Calculate coverage from task times

A 6 a.m. pack-out has 180 orders, 24 expected exceptions, required setup, and a handoff before the courier cutoff. Workload minutes compared with net available minutes The common shortcut is to count people on the shift without subtracting setup, breaks, and exception work. That makes four paid people look like four fully available people, which they are not. List activities Orders, exceptions, setup, handoff, and close-check are the activities that consume the morning shift. A schedule misses when hidden work is left out of the demand side. Estimate activity time 180 orders x 2.2 minutes = 396 minutes. 24 exceptions…

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