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Junk in, junk out. With AI, it matters more than ever.

A meaningful database is only useful if the data stays accurate. PEP gathers most of its data automatically, checks it with streamlined exception reporting, and reconciles it to actual payroll hours.

Most of the data arrives on its own.

PEP is fed by the systems you already run: your WMS, time keeping, HR and others. Sometimes that data needs a little manual recording to fill gaps. Then the work processed is converted to standard hours using the time standards, and compared with actual payroll hours to measure operating efficiency.

Fed automatically
Warehouse management system
Time keeping
HR records
Other external systems
Minimal manual recording
Standard hoursWork processed, converted with time standards
Compared with actual payroll hoursThe true measure of operating efficiency
Exception reporting

Every input passes through a filter.

Data entry and data output must both be automated and verifiable. Instead of asking managers to inspect everything, PEP reports the exceptions: the outliers that need a second look before they reach a report, or an AI model.

Illustrative. Checks vary with each client’s operation and data sources.

Raw inputFeeds from WMS, time keeping, HR and manual entriesEverything enters
Exception reportOutliers are flagged automaticallyOutliers pulled
VerifiedFlagged items are checked and correctedErrors fixed
Reconciled to payrollEvery paid hour accounted forHours balance
Trusted databaseReady for reports and AI

The right detail for each level. Not too much, not too little.

Usefulness means each level of the organization gets numbers it can act on. We mapped seven common key indexes against twelve variables that affect each index. The closer an index gets to an individual employee’s productivity, the fewer variables influence the results.

Company profit or loss
12
Top management
Cost per $1M of purchases
11
Top management
Labor cost per unit
10
Operations leadership
Units per labor hour
9
Middle managers, not employees
Standard time per unit
4
Facility and systems design
Percent “other” hours
3
Line managers, supervisors
Employee productivity (PEP’s PI)
1
Supervisors and employees

Bar length shows how many of twelve business variables move each index. From “Discussion on Various Key Indexes,” Cook & Associates.

Every number should belong to someone who can change it.