Risk Management (and math)
Risk assuming 50k units due out and 100k units of capacity.
What is 50%?
The target buffer (Min or Max buffer depending on WIP) assuming Single Large has a target min and max buffer of 45 - 60 units per packer, 10 packers, and WIP is HIGH?
What is 600?
The grace period when clocking in at SOS.
What is 5 minutes?
The frequency with which Autoflow updates TURs.
What is every 15 minutes?
The names and abbreviations of the shifts at Central Flow (and most Amazon FCs).
What is FHD, FHN, BHD, and BHN.
Risk threshholds for TRB.
What is 95% to activate and 85% to deactivate?
The Trans TUR if pick cap is at 45k, pack cap is at 38k, and WIP is 2.5k high.
What is 9.5k?
Frequency of risk emails under varying conditions.
What is Preshift and every period or quarter unless otherwise requested by CF Leadership?
The thresholds that rates must be different by in order to place a rate override into Autoflow.
What is 20% for all pack/pick paths and processes?
The time zone all Central Flow computers should be in, at all times, regardless of Arizona's time.
What is Pacific Time?
The minimum trans TUR needed to have 75% risk assuming 12k trans is due out in 8 hrs. (No breaks, lunches, or SLAs)
What is 2,000 units per hour.
Frequency that a flow lead should be updating Autoflow rate overrides.
What is every 15 minutes?
When does the COE threshold change
What is bi-weekly
The plan put together by site Operations and Finance teams to guide Operations managers in planning shifts.
What is ALPS/the 21 Day Plan?
The difference between Pacific time and Eastern time in the Summer.
What is 3 hours, regardless of time of year.
Minimum trans capacity needed to have 80% risk assuming trans has 57.6k units due out in 9 hrs.
What is 8000 units per hour?
Target WIP for AFE1 assuming AFE 3.0, HCs of 10/20/60 Induct/Rebin/Pack, min and max buffers of 400 and 420
What is 4,000 to 4,200?
The two conditions under which a flow lead must put in a COE.
What is a miss over 500 on a single CPT or 500 missed units in a single period/quarter.
Two types of plans in Autoflow.
What is What-if plans and OSP plans?
Single Large backlog percentage assuming:
AFE1 - 40k
AFE2 - 35k
SL - 13k
SM - 4k
SP - 8k
What is 13%
The formula for risk.
What is cumulative due out units divided by hourly capacity multiplied by time until the CPT?
cumulative due out/(hourly capacity x time)
Formula for finding the ideal TUR.
What is target WIP minus actual WIP divided by the time to fix WIP plus total pack/sort capacity?
(Target WIP - Actual WIP)/Time + Pack (or Sort) capacity
The first rule of Autoflow
What is 'don't lie to Autoflow'?
The ratio of Rebinners to Inductors at AFE 3.0 sites?
What is 2 rebinners for every Inductor.
The name and abbreviation for the system that moves work between AFE1/AFE2 as it charges in, and moves work between SS/SP as it charges in.
What is Cost and Capacity based Categorization, CCC.