3PL

Put the waves in and the team in, and the plan builds itself.

Waves become demand by activity, people follow the work, and any gap is covered by the cheapest source of hours first.

A Friday on the floor, from the first wave to cover.

Run day · Site 2 · Friday
On the floor 0Moves 0
WAVES FROM THE WMS06:00 · Wave 1 · Client AGoods in · 24 pallets08:00 · Wave 2 · Client BPick · 3,200 cases10:00 · Wave 3 · Client APack · 1,850 orders15:00 · Wave 4 · Client CDespatch · 22 trailersGoods inPutawayPickPackDespatch
Roll call06:00

Step 1 of 4: Waves release from the WMS.

Each wave lands with its client, activity and volume, and the zone it needs lights up.

Who covers a gap, cheapest first.

When the work outruns the roster, the plan reaches for the next cheapest source of hours and stops as soon as the gap is closed.

  1. 1

    Home activity

    Each colleague works their own activity wherever the waves keep them busy.

  2. 2

    A skill-checked move

    A colleague trained for the short activity moves across, with ten minutes allowed for the walk.

  3. 3

    Overtime

    The shift that is ending is asked to stay on, priced at its overtime rate.

  4. 4

    Agency

    Whatever is left is booked by skill from the supplier with the lowest rate for that skill.

Plan your own warehouse in Outlay 3PL.

Talk to Libra about a scoping day at one site: the activities, the shifts, and how labour is planned and rostered there today.

Talk to Libra about Outlay 3PL

Choose a site and a date, and bring the people who plan and roster labour there today.