Patent ID: 6604081
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for analyzing the profitability of each of two or more freight loads moved within a round trip of a freight vehicle during which the two or more freight loads are moved, one at a time, from one location along the round trip route to another location along the round trip route by the freight vehicle, said method comprising:identifying a revenue contribution of each of the two or more freight loads of the round trip; summing the revenue contributions of the two or more freight loads to obtain a total round trip revenue; identifying a cost associated with each of the two or more freight loads of the round trip; summing the costs associated with the two or more freight loads to obtain a total round trip cost; and apportioning the total round trip cost among each of the two or more freight loads based on the revenue contribution of the freight load, the total round trip revenue, and the total round trip cost.