Glossar

Transportation costs refer to the expenses incurred in transporting goods, merchandise, or shipments between the point of origin and the destination. They include all costs associated with carrying out a transport.

Transportation costs are influenced by factors such as the route, weight, volume, vehicle utilization, energy prices, and additional services, among others. Accurate recording of dimensions and weight enables correct calculation and helps optimize the use of transportation capacity. Digital systems such as DWS, TMS, and ERP solutions support the automatic determination, planning, and analysis of transportation costs and help reduce unnecessary expenses.

Practical example:
A logistics service provider uses automatically captured freight data from a DWS system to accurately calculate the transportation costs of a shipment and plan the most cost-effective route.

See also: DWS, freight billing, freight data, freight measurement, cubic factor, transportation management system (TMS), transportation optimization, volumetric weight