Measure how much of a delivery window is committed to scheduled route work. By separating usable window time from breaks, loading, and other blocked minutes, this calculator shows the true occupancy rate, remaining time, and how many similar stops could still fit.
Utilization shows the share of genuinely usable time already committed. A value above 100% indicates that the schedule does not fit the window under the entered assumptions.
A lower percentage is not automatically wasteful: dispatchers often preserve time for traffic variability, failed delivery attempts, or priority orders.
A 480-minute window with 60 blocked minutes leaves 420 usable minutes. Scheduling 330 minutes uses 78.57%, leaves 90 minutes, and can fit 3 more 30-minute stops.
Those minutes cannot be assigned to delivery work, so subtracting them gives the capacity that dispatch can actually schedule.
The scheduled work exceeds usable time. Reduce route work, remove blocked time, or widen the window.
Yes. The calculator divides remaining usable minutes by the average incremental time per stop and rounds down.
You can reserve it as unavailable time if it is a fixed allowance; otherwise include it in scheduled route time.
Spare time can absorb traffic, access delays, urgent orders, and variation between stops.
| Input | Unit | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Published window length | min | Total time between the window opening and closing. |
| Unavailable time | min | Breaks, loading, maintenance, or other blocked minutes. |
| Scheduled delivery time | min | Driving, waiting, and service time already committed. |
| Average time per added stop | min | Expected incremental route and service time. |