- Type
- Interactive business model
- Market
- Philippine trucking fleets
- Focus
- Deadhead monetisation
- Industry
- Logistics & freight
The challenge
Fleets running dedicated routes — Metro Manila out to provincial branches — pay for the return leg whether or not anything is on the truck. That deadhead distance is a pure cost, but it's hard to argue for changing it without a number attached, and fleet operators rarely have the model to produce one.
Our approach
An interactive calculator that makes the opportunity concrete. Because fuel and driver cost are already absorbed by the outbound job, backhaul revenue is close to pure margin — the tool lets an operator move sliders for distance, fuel, payload and pricing and see both per-trip and fleet-level annual figures for two different strategies.
What it does
Two monetisation paths
Model selling return cargo space to third-party shippers, or buying agricultural goods at origin to sell in Manila markets.
Interactive margin sliders
Distance, fuel cost, payload weight and pricing adjust live, with margin recalculating as assumptions change.
Fleet-level projection
Per-trip figures roll up across a 20-truck fleet into monthly and annual totals.
Risk framing
The higher-return path is presented alongside its working-capital needs and exposure to spoilage and price volatility.
What it changes
- Deadhead cost converted into a defensible revenue number
- Two strategies compared on return and on risk
- Fleet-scale impact visible from per-trip assumptions
Built with
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
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