Calculate pick rate in picks per hour from completed picks and labor hours, plus accuracy and target attainment, or how many pickers a workload needs.

Use total labor hours and non-picking minutes for the same workers and period.

Non-picking time, errors and target
Blank means zero.

Count each rejected pick once. Blank means zero.

Blank omits target attainment.

Pick Rate Formula

The good-pick rate uses accepted picks and productive labor hours. Gross rate uses all completed picks over the same productive time.

PCK = P / T
  • Where PCK is the Pick Rate (picks/hour)
  • P is the number of accepted picks: completed picks minus rejected picks.
  • T is productive labor time in hours: clocked labor hours minus total non-picking minutes divided by 60.

Divide accepted picks by productive labor hours. Rejected picks and non-picking time are optional and default to zero when blank. Target attainment is omitted when its target is blank. To plan staffing, round workload divided by each picker’s available hours, productive utilization and planned good-pick rate up to a whole picker.

How to Calculate Pick Rate?

The following example problems outline how to calculate Pick Rate.

Example Problem #1:

  1. First, determine the total number of picks.
    • The total number of picks is given as 30.
  2. Next, determine the total amount of time (hrs).
    • The total amount of time (hrs) is provided as 10.
  3. Finally, calculate the Pick Rate using the equation above: 

PCK = P / T

The values provided above are inserted into the equation below and computed.

With no rejected picks or non-picking time, PCK = 30 / 10 = 3 picks per productive labor hour.

Example Problem #2: 

For this problem, the variables required are provided below:

total number of picks = 50

total amount of time (hrs) = 15

Test your knowledge using the equation and check your answer with the calculator.

With no rejected picks or non-picking time, PCK = 50 / 15 ≈ 3.3333 picks per productive labor hour.