McLeod Software, Birmingham, Ala., announced an exclusive joint business venture with TruCost Systems, LLC, maker of a long-awaited activity-based trucking industry profitability system.
McLeod's LoadMaster Will Offer TruCost Trucking Profitability Option
McLeod will incorporate TruCosting into LoadMaster, its flagship software package for trucking.
McLeod will soon provide the option of a unique profitability measurement by bundling the TruCosting software into its products. TruCosting can detail profitability to the level of a lane, a customer, or a business segment, which helps users increase the productivity of a truck.
TruCosting measures both direct and indirect costs based on distance and time and calculates a route’s efficiency based on expenses incurred by an individual truck. The truck’s variable expenses are measured by the mile; its fixed expenses are allocated based on the time absorbed by the load. Companies using the TruCosting can examine the profitability of their pricing, the cost of company-owned versus contractor-owned trucks, and the cost effects of time and distance. They can make better-informed dispatch decisions and increase overall truck productivity.
Based on Java2, LoadMaster enterprise-wide software is platform-independent and database-independent, and offers client/server distributed processing with a graphical user interface.
For more information, visit www.mcleodsoftware.com.

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