Thought Leadership Discussion: Fuel For Thought
How to maximize asset utilization and decrease transportation spend by building fuller trucks.
Maximizing asset utilization is a primary goal for companies today. Even if your company consistently weighs out, there may actually be opportunities to improve weight utilization on each trailer. Following is a list of 10 questions that will help you determine if you really are weighing out or if there are opportunities to add weight using freight optimization strategies.
10 Questions to Help you Determine Whether You’re Really Shipping Full Truck Load:
1. Can you move axle positions to increase the overall weight?
2. The average weight that a 53’ truck can carry is between 44,000 – 48,000 lbs. What is your average?
3. How many pallets are you getting on a truck?
4. Are you maxing out on weight because of conservatively lower weight limits?
5. Do you know your exact kingpin and axle weights?
6. Can you use a swing item to fill the truck to a new maximum capacity?
7. Do you load the truck respecting the center of gravity?
8. Do you load the pallets in a pattern to increase the balance of weight across the entire floor?
9. Do you have a mechanism to determine “Must Go”, “Should Go” and “Can Go” products?
10. Do you know exactly where to place heavier pallets?
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