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Cost & metrics

What “true delivery cost” really means

Knowing your total spend is not enough. You need a clear picture of how much deliveries cost per store, per courier and per route so you can choose the right operating plan and invest in automation where it matters.

1Cost per delivery, not just per month

A first step is to translate your overall fleet spend into a rough cost per delivery. Once you know this number, you can compare different scenarios (in‑house fleet, third‑party logistics, hybrid models) on the same basis.

2Store, Zone, fleet: three useful levels

In CoDeliver it is useful to look at cost from three angles:

  • Per store: how many deliveries it generates, what average times it sees and how many couriers it pulls into shifts.
  • Per Zone: whether certain areas are naturally heavier in distance or time.
  • For the fleet as a whole: how the total cost compares to the revenue you serve.

3The cost of “lost” time

Every fleet has invisible cost in the form of idle time: couriers waiting without jobs, unnecessary kilometres and duplicated routes. A true cost picture emerges when you measure how much of each shift is productive versus spent waiting.

4How operating plans help

CoDeliver plans are not just feature bundles; they represent different operating models. The Simple plan helps you log and trace deliveries. Basic and Semi-Auto give you better visibility and decision support. The Auto plan focuses on reducing wasted time and improving utilisation in every shift.

5Connecting this to the Cost Wizard

All of these metrics feed into the CoDeliver Cost Wizard. You can explore what happens if you increase concurrently active couriers, open new stores or move up a plan. That way, decisions about fleet size and software investment are based on numbers instead of gut feeling.