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Insights Overview

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Overview

Skustack’s Insights feature provides valuable insights into your warehouse operations. Through data aggregation charts and detailed activity monitoring, you can seamlessly track various key metrics and workload statistics that help you identify bottlenecks and enhance overall workflow efficiency.

Monitor Activity

Gain a comprehensive summary of your operations by visualizing the overlap of various activities over a specific period. Track detailed stats on a minutely or hourly basis to obtain valuable insights into your workforce and optimize productivity.

All Activities

To see a summary of all activities:

  1. Navigate to the Skustack Lens portal at https://lens.skustack.com.
  2. Enter your team name and login credentials.
  3. Select Insights > All activities.
  4. All Skustack activities are dynamically loaded and updated in real-time. Choose your desired date range and the preferred data analysis type – minutely or hourly.
    The minutely preview is only available when using a date filter specifically set to “Today” or “Yesterday”.
  5. (Optional) Filter by your desired warehouse location.
  6. The All activities tab has two distinct graph modes – Individual and Stacked. To enhance visualization, each activity type is represented with a unique color in both modes.
  7. Hover over the graph for a detailed breakdown of each activity type at a specific time.
  8. Click on an activity type to include or exclude it from the graph. All types are included by default.
  9. The allocation of resources based on their daily volume and selected preferences (step 7) is displayed in the Proportional distribution chart.

Units Picked

The Units Picked tab provides insights into each activity type separately. The units picked are displayed by default, however, the filters can be adjusted based on your preference.

  1. Navigate to Insights > Units Picked.
  2. Filter by your desired activity type:
    1. Units picked
    2. Units Sorted
    3. Units Shipped
    4. Units Received
    5. Units Returned
    6. Units Transferred
  3. All Skustack activities are dynamically loaded and updated in real-time. Choose your desired date range and the preferred data analysis type – minutely or hourly.
    The minutely preview is only available when using a date filter specifically set to “Today” or “Yesterday”.”
  4. (Optional) Filter by your desired warehouse location.
  5. This tab has two distinct graph modes – Overall and Per Employee. The Per Employee mode allows you to view the movements either individually or stacked. To enhance visualization, each employee is represented with a unique color in this mode.
  6. Hover over the graph for a detailed breakdown of the units picked at a specific time.

All Movements

The All Movements tab allows you to have complete visibility into all movements happening within the warehouse. This includes movements such as receiving goods, transferring inventory between bins, picking orders, shipping products, and more:

  1. Navigate to Insights > All Movements.
  2. All Skustack movements are dynamically loaded and updated in real-time. Choose your desired date range and the preferred data analysis type – minutely or hourly.
    The minutely preview is only available when using a date filter specifically set to “Today” or “Yesterday”.
  3. (Optional) Filter by your desired movement type and/or warehouse location.
  4. The movement volume for the selected date range is visually highlighted in a unique blue color on the graph, while the projected volume based on the same duration from the previous period is represented by a distinct gray shade.

Time Table

The Time Table tab provides insights into employees’ work schedules and includes information such as the start and end times of their activities. To view them:

  1. Navigate to Insights > Time Table.
  2. Choose your desired date. By default, the date filter is set to “Today”, however, you have the option to navigate to previous weeks using the arrow icons and select a different date. To return to the present day, simply click on “Today”.
  3. (Optional) Filter by your desired warehouse location.
  4. Select your sorting options based on your preference – Alphabetical or Duration.
  5. The Time Table tab has two distinct modes you can choose from. Select the mode that best suits your workflow:
    • Calendar – the timetable is presented in a traditional calendar layout, or;
    • Chart – the timetable is presented in a chart layout, allowing you to easily compare employee activity.
  6. Click on an employee for even greater details into their individual activity.

Activities that can be tracked on this page include Movements, Units Picked, the employee’s working time, and duration. The Movements activity type is selected by default. Use the dropdown in the panel to switch between Movements and Units Picked.

Reports

The Reports tab provides you with access to detailed reports on empty bins, shipped, and picked orders. By tracking empty bins, you can identify areas where stock levels are depleted and take proactive measures to replenish inventory, while tracking shipped and picked orders enables you to identify any potential delays in those operations and improve overall efficiency. To do that:

  1. Navigate to Insights > Reports.
  2. Choose your desired mode – Empty Bins or Shipped and Picked Orders.

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    Empty Bins

  3. Select Empty Bins in the Report type dropdown. The grid will load and the following information will be displayed:
    1. Name
    2. Region
    3. Total units available
    4. Total physical units
  4. (Optional) Filter by your desired warehouse location.
  5. Select the type of bins you want to generate a report for – Sellable or Unsellable.
  6. Use the up and down arrow icons next to each column in the grid to adjust your sorting options based on your preference.
  7. Click on a bin to see all products and movements that happened within that bin.

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    Shipped and Picked Orders

  8. Select Shipped and Picked Orders in the Report type dropdown. The grid will load and the following information will be displayed:
    1. Order #
    2. Ordered
    3. Shipped
    4. Station & Warehouse
    5. Channel
  9. (Optional) Filter by your desired date range and/or warehouse location.
  10. Use the up and down arrow icons next to each column in the grid to adjust your sorting options based on your preference.
  11. Click on an Order # to be directed to the Order details page.
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