LTL (less truck load) and TL (truckload) Costing Models

Understanding what creates cost in your business. The most important influence on cost in your business are time and equipment utilization.   Having the ability to collect cost information about your business. This information comes primarily from the internal performance measurement process you set up.  Having a costing model 

Type of optimization on Transportation Management System

Rate optimization: is the most obvious goal, moving freight at the lowest possible cost, while still achieving what we need in terms of service, volume, time table, and carrier performance.  Route optimization: Router optimization means constructing routes, pickups, and drops in the most efficient way possible. Most of the time the dovetails with rate optimization but always.