--- title: "The Race Against the Clock: Optimizing Supply Chain Capacity for Faster Deliveries — Part 1 (Capacity Management Series)" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-race-against-the-clock-optimizing-supply-chain-capacity-for-faster-deliveries-part-1-capacit-yv1houimx source_url: https://blog.flipkart.tech/the-race-against-the-clock-optimizing-supply-chain-capacity-for-faster-deliveries-part-1-01b867c400de type: article source: "Flipkart Tech" published: 2026-04-15T07:41:17.259Z updated: 2026-04-15T07:42:17.483Z tags: ["ecommerce"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Race Against the Clock: Optimizing Supply Chain Capacity for Faster Deliveries — Part 1 (Capacity Management Series) **[Flipkart Tech](https://daily.dev/sources/flipkart)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Flipkart's engineering team explains how their Promise Engine calculates delivery dates and why gaps exist between theoretical and actual delivery speeds. The core problem is 'spillage' — orders missing warehouse processing waves and truck connections due to capacity constraints. Four operational levers are introduced to reduce spillage: optimal capacity determination across assets, synchronized wave cut-off design aligned with truck schedules, truck departure-aware order assignment (replacing naive FIFO), and cohort prioritization during demand surges like Big Billion Days. The post is part one of a series, with the next installment focusing on the mathematical optimization behind wave cut-off design. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Pulse of India’s Supply Chain: How Flipkart Plans for 500 Million Customers — Part 1](https://daily.dev/posts/the-pulse-of-india-s-supply-chain-how-flipkart-plans-for-500-million-customers-part-1-hxe7hr5gd) · Flipkart Tech · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Real-Time Logistics Analytics Problem](https://daily.dev/posts/real-time-logistics-analytics-problem-tv7eohe9j) · SingleStore · 26 upvotes · 0 comments - [How Predictive Fulfillment Cuts Shipping Costs by 40%?](https://daily.dev/posts/how-predictive-fulfillment-cuts-shipping-costs-by-40--fdbj2rgfy) · Netguru · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ecommerce](https://daily.dev/tags/ecommerce) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-race-against-the-clock-optimizing-supply-chain-capacity-for-faster-deliveries-part-1-capacit-yv1houimx)