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My all expediters spreadsheet project will require dozens of hours to complete, if not more. But the project is now far enough along to show where I am headed and what the final product will look like. I am open to feedback and suggestions. Please review the instructions, spreadsheet and...

I'm not sure what you mean by good times for fleet owners. I have only talked to one fleet owner who is trying to bring tractors into the flat rate program. His complaint is that he cannot find good teams. He has been a straight truck fleet owner for many years so team recruiting is nothing...

The carriers have another option, one that has been used by line haul carriers for years. If a driver shortage develops, they can recruit their way out of it. If recruiting becomes difficult, they can lower their standards. There are millions of scum bags out there who have never driven a truck...

If the inverse were true, would it not be a simple matter for a flat-rate carrier to simply lower the rate paid to contractors? Did not that very thing happen during the recession?

Comments from pjjjjj and information made available in the Rate per Mile? thread prompted me to focus early on the various revenue types while building my "All Expediters" spreadsheet. The very, very beginning of this work can now be viewed online. I am using Google docs to develop the...

This is good information; exactly what I need to develop my all expediters spreadsheet. Since the information is now available in one, easy place, I'll redo the revenue section to accommodate different compensation arrangements. (See this).

To step out of the clutter and get back on topic, "Building Your Business Plan Spreadsheet II" (this thread) picks up clean from "Building Your Business Plan Spreadsheet." I've added a couple of monthly expense items to the list and request that interested readers provide more. We are...

Of course that's true. But can we stay on topic? We are not talking about which carrier has the better fuel discounts, or whether FedEx Custom Critcal has the best ones, or what factors to consider when considering a carrier change. We are talking about building a spreadsheet. To restart clean...

pjjjjj and TeamCaffee, you are both right, but only to the extent that profitability is an objective. I know of fleet owners who run a fleet more to pass the time than to make money, and drivers of the same mindset. Some are in it for the money. Others are in it for the fun. Some try to be in it...

The implication is whatever YOU interpret it to be. I have little doubt that most people accurately grasp what I am doing with this spreadsheet project and why. Newbies, welcome to EO, where no good deed goes unpunished. :D

Yes. No. My spreadsheet is for me. This project is to build a spreadsheet for everybody. Ideas are already starting to flow. That will increase once I get the early parts of the spreadsheet online where interested readers can view it. I'm afraid that you are mistaken. I have never met or...

Notice, Linda, that you are talking about cost per gallon and mpg. For the purposes of a P&L spreadsheet, it does not matter how much you paid per gallon, how many gallons you bought, how many miles you drive or what your mpg is. For the spreadsheet, it only matters that you enter the dollar...

I still need from as many expediters as care to share the expense categories and amounts to include in the spreadsheet. To make things easier and less personal, let me modify the question. Instead of reporting what you spent last month on business expenses, let me ask you to share a list of...

If you go back and read this thread, you will see that I have not asked for suggestions. I have asked for income and expense information that people have kindly started to share. I am open to constructive criticism like pjjjjj shared above but this is not a project in which I am committed to...

I will if people like you and others share some or all of the expenses you had last month. I'm focusing on a flat-rate, dry box, straight truck now but the finished product can be easily adapted to any kind of truck or van. I agree. It is important for people to see the spreadsheet as it is...

I have seen several spreadsheets that expediters use and/or developed for their use. Having launched this project, I'd be interested in seeing any additional spreadsheets expediters wish to share. Confidentiality is promised. I will not publish anyone's spreadsheet but will review them for good...

That's the thing about people, they are people, and people don't do things the same way. I am not developing a spreadsheet for you. I am developing a spreadsheet for all expediters. There are expediters who do things you don't even dream of, and there are others who don't do things you cannot...

The responses are good and I am glad I did not go into this project with anything more than a general idea about how this spreadsheet will turn out. Teams differ from solos. Expensive trucks differ from less expensive trucks. Carrier A differs from carrier B. Insurance vendor C differs from...

Trying to stay on track please, What are good numbers to use for the following expenses? 1. Work Accident Insurance 2. Qualcomm Fees 3. Bobtail Insurance

I prefer to use real-world numbers from real-world expediters since it is expediters we are talking about. The new thread has been started. See this.