Transport & Logistics

5 trades. Same grounded system, tuned to the realities of each one.

5 kinds of transport & logistics businesses

Pick yours - every one has its own numbers, leaks, and 90-day plan

Trucking / Freight Last-Mile Delivery Courier Limo / Black Car Charter / Bus

How the money works

Transport & Logistics runs on 2 different business models

Two shops in the same industry can need opposite advice, because they sell different things. Find the model you actually run on.

Freight and per-mile work

You sell one loaded mile, one run

Cost per mile is the whole business, and most operators do not know theirs. Deadhead miles, detention, and fuel swings decide whether a good rate was actually good. Revenue per truck per week beats revenue per load, because the truck has to keep moving to earn.

Your ceiling: Legal driving hours and how many of your miles are loaded.
Biggest leak: Not knowing cost per mile — Every load you take is a guess until you do this math once.

3 business types

Owned asset utilization

You sell one night, one rental, one unit occupied

You own an expensive asset and get paid for the hours or nights it is in use. Occupancy times rate is revenue, but maintenance and turnover cost is what decides profit. Empty time is unrecoverable and pricing is the strongest lever you have - static pricing on a variable-demand asset is money left on the table every week.

Your ceiling: Occupancy of the asset, and how fast you can turn it between uses.
Biggest leak: Flat pricing all year — Demand is not flat. Dynamic or at least seasonal pricing is the fastest revenue increase available to you.

2 business types