

How Manage physical finished goods inventory connects

automated by

measured by

  • 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