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Freight & Load Planning

Turn your supply plan into full vehicle loads. Planamind groups orders into shared vehicles, uses leftover space by bringing later orders forward, and shows exactly what each lane costs, including the cost of the empty space you are paying to move.

Why freight costs creep up

Supply plans are built in units. Trucks are paid for in full loads.

Most planning tools stop at the order quantity. What happens between the plan and the vehicle is left to spreadsheets and the dispatch desk.

01

Half-empty vehicles

Orders are shipped as they fall due, so vehicles leave with space nobody used, and nobody sees what that empty space costs.

02

One SKU, one truck

Each item is fitted to vehicles on its own, when several SKUs going the same way on the same day could share a load.

03

Plans that don't fit the fleet

Order quantities ignore pallets, weight and vehicle limits, so the plan has to be reworked by hand before anything ships.

How Planamind plans freight

From supply requirement to full loads, in one click.

Freight planning runs on top of the supply plan in the same workspace. Set up your vehicles once, assign them to item-locations, and build loads whenever the plan changes.

01 · Vehicles & capacity

Plan against the limits that actually bind

Define each vehicle's capacity in pallets, units and weight, with an optional cost per load. Planamind works out which limit is reached first for every load and tells you which one it was. Orders are rounded to whole pallets and minimum order quantities before loads are built.

Ana explainsAsk Ana why an order is bigger than the demand, and she walks through the actual calculation steps behind it: requirement, minimum order, whole pallets and rounding.
Capacity limitsPallets · Units · Weight
Vehicles per orderOptional cap
CostPer full load
02 · Load consolidation

Several SKUs, one shared vehicle

Orders using the same vehicle, from the same origin, on the same day are pooled into shared loads, and one vehicle can drop at several destinations. Fewer vehicles carry the same volume.

Ana explainsSuggested questions on the freight screen let planners ask how a load was put together, and "Ask Ana" on any row starts the question for them.
Pooled byVehicle · Origin · Day
Multi-dropSupported
Common unitPallets
03 · Filling spare space

Use the space you are already paying for

When the last vehicle has room left, Planamind brings later orders forward to fill it, first in proportion to each SKU's need and then to the SKUs with the fewest days of stock. It never adds a vehicle to do this, never adds volume, and never moves orders for shelf-life items.

Safeguards built inPull-forward only fills trucks that are already going, no SKU gets more than its remaining demand can use, and it can be switched off for each project.
Extra vehicles addedNever
Total volumeUnchanged
Shelf-life itemsNever moved
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04 · Cost & fill

See the cost of empty space, lane by lane

A cost and fill view shows trucks planned, unused space, freight cost and the cost of empty space, with a trend across plan runs. The lane table is sorted worst first, so the most expensive waste is at the top.

Needs reviewLoads that were cut short by a vehicle limit (a service risk) or left space nobody could use (a cost) are flagged as action items, never hidden.
Trucks plannedPer run, with trend
Unused space% and cost
LanesSorted worst first
Also built in
  • Works on every tier of your supply chain that has a vehicle assigned
  • Shipped quantity shown next to the supply requirement
  • Bulk vehicle assignment with saved filters, plus Excel export
Action items

Every load that needs a decision, in one list.

Planamind flags the loads worth a planner's attention, and Ana explains the numbers behind them.

Service risk

Order capped by fleet limit

An order was cut short because the maximum number of vehicles was reached. Review the fleet limit or split the order before it ships.

Cost

Space nobody could use

A load leaves with unused space that no later order could fill. The cost of that space is shown against the lane.

Illustrative examples

What planning teams gain
3Capacity limits checked on every load
0Extra vehicles added by pull-forward
10–20%Inventory reduction across the supply plan
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AI insights & self-service reporting

The story behind the numbers, written for you. Any other view, built by you.

Planamind turns planning data into decisions: AI-written reviews that explain what changed and where to act, and reporting tools that let planners, finance and leadership answer their own questions without waiting for IT.

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AI · Monthly Review

A written review of the month, ready before the meeting

Ana writes the commentary: demand changes, explained and unexplained anomalies, promotions and mix shifts, stock position, and the impact of weather, the economy and competitors. It ends with where to intervene by SKU and location, plus the opportunities and risks to year end. Download it as a branded PDF.

AI · Ana's Analysis

Prioritised actions on revenue, stock and accuracy

Revenue gap, stock health and forecast accuracy each come with Ana's analysis and a prioritised action list. The revenue gap view adds best- and worst-case scenarios for closing the gap to AOP, and accuracy diagnostics explain in plain English why the forecast missed.

Self-service · Custom analysis

Build your own view, no analyst needed

Drag and drop demand and supply data into a pivot: choose rows, columns and filters, switch to charts, add your own formula columns, and save views for yourself or the whole project. Export any view to Excel, or pick from around 18 ready-made reports.

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AI · Ask Ana

Ask a question in plain English

On every screen, ask Ana about demand, accuracy, supply, freight, promotions, finance or a single SKU. She answers from your live data and only shows each user the products and locations they are allowed to see.

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