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From the decision to the number that settles it.

A guide starts from a decision you have to make and ends with the calculation or the document that settles it. Each one points you to the tool that runs the numbers and the work that applies them.

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One guide

Lease, own or outsource, settled on one page

A sample decision, run through the fleet guide.

Sample · A fleet of ten vehicles

Fleet

Three options, priced side by side

The method for judging a fleet sits with the fleet lease-or-own tool, and the method for pricing a delivery sits with the delivery cost calculator.

130BD

Saved on each vehicle every month, leasing

At these volumes. Your own figures settle yours.

Cost per delivery at each option, BD

PAR 0.860

1.020Own
0.840Lease
1.260Outsource

Monthly cost of one vehicle, BD

Own690
Lease560
Outsource840

BD 1,300Saved a month, ten vehicles
3Options priced
1Decision settled

Tools that carry a method

Delivery cost calculatorThe true cost of each successful delivery, and the volume needed to break even.
Fleet lease or ownOwning, leasing and outsourcing a delivery fleet compared on monthly cost and cost per delivery.
Restaurant aggregator marginThe contribution a restaurant keeps from one aggregator order, and what it adds up to in a month.
Logistics cash conversionThe cash conversion cycle in days, the working capital it ties up and the cash growth would need.
COD reconciliation diagnosticThe gap between COD collected and settled, and the yearly cost of slow settlement.

Solutions that apply the method

Delivery cost optimizationWhat one successful delivery costs you, zone by zone, and which costs to change first.
Fleet profitabilityWhat each vehicle earns you in a day, and whether to lease, own or outsource.
COD reconciliationEvery cash-on-delivery order matched to its money, and what your carriers still hold.
Managed logistics financeWe run the finance work around your delivery every month, and you see what each order leaves in your bank.

ToolsSix calculators for delivery cost, 3PL contracts, fleet, aggregator margin, COD settlement and cash conversion.
Priority solutionsSeven defined pieces of work, each with a named result on your desk.
ResearchThe papers behind our view of who controls the customer, the fulfilment and the capital in Gulf commerce.

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