What dispatch friction costs the fleet.

Move the sliders to your real numbers. Output is annual savings from collapsing dispatch time and driver idle minutes. The math behind it is shown.

Number of trucks 12

Active dispatched units. Power units, not trailers.

Avg dispatch time per load (minutes) 11

From load creation to truck assigned and driver notified, with current process.

Loads per day across the fleet 28

Total daily dispatched loads, all trucks combined.

Dispatcher fully-loaded hourly cost $45

Salary + tax + benefits. Owner-dispatchers usually plug their own opportunity cost.

Avg revenue per load $680

Average gross revenue on a typical dispatched load.

Driver-idle minutes saved per load 14

Better load-to-truck match means less staging time. 10-20 min is typical lift.

Driver fully-loaded cost per hour $38

Cents per mile or hourly equivalent.

Annual impact

Loads / yr7,280

Dispatch hrs / yr (current)1,335

Dispatch hrs / yr (Pylon, 65% faster)468

Dispatch hours saved868

Dispatcher cost savings$39,036

Driver-idle hrs saved / yr1,699

Driver-cost savings$64,553

Pylon annual cost ($8/truck)$1,152

loads/yr = loads/day * 260 (op days) dispatch_hrs = loads/yr * (mins / 60) new_hrs = dispatch_hrs * 0.35 (Pylon collapses dispatch ~65%) hrs_saved = dispatch_hrs - new_hrs dispatcher_$ = hrs_saved * disp_rate idle_hrs = loads/yr * (idle_min/60) driver_$ = idle_hrs * driver_rate pylon_cost = trucks * 8 * 12 net = dispatcher_$ + driver_$ - pylon_cost

Net annual savings

+$102,437

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