Work out rider requirement instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.
Rider requirement follows from trips per hour multiplied by round trip duration, divided by the utilisation you can realistically sustain. Targeting 100% utilisation guarantees late deliveries, because orders arrive unevenly and riders need slack to absorb clustering.
Trips per hour
Trips = Peak orders per hour / Orders per trip
Riders required
Riders = ceiling(Trips per hour x Round trip minutes / 60 / Target utilisation)
70-80% at peak. Above that, waiting time for dispatch grows quickly and promised delivery windows start to slip.
It reduces trips directly, so raising orders per trip from 1.2 to 1.8 cuts rider requirement by a third at the same order volume.