Throughput math behind a fast prep center.
Why this matters
Operations teams keep rediscovering the same lessons. This post lays out the patterns that actually move the needle on receive-to-putaway: the 90-minute sla.
The core idea
Throughput, not headcount, is the lever. Measure cycle time at every step and the bottleneck reveals itself.
A practical example
A 12-person prep center in Memphis cut receive-to-putaway from 4 hours to 90 minutes by changing two things — neither of them software.
