Easy Metrics
Labor management and workforce intelligence for DCs
Easy Metrics provides labor management and workforce intelligence software for distribution and manufacturing. Their platform captures time, task, and productivity data across all operations to give managers real-time visibility into labor performance.
DC and warehouse operations needing labor management and engineered standards without a heavy WMS implementation
Operations that need WMS functionality — Easy Metrics is LMS only
Strengths
- Rapid deployment vs. traditional LMS vendors — weeks not months
- Strong engineered labor standards development support
- Cloud-based with modern UI — high operator and manager adoption rates
- Competitive pricing for mid-market operations that can't justify enterprise LMS cost
Weaknesses
- LMS only — does not replace or deeply integrate with all WMS platforms
- Engineered standards development still requires industrial engineering resources
- Less capable than LaborPro or Manhattan LMS for very large, complex multi-site operations
Practitioner analysis
Easy Metrics is a focused labor management software specifically for warehouse and DC operations — engineered labor standards (ELS), real-time productivity tracking, and pay-for-performance configuration. Implementation runs 8–12 weeks and includes time studies to develop site-specific standards. Strong in 3PL and high-volume DC environments.
ELS-based labor management is most valuable in operations with significant manual labor and clear productivity differentials between workers. In highly automated DCs, the ROI case is weaker. Implementation requires industrial engineering capacity to develop and maintain standards — this is a real ongoing commitment, not a one-time setup.
3PL operations with multi-client billing requirements where labor cost per client is critical, and high-volume manual-pick DCs where pay-for-performance can drive productivity.
Don't deploy ELS-based LMS without IE capacity to maintain standards. The system is only as good as the standards behind it.
Questions to ask in your RFP / demo
- What is your time study methodology and how do standards stay current as processes change?
- Show me 3PL multi-client billing functionality — does it integrate with our existing billing system?
- What is the typical ongoing IE time commitment to maintain the system?
Products
Real-time labor visibility and productivity management for DCs