Optimize margin

PTV Map&Guide offers you the option of finding realistic sales prices for orders and calculating the margin in the calculation view.

Note: Before you can use the functions in the calculation view, you must have calculated a route.

Once you have calculated a route, you can access the calculation view via the "Route details" pane on the right and then via the “Profit” tab.

In the calculation view, you can choose between the following two views using the radio button:

  • Costs
    The total cost of the route and the cost per km are shown here.

  • Distances
    The total distance traveled and the distance traveled with cargo are displayed here.

Below this is the "Pricing" area. This contains the three input fields “Margin”, “Selling price (total)” and “Selling price (km)”. These three fields are linked to each other so that

  • an adjustment of the desired margin automatically changes the total selling price as well as the kilometer-related selling price and

  • an adjustment of the kilometer-based or total selling price automatically changes the margin.

With the “Load kilometers only” button, you can specify that only the parts of the route on which loads are actually transported are included in the calculation.

The two display fields “Profit (total)” and “Profit (km)” show the resulting profit as a consequence of your input for margin or price. As long as the profit is equal to or greater than 0 (i.e. there is actually a profit), these fields are displayed in green. As soon as the profit is less than zero (i.e. there is a loss), the fields are displayed in yellow.

Note: If a cost profile is assigned to the vehicle, this is automatically taken into account in the cost calculation. If this is not the case, you can

  • assign a fixed cost profile to the vehicle (see chapter “Vehicles”)

  • or select the desired cost profile for the route to be recalculated next to the vehicle profile selection.