Route Tycoon

4 Types of Risk in Routes

Terminology and Vocab Required

Specific Route Analysis - 8 Components of Analysis

Part 1 - Overview and why lies are ok

Part 2 - Financial Components

Part 3 - Claimed Routes

Part 4 - Brokers

Part 5 - Net Income Per Route

Part 6 - Terminal Location

Part 7 - Valuation Multiple

Part 1 - Intro to the House of Cards

Part 2 - Wage Floor

Part 3 - Aggregate payroll and Overpaid and Underpaid drivers

Part 4 - Gauging Driver Productivity

Part 5 - Building a Sustainable Payroll

Part 6 - Where to get HR answers (Brokers vs Sellers)

Part 1 - 8 Components of Territory

Part 2 - Density And Overwhelmed Routes

Part 3 - Climate And Topography

Part 4 - Unique Aspects, Crime and Distance

Part 5 - Sellers distort territory analysis

Part 6 - Wrap up and case studies

Part 1 - Intro and Route Estimation

Part 2 - Truck Valuation and Purchasing trucks

Part 3 - Spotting over and undervalued deals

Part 4 - Why spares aren't always a bonus

Part 5 - Leases and why they can be a huge problem

Part 6 - Leases Rentals and Replacement

Part 7 - What type of truck to buy

Part 8 - Financially modeling truck repair

Part 9 - 3 styles of Fleet Management

Part 10 - Evaluating trucks on-site

Part 1 - Overwhelmed Managers and when you need more than one

Part 2 - Owners typical responsibilities

Part 3 - What type of manager is in place

Part 4 - Spotting fake managers and common seller tactics

Part 5 - Expensing a manager correctly

Part 6 - Unique organization scenarios to be cautious of

Part 7 - Collapsing routes and when there's no real upside potential

Part 1 - Settlement Fundamentals

Part 2 - Header

Part 3 - Negotiations, CSAs, and the Settlement

Part 4 - Dangers of Individual Settlement Metrics

Part 5 - Pickup Delivery Other

Part 6 - Stop Types - Large Package

Part 7 - Stop Types - Density Delivery and eCommerce

Part 8 - Sustainable vs Unsustainable Revenue

Part 9 - Common Other P&D Charges

Part 10 - Uncommon Other P&D Charges

Part 11 - Total Charges

Part 12 - Additional Information

Part 1 - Pros use Settlements to see Expenses not just revenue

Part 2 - Dealing with your most likely and biggest red flag

Part 3 - Testing a sellers integrity using employee tenure

Part 4 - Employee Stability and Dependability

Part 5 - More on employee Stability and why some tenured drivers are the worst

Part 6 - Uncovering Problems in Service levels

Part 7 - Overworked drivers via daily load

Part 8 - Overworked drivers via scheduling

Part 9 - Recap on Spotting Unsustainable Revenue

Part 10 - 3 Biggest concerns for Ease of Management

Late Stage Confirmation vs Discovery

Considering DEF

Understanding Flexing is Critical

Looking out for Jumpers

Analyzing Truck Capacity Properly

Truck Tires and Vehicle Conditions

Remembering VEDR Mandates

Part 2 - Disastrous Seller Claims

Part 3 - Determining Sustainable Revenue via Settlements

Part 4 - How to tell what a seller is ACTUALLY making

Part 5 - Tricky tactics sellers use to gain buyers trust in their P&L

Part 6 - Spotting bad profit estimations for fast and effective negotiation

Part 7 - The key to the 4 major expenses of a route

Part 8 - The 3 minor expenses of a route you should never forget

Part 9 - Putting numbers to all the expenses (part 1)

Part 10 - Putting numbers to all the expenses (part 2)

Part 11 - The 3 data points for establishing needed routes

Deciding on whether to pass or make an offer

Crafting an Offer