How to use Direct Cost to Calculate Accurate Profits for a Load

Load Manager offers a great way to keep track of load expenses that do not directly effect the customer, carrier, or driver pay, but do cut into your bottom line. 

We call this DIRECT COST

Turn ON Direct Cost in your TMS 

1. To activate Direct Cost go to your SETTING >> CONFIGURATION OPTIONS page. 

2. Next scroll down and check Direct Cost to turn the feature on.   (It is at the bottom of the page)

3. Click Save.

Using Direct Cost in a Load

1) Open up the load you want to add a Direct Cost to. 

You may use Direct cost to calculate:              1) Cost of a flat tire repair             2) Administrative cost unique to this load             3) Fuel Cost that you are not transfering to the Driver or Customer             4) A coust that you want to count agianst your total profit cost calculation for that load.

2)  Scroll down to the Commodities and Accessorials Table to enter in your Direct Cost entry.  Click Save,

3) Now your Direct Cost will appear in the top of the load screen and show against the profit.

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