Logistics COO
WMS Says 87% Utilized.
Your Floor Says 64%
Your warehouse management system measures locations filled. But 23% of your cube is air—pallets half-stacked, aisles widened 'temporarily,' dead inventory nobody can find. That's $4.2M in rent you're paying for oxygen.
The Utilization Gap Your WMS Can't See
Location utilization vs. cubic utilization
WMS DASHBOARD
87%
Locations with inventory
"Storage capacity adequate"
FLOOR AUDIT
64%
Actual cubic utilization
23% cube wasted = $4.2M/year
What That Gap Looks Like
Bulk StoragePick ModulesReceivingShipping
Utilization by Zone
Where the gap costs you most
| Zone | Sq Ft | WMS % | Actual % | Gap | Annual Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulk Storage | 125,000 | 92% | 71% | 21% | $1.84M |
| Pick Modules | 45,000 | 88% | 82% | 6% | $236K |
| Receiving | 28,000 | 85% | 68% | 17% | $417K |
| Shipping | 32,000 | 84% | 61% | 23% | $645K |
| Returns | 18,000 | 79% | 44% | 35% | $552K |
| Cold Storage | 22,000 | 91% | 78% | 13% | $501K |
| Total | 270,000 | 87% | 64% | 23% | $4.19M |
Warehouse KPIs That Matter
Cubic Utilization
64%
Target: >85%
Inventory Accuracy
94.2%
Target: >99%
Pick Accuracy
99.1%
Target: >99.5%
Order Cycle Time
4.2 hrs
Target: <3 hrs
Dock-to-Stock
18 hrs
Target: <8 hrs
Cost per Order
$8.47
Target: <$6.00
Source: WERC DC Measures 2025, Gartner Supply Chain Benchmarks
Why the Gap Exists
Partial Pallets
34% of locations have pallets less than 60% full. WMS counts them as "occupied."
Impact: $1.2M/year
Aisle Creep
Temporary staging became permanent. Aisles widened from 10' to 14' over 3 years.
Impact: $890K/year
Dead Inventory
847 SKUs with no movement in 12+ months still holding premium locations.
Impact: $1.1M/year
Vertical Waste
Average stack height 3.2 pallets. Rack capacity: 5 pallets. 36% vertical cube unused.
Impact: $1.0M/year
TRANSFORM YOUR OPERATIONS
Show Leadership Where the Cube Goes
SlideStrike connects to your WMS and physical audit data to show exactly where cubic utilization is leaking—and what it costs.
Real cubic utilization by zone, aisle, and level
Dead inventory analysis with location release value
Slotting optimization recommendations with ROI
Lease vs. optimize decision modeling