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Logistics and dispatch

Dispatch, routes, freight, containers and customs. 28 tools: 6 are free, the rest are premium.

Free for logistics and dispatch

Freight load and trailer fit calculator

How many pallets fit a trailer, the load's weight against the legal limit, and the trailer's cube use. No account needed.

Also free

Free picks from other roles that are useful for the logistics and dispatch role too.

Premium tools

All of them come with the logistics and dispatch plan.

PremiumIn the role plan

Detention and dwell cost calculator

What waiting at docks costs per month, and how much detention billing would recover.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Trucking
PremiumIn the role plan

Truck cost per mile

Fixed plus variable cost per mile for one tractor, and the break-even rate.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Trucking
PremiumIn the role plan

Trip fuel cost and fuel stops

Gallons, cost and fuel stops for a trip from miles, mpg, idle time and tank size.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Trucking
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Axle group weight and bridge formula

Maximum legal weight on a group of axles under the federal bridge formula, against the load you plan to carry.

Helps with: Use · CapabilitySupply Chain · Trucking
PremiumIn the role plan

Empty-mile ratio and cost

Share of miles driven empty, what they cost and the real revenue per mile driven.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Trucking
PremiumIn the role plan

IFTA fuel tax estimate

Net fuel tax owed or credited per jurisdiction for a quarter, from miles, gallons bought and tax rates.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Trucking
PremiumIn the role plan

Reefer pre-cool and pull-down estimate

Time to pre-cool an empty trailer, and how long the reefer would need to pull warm product down to setpoint.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Cold Chain
PremiumExpert check pendingIn the role plan

Temperature excursion exposure

Degree-minutes above the limit and a release, hold or reject recommendation by product sensitivity.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Cold Chain
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Commodity temperature range viewer

Recommended storage and transport temperature, humidity and handling notes by commodity.

Helps with: Use · CapabilitySupply Chain · Cold Chain
PremiumIn the role plan

Dry ice quantity per shipper

Pounds of dry ice per insulated shipper for the transit time, total quantity and cost.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Cold Chain
PremiumIn the role plan

Chargeable weight (air, ocean LCL, courier)

Volumetric versus actual weight and the weight or revenue tons you will be billed on, by mode.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Freight Forwarding
PremiumIn the role plan

Container fit and best equipment

How many 20 ft, 40 ft or 40 ft high-cube containers a shipment needs by volume and weight, and the cheapest option.

Helps with: Intent · UseSupply Chain · Freight Forwarding
PremiumExpert check pendingIn the role plan

US import landed cost

Duty, MPF, HMF, freight, insurance and fees on a formal US entry, and the landed cost per unit.

Helps with: Intent · UseSupply Chain · Freight Forwarding
PremiumIn the role plan

Incoterms 2020 responsibility viewer

Who pays, who carries the risk and who clears customs under each Incoterms 2020 rule.

Helps with: Use · CapabilitySupply Chain · Freight Forwarding
PremiumIn the role plan

Container demurrage, detention and per diem

Terminal demurrage, carrier detention and chassis charges for import containers, with tiered day rates.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Freight Forwarding
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Shipment CO2 by mode

CO2e for a shipment's truck, rail, ocean and air legs from weight and distance, using default ton-km factors.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Freight Forwarding
PremiumIn the role plan

International shipment document readiness

Scores whether an import or export file has the documents and filings needed to move without holds.

Helps with: Use · Capability · ConsistencySupply Chain · Freight Forwarding
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Stops per route and route time

Whether a planned route fits the shift, the maximum stops it can take and overtime if it does not.

Helps with: Use · ConsistencySupply Chain · Last Mile
PremiumIn the role plan

Failed delivery cost

Monthly cost of failed first attempts from redelivery, customer contacts and returns, and the value of cutting the rate.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Last Mile
PremiumIn the role plan

EV range vs route check

Usable electric van range after temperature, payload, battery health and reserve, against the route.

Helps with: Intent · UseSupply Chain · Last Mile
PremiumExpert check pendingIn the role plan

Driver pay: per stop vs hourly

Weekly cost of paying drivers per stop or by the hour, including FLSA overtime on piece-rate pay.

Helps with: Intent · UseSupply Chain · Last Mile
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Parcel dimensional weight

Billable weight of a parcel from its dimensions and actual weight with the carrier's DIM divisor.

Helps with: UseSupply Chain · Last Mile

The logistics and dispatch plan

All 28 logistics and dispatch tools, one plan

$10.20 a month at the launch price (list $12). Save more paying by the quarter or year; add another role for less. 3 of them are still waiting on a trade expert's check; their cards say so.

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