WAREHOUSE LABOR COST TOOL
Shift Transition Cost Calculator
See what the time between paid shift start and productive work—plus end-of-shift activities—costs your operation each year.
Your annual shift transition cost
Results update as you change an input.
Compared with best-in-class benchmarks of 7 minutes at the start of shift and 5 minutes at the end of shift.
How this is calculated
Loaded hourly wage = wage + wage × fringe rate + wage × 1.5 × overtime rate.
Annual transition cost = loaded wage × employees × transition minutes ÷ 60 × operating days × operating weeks.
The benchmark uses the same wage, staffing and schedule inputs so the comparison isolates transition time.
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