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FLOWSTATE
Ops Intelligence · v2.4
Bottleneck report · Wk 42

Your throughput dies
between the ship
and the shelf.

Three of five distribution centers are running above 80% utilization while 21% of pallets in Denver haven't moved in 90 days. FLOWSTATE maps the constraint chain — supplier commit, dock, slotting, lane — so you fix the bind, not the symptom.

The bind, right now
Inbound Sea — Pacific
Drift vs plan
+96h
Cascaded lines
14
Working cap held
$1.8M
Root cause
Anhui Polymers commit slip
Confidence 94%Auto-generated · 12:04
Open Orders
4,218
+2.1%
Receiving u/hr
58
−6%
At-Risk Value
$2.37M
+$120K
On-Time Delivery
87.4%
−1.8pt
§ 01

Freight lanes — live

Six active corridors · updated every 1.2s
LaneOrigin → DestinationModeETADriftFillRisk
LN-4471ShenzhenLong BeachSEANov 04+62h
94%
BLOCK
LN-4472RotterdamNewarkSEAOct 29+18h
88%
WATCH
LN-4485GuadalajaraDallas DCTRKOct 22-2h
71%
OK
LN-4490FrankfurtATL HubAIROct 21+4h
60%
WATCH
LN-4501Ho Chi MinhOaklandSEANov 11+96h
97%
BLOCK
LN-4508Chicago RailDenver DCRAILOct 240h
82%
OK
§ 02

Receiving throughput

Units / hour · last 24h
Peak
82
Avg
58
Trough
33
Trough at 03:00–05:00 maps to shift-change gap. Reslotting Zone C would recover ~11 u/hr.
§ 03

Alerts

Auto-triaged · newest first
  • BLOCK
    LN-4501 slipped 96h — Oakland dock rebooking required
    12:03
  • WATCH
    ATL-02 backlog crossed 120 lines
    11:58
  • BLOCK
    Anhui Polymers OTD dropped to 44%
    11:41
  • OK
    Denver DC picked up 7 idle pallets overnight
    09:22
§ 04

Warehouse network

Utilization · dead stock · order backlog
DAL-01
Dallas
Utilization78%
Dead %
12%
Backlog
41
HEALTHY
ATL-02
Atlanta
Utilization91%
Dead %
6%
Backlog
128
AT CAPACITY
LGB-03
Long Beach
Utilization96%
Dead %
3%
Backlog
302
AT CAPACITY
DEN-04
Denver
Utilization54%
Dead %
21%
Backlog
8
UNDERUSED
NWK-05
Newark
Utilization83%
Dead %
9%
Backlog
74
HEALTHY
§ 05

Supplier commit vs actual

The commit-actual gap is the true lead-time
Meridian Cast Iron
TW · HIGH
actual 71%commit 98%
OTD
62%
Kanto Precision KK
JP · HIGH
actual 93%commit 95%
OTD
91%
Nordheim GmbH
DE · MED
actual 88%commit 92%
OTD
84%
Cerámica del Sol
MX · MED
actual 82%commit 90%
OTD
77%
Anhui Polymers
CN · HIGH
actual 58%commit 96%
OTD
44%
Riverbend Textiles
US · LOW
actual 87%commit 89%
OTD
88%
Observation · Anhui Polymers and Meridian carry HIGH criticality but sub-75% OTD. Dual-sourcing SKUs P-4400/P-4412 would remove the single largest inbound tail risk.
§ 06

Constraint chain

Where each dollar of delay compounds
  1. 1
    Supplier commit slip
    Anhui · Meridian
    −$820K
  2. 2
    Pacific ocean lane
    LN-4501 rebook
    +9d transit
  3. 3
    Long Beach dock
    96% util · no float
    +31h dwell
  4. 4
    Slotting mismatch
    Zone C velocity drift
    −11 u/hr
  5. 5
    Outbound OTD
    Southwest lanes
    −1.8 pt
§ 07

Working capital held

Cash trapped by the chain above
$2.41M
+$120K WoW · 63% concentrated in LGB-03
LGB-03 · $1.52MOther · $890K
Method

Map the bottleneck
before writing
a single query.

FLOWSTATE is built around a five-stage constraint model. Each dashboard module is a probe into one stage. Nothing on the screen exists for decoration.

Stage I
I
Inbound commit reality
Supplier promise minus supplier proof — the gap is your true lead-time.
Stage II
II
Dock as a queue
Every DC is a queueing system. Utilization above 85% loses linearity.
Stage III
III
Slotting vs velocity
Dead pallets are working capital in disguise. Reslot on 30-day velocity.
Stage IV
IV
Lane capacity, not distance
OTD dies from booked-full lanes, not from geography.
Stage V
V
Cash as the scoreboard
Every operational bind translates to trapped working capital. That's the KPI.
Stage VI
VI
Then, and only then — code
The dashboard reflects the model. The model reflects the business. Not the other way around.