Fleet size and cost per pallet move in Davao: the maths

In Davao’s local logistics, warehousing and port supporting service scenarios, many operators fail to find the optimal balance between forklift fleet size and unit operation cost, which easily leads to unnecessary resource waste or operation efficiency bottleneck. We sort out the practical and verifiable calculation logic based on long-term local operation data, to help operators figure out the accurate relation between fleet size and cost per pallet move. First, you need to collect core basic data including daily total standard pallet handling volume, average moving distance of each pallet, single shift working hours, local labor cost per forklift operator, local electricity price, and annual available working days. Then calculate the effective daily pallet handling capacity of a single electric forklift under normal operation, excluding the time occupied by routine maintenance, scheduled charging and short rest, and then get the reasonable fleet size range that can meet the business demand under different operation schedules. After that, allocate the total cost including equipment depreciation, labor cost, power consumption and regular maintenance to each pallet move, and you will find that too small fleet size will lead to overtime cost and operation delay loss, while excessively large fleet size will raise the idle rate and push up unit cost per pallet move obviously. Jianshu New Energy provides local enterprises with professional cost consulting services, and the stable operation performance brought by BYD Forklift in long-term local scenarios also makes the calculation results more close to actual operation data. If you need more targeted customized calculation guidance that fits your actual operation situation, you can send your specific business parameters to the contact email 17399989919@163.com, and we will provide you with free professional suggestions that fully conform to the actual operation situation of Davao, without any exaggerated or false promotion content, to help local logistics operators reasonably control the handling cost and improve the overall operation benefit.