Profit Analyzer: Are We Making Money Yet?

Prompt deliveries, happy drivers and low fuel costs all contribute to a motor carrier's success. In the end, though, whether you roll over the competition or get crushed by it depends on your profitability. You need the information that allows you to monitor your performance, weigh which factors are most important, set goals and measure your success.

Manhattan Associates' Profit Analyzer provides activity-based costing and network analysis to so you can assess the long-term value of each shipper, each lane and each shipment in your freight network. With Profit Analyzer, you can identify and monitor the key performance indicators that affect profitability, including freight revenues, network balance, driver utilization, fixed equipment costs, overhead allocation, deadhead and dwell time. By knowing where your most profitable loads originate and which kinds of loads make the most sense for your company, you can identify promising markets for growth. You can also quickly assess problem areas, such as under-priced loads, poor utilization or freight imbalance.

Profit Analyzer helps motor carriers:

• Develop long- and short-term network plans
• Identify the best mix of customers and lanes
• Understand the profitability of every load
• Respond to bids more effectively and quickly
• Track the most important factors in their businesses' success
• View profit analysis metrics in an easy-to-understand format
• Target problem areas and market opportunities

Profit from Our Experience

Profit Analyzer works with all the other elements in Carrier Management Solutions to bring you the analytical and strategic tools you need to maximize the performance of your fleet. Manhattan offers you tools refined by the experience of 125,000 trucks a day with its carrier-specific modules:

• Driver&Load®: Match specific drivers to the best possible load combinations across your global network. Update driver-to-load combinations in real time.
• Drop&Swap®: Improve efficiency by evaluating all potential drivers and load combinations to determine optimal swaps. Receive alerts and monitor changing estimated arrival times to identify emerging problems and avert service failures.
• Fuel&Route®: Determine optimal routing and fuel recommendations while balancing driver requests and preferences. Reduce out-of-route miles and costs for fuel, taxes and tolls.
• Load Analyzer: Respond to load re-quests, solicit freight in markets with surplus capacity and create the optimal repositioning plan in anticipation of demand.

Contact Information: To learn more about Manhattan Associates' supply chain solutions, simply complete the information request form, and we will contact you. For telephone inquiries, call +61 2 9454 5400 or e-mail anzinfo@manh.com.au