12 problem areas
The hidden cost of not having a WMS.
Beyond labour and shipping, operational chaos compounds across inventory, order prep, system fragmentation, and carrier management. Adjust the sliders to see your real numbers.
Calculate your cost of chaos
Adjust the sliders to match your operation. The numbers below reflect real industry benchmarks from brands shipping 100-5,000 orders/day.
Estimated monthly cost of not having a WMS
$13K/month
$160K/year across 12 active problem areas
- Inventory Accuracy: $3.2K/mo
- Order Preparation: $2.1K/mo
- Multi-System Chaos: $3.2K/mo
- Carrier & Shipping: $4.9K/mo
Customer orders accepted for items not actually in stock. Requires cancellation, refund, and apology.
$1.2K/mo$14K/yr
$47 avg (refund processing + lost margin + apology credit)
System says you have 50 units, shelf has 12. Flash sales oversell, reorder triggers fire late.
$930/mo$11K/yr
$62 avg (lost sales + emergency reorders + expedited shipping)
Without automated cycle counts, inventory drifts silently until a customer complains.
$1.1K/mo$13K/yr
$35 avg (manual recount labor + adjustment processing)
Wrong item scanned or picked without verification. Customer gets the wrong product.
$1.1K/mo$13K/yr
$55 avg (return shipping + reship + labor + CX damage)
Without optimized pick paths, pickers walk 60%+ more distance. Same staff, fewer orders shipped.
$560/mo$6.7K/yr
$2.80 per wasted pick (labor inefficiency vs optimized path)
Multi-item orders packed with wrong quantities. No scan verification at pack station.
$420/mo$5.0K/yr
$42 avg (return + reship + customer credit)
Copying data between ShipStation, spreadsheets, Shopify, and your inventory tool. Manual sync = manual errors.
$1.7K/mo$20K/yr
$85/hr of ops manager time on data entry & reconciliation
Shopify says 10, Amazon says 15, warehouse has 8. Each desync risks an oversell or missed sale.
$1.1K/mo$14K/yr
$38 avg (oversell cost or opportunity cost of under-listing)
Keying in tracking numbers, copying weights, manually updating stock counts across systems.
$375/mo$4.5K/yr
$25 avg (error correction + downstream cascading fixes)
Checking rates across 3-5 carriers manually. Missing the cheapest option or overpaying on surcharges.
$1.8K/mo$21K/yr
$3.50 avg overpay per label vs auto-optimized selection
When your one carrier integration breaks (and it will), all shipping stops until you fix it.
$2.5K/mo$30K/yr
$2,500 avg (halted shipping + missed SLAs + emergency fix)
Without branded tracking and proactive notifications, customers flood your inbox.
$640/mo$7.7K/yr
$8 avg per WISMO ticket (CS rep time + tool cost)
Cost of doing nothing
$13K/month
$160K/year. Compounds as you scale.
Logentic (Growth plan)
$359/month
Flat rate, no per-order fees. Eliminates or reduces every problem above.
Try Logentic free for 30 days, or book a 30-minute demo to see how it removes these costs.
