Warehouse Workforce Planning Webinar with Anaplan on October 15 at 11:00 a.m.

Workforce costs account for up to 70% of a warehouse’s operating expenses. It is the primary operational performance lever — and the hardest one to control. Staffing plans still rely too often on multiple Excel files, manual consolidations, and fragmented back-and-forth with staffing agencies.

The result: understaffing periods that erode service levels, or overstaffing that immediately cuts into margins.

This webinar, co-hosted by OneHive and Anaplan, presents a structured approach to anticipating your workforce needs and managing your logistics capacity, from tactical planning to operational adjustments.

Live demos: long-term and short-term cycles

Through a concrete client case, we show how Anaplan replaced five disconnected manual processes with a single Warehouse Workforce Planning application.

Two demo tracks are on the agenda:

Long-term planning (tactical horizon)

• Logistics workload calculation based on commercial activity forecasts
• Weekly capacity view across multiple planning horizons, incorporating team schedules and contractual constraints
• Early identification of over/understaffing situations before they become emergencies

Short-term planning (operational horizon)

• Simulation of resolution levers for over/understaffing: temp staffing, cross-team assignment, multi-skilling, overtime
• Financial valuation of each lever to optimise the internal/external workforce mix
• Variance analysis between planned and actual figures to objectively assess post-execution performance

Structural challenges in logistics workforce planning

Logistics operators face four compounding challenges. Activity volumes fluctuate sharply with seasonality and promotional peaks. Resources operate under constraints: forklift certifications, statutory rest periods, variable-length contracts, high turnover. Forecasting, scheduling and actual headcount tracking tools do not communicate with each other. And receiving, picking and shipping activities are managed in silos, with no consolidated view of overall workload.

73% of warehouse operators report difficulty hiring sufficient workforce. In this context, managing headcount week by week in Excel is no longer viable.

Anaplan connects demand forecasting, workload calculation and resource management in a single shared reference across Supply Chain, HR and Finance.

Managing a logistics workforce and looking to move beyond reactive staffing? Let’s discuss your Workforce Planning challenges.