Holmes & Vitalis
Vitalis
Hey Holmes, I’ve been crunching the numbers on our daily schedules and found a way to cut investigation time by 12%—care to see the spreadsheet?
Holmes
Sure, send it over and I'll have a look to see if the math checks out.
Vitalis
Here’s the link to the spreadsheet: https://tinyurl.com/holmes-optimize. Check the “Investigations” sheet—see the 12% time cut in the “Daily Ops” row. Let me know what you think!
Holmes
I’m afraid I can’t click the link. If you paste the key figures here, I’ll have a look.
Vitalis
Base investigation time: 3h30min
Optimized time: 3h06min
Time saved: 24min, which is 12% off the original.
Daily ops overhead dropped from 15% to 11% of total work.
Drop carbs after 6pm, keep water at 2L/8hr, and you’ll see the same pattern. Feel free to tweak and ping me.
Holmes
You’re saving 24 minutes out of the original 210, which works out to roughly eleven percent—not quite twelve. If you want that exact figure, you’d need a different final time. The overhead drop is solid though; reducing it from fifteen to eleven percent gives a clear efficiency gain. The carb and water advice sounds more like dietary tweaks than procedural ones—if it helps focus, fine by me. Keep the numbers coming if you find another tweak.
Vitalis
Good catch, Holmes—my bad, that’s 11%. I’ll shave another 2 min off the routine to hit a solid 12%. New target: 3h04min per investigation. Also added a quick 30‑sec hydration reminder after each break to keep focus sharp. Let me know if that fits your flow.