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Drop-Trailer Pools: Turn Times, Pool Size, Tractors and the Cost of Extra Trailers

Lesson 6 of 816 minLab

This lesson is part of the course

In this lesson

You work out the turn time of a trailer on each store lane, size the drop-trailer pool with a spare share, find the tractors needed from their driving hours and cost the trailers you keep beyond one per tractor.

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Lessons in this course

  1. The Gate Log: Arrivals, Departures and Trailers on Site at Any TimeLab15 min Locked
  2. Dwell Time: Hours on Site, Ageing Buckets and Averages by StatusLab15 min Locked
  3. Yard Capacity: Slots by Zone, Peak Occupancy, Utilisation and Overflow RiskLab14 min Locked
  4. Shunter Moves: Workload Minutes, Shunters per Shift and the Cost of the Yard FleetLab15 min Locked
  5. Gate Throughput: Check-In Minutes, Lanes at Peak and the Planning WaitLab15 min Locked
  6. Drop-Trailer Pools: Turn Times, Pool Size, Tractors and the Cost of Extra TrailersLab16 min Locked
  7. Free Time and Charges: Hours Held, Chargeable Days and Charges by CarrierLab16 min Locked
  8. The Yard Audit and the KPI Chart: System vs Physical Check, Accuracy and Unknown TrailersLab18 min Locked