The KBX Total Cost Calculator
Your Freight Costs May Be Higher Than You Think
Most companies track freight spend by cost per load. But that metric alone rarely tells the full story.
The real cost of transportation is influenced by numerous variables, including mode selection, carrier strategy, shipment characteristics, network design, and procurement decisions. Even organizations with competitive rates often uncover opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthen service performance.
The KBX Logistics™ Total Cost Calculator helps you identify hidden opportunities within your transportation network. In just a few minutes, you’ll receive a personalized estimate of where changes to your freight strategy could help reduce annual spend or improve network performance.
What You’ll Discover
- Potential freight network opportunities
- Areas where freight procurement may be leaving value unrealized
- Ways to better align shipment requirements with available capacity
- Insights tailored to your network profile
See Where You May Be Leaving Money on the Table
Enter a few details about your freight operation, including:
- Estimated annual freight spend
- Shipment volume
- Primary transportation modes
- How freight is purchased and managed today
- Specialized shipment requirements
- Internal transportation resources
Your results will show you areas of unnecessary expense or potential opportunity.
Look Beyond Whether the Rate Is Competitive
A competitive rate is important. But freight costs are also shaped by how shipments are planned, purchased, and managed throughout the year.
A network may have acceptable shipment-level costs while still missing opportunities to improve mode mix, purchasing strategy, and more.
Mode Mix
Truckload is often the default even when intermodal, rail, or a mixed-mode strategy could be a better fit for certain freight.
Purchasing Strategy
Rates that appear competitive at the shipment level may not account for recurring lanes, annual volume, shipment patterns, or facility requirements.
Specialized Freight
Chemicals, oversized cargo, project shipments, and other specialized freight may require different capacity, expertise, equipment, and planning.
Shipment Patterns
The number, size, timing, and frequency of loads can reveal opportunities that are difficult to see one shipment at a time.
Internal Workload
Transportation teams can spend significant time gathering updates, correcting information, maintaining spreadsheets, and resolving recurring issues.
Market Exposure
A limited set of modes, providers, or sourcing options can increase exposure when capacity and market conditions change.
The Current Course
Maintaining the existing approach can have unintended costs. The calculator helps estimate whether default freight options are worth reassessing.
Made for Shippers Managing Significant Freight Spend
The KBX Total Cost Calculator is designed for supply chain and transportation leaders responsible for freight programs that may include:
- Annual freight spend of $5 million or more
- Multiple transportation modes
- Specialized or project-based shipments
- Lean internal transportation teams
- Several carrier or provider relationships
- Freight budgets that have been difficult to reduce
Calculate Your Total Cost Opportunity
Enter a few details about your freight operation to receive a personalized estimate of where a different strategy may reduce annual freight spend.
What is your freight network really costing you?
A few facts about your network, and we will show where total cost typically hides. Estimates, not quotes.
Disclaimer
Results are directional estimates based on the information provided and the assumptions used by the calculator. Actual opportunities depend on shipment data, service requirements, market conditions, and the structure of your transportation network.