What this report is for
The Main Dashboard tells you how things are going. Advanced Analytics tells you why. Use it when you need to answer questions like:
Where does our transport budget go, and are we on track for the year?
Which suppliers, customers or lanes cost us the most, and are we paying a fair price on them?
Which carriers deliver on time, and which ones cause exceptions?
Where should we renegotiate, consolidate or change carrier?
The report has five pages, each looking at the same shipments from a different angle:
Page | Answers the question |
Transport costs | How much are we spending, and how does it compare to the forecast? |
Cost & metrics by sender | Which suppliers (shipment senders) drive our cost and delays? |
Cost & metrics by receiver | How are deliveries to our customers performing? |
Cost & metrics by lane | Which routes (country to country) are expensive or slow? |
Carrier performance | Which carriers give us the best price, speed and reliability? |
A good way to work with the report
Start on Transport costs to see the big picture: total spend, volume and how this year compares with the forecast.
Spot something unusual, for example a cost spike in one month or one lane in the top 10 that you didn’t expect.
Go to the page for that dimension (sender, receiver, lane or carrier) to find out what’s behind it.
Click a row or a bar to filter the rest of the page to it (see Click to filter below).
Compare price per km-ton, not just total cost. A lane can be expensive simply because you ship a lot on it. Price per km-ton tells you whether you’re overpaying.
The header: filters and period
All pages share the same header:
Filters (Transport mode, Site, Sender, Carrier, and on some pages Payer, Lane, Receiver) narrow every chart on the page. Choose one or more values; clear a filter with the eraser icon.
Lane is a text search. Lanes are written as pickup country – delivery country, so:
type SE- to see everything leaving Sweden;
type -SE to see everything arriving in Sweden;
type SE-DE for one lane.
Hover the ⓘ icon for a reminder.
Period (top right) sets the time window, by default the last 6 months. All KPIs and charts follow it, except where a chart says “Period not applied”.
Data as of shows when the data was last refreshed.
Page tabs under the title switch between the five pages. Your filters and period stay applied when you switch.
Key terms
Read this once. It makes the rest of the report much easier.
Term | What it means | Why it matters |
Transport cost (SEK) | Total freight cost of the shipments in the period, converted to SEK. Excludes platform fees. | Your actual spend. |
Price per km-ton (SEK) | Transport cost divided by (weight in tonnes × distance in km). | A fair-comparison price. It removes the effect of how much and how far you ship, so you can compare lanes, carriers and suppliers with each other. Lower is better. |
Weight (kg) | Total chargeable weight shipped. | Volume driver; also used to rank “top 15” charts. |
On-time pickup | Share of shipments collected on the planned pickup date. | Shows whether the carrier (or the sender) is ready on time. |
On-time delivery | Share of shipments delivered on or before the planned delivery date. | What your receiver experiences. |
On-time in full (OTIF) | Delivered on time and complete, with no missing or damaged goods. | The strictest service measure. |
Average transit time (days) | Average days from pickup to delivery. | Speed of the lane or carrier. |
Share of weight | This row’s weight as a share of the total weight in view. | Tells you how important a lane or sender is before you act on its price. |
Exceptions | Each shipment falls into one of three groups: Went per plan (no deviations), Risk monitored (a risk was flagged and followed up, but delivery was not affected), Exception occurred and resolved (something went wrong and was handled). | Shows how smoothly shipments run, not just whether they arrived on time. |
How to read the KPI cards
Each card shows a value for the selected period and a coloured comparison line under it:
For volumes (shipments, cost, weight): “▲ 12.4% vs monthly avg, last 12 months” means the selected period’s monthly average is 12.4% higher than the monthly average over the last 12 months.
For rates (on-time %, price per km-ton): “▼ 2.8 pt vs last 12 months (67.9%)” means the rate is 2.8 percentage points lower than the 12-month value, which is shown in brackets.
Green = better, red = worse. Falling cost, price or transit time is green; rising volume or on-time share is green.
Tip: a large % change (for example +500%) usually means the comparison period had very few shipments, such as a new site or a filter that leaves only a few rows. Check the shipment count before drawing conclusions.
Page 1: Transport costs
Use this page when: you want the overall picture of spend and volume, or need to report on budget.
Monthly transport cost vs forecast
What it shows: actual monthly cost (navy columns) against the forecast (orange dashed line).
Buttons: Current year shows January to December of this year, whatever the Period filter says. Selected period follows the Period filter.
Look for: months where actual cost is clearly above the forecast, or a trend drifting away from it.
Next step: filter by Transport mode or Site to find which part of the business caused the gap.
Top 10 suppliers by transport cost
What it shows: the ten senders whose shipments cost you the most in the selected period.
Look for: suppliers you didn’t expect in the list, or one supplier far ahead of the rest.
Next step: open Cost & metrics by sender and check that supplier’s price per km-ton. High cost with a normal price just means high volume. High cost and a high price is a negotiation opportunity.
Top 10 country-to-country lanes by transport cost
What it shows: the ten routes where you spend most.
Next step: open Cost & metrics by lane to compare carriers and prices on those lanes.
Page 2: Cost & metrics by sender
Use this page when: you want to know which suppliers drive your cost, and which ones cause late or problematic shipments.
Transport cost and unit price by sender (table)
What it shows: every sender, highest cost first, with cost, price per km-ton, weight, average transit and number of shipments. The Total row sums everything in view.
How to read it: compare each sender’s price per km-ton with the Total row. Senders well above the average are worth a closer look, especially if they ship a lot.
Tip: click a column header to sort, for example by price per km-ton to find the most expensive senders per kg and km.
Unit price and weight share by lane (matrix)
What it shows: lanes, with their share of weight, price per km-ton, cost and transit time. Click ⊞ next to a lane to see the senders shipping on it.
Why it’s useful: it shows whether a sender is expensive because of the lane (all senders on that lane pay a lot) or because of the sender (one sender pays more than others on the same lane).
On-time delivery by sender, top 15 by weight
What it shows: on-time delivery share for the 15 senders that ship the most weight. Ranking by weight keeps small senders with two or three shipments from crowding the chart.
Look for: large senders with a low share. They affect the most goods.
Next step: click the bar to filter the page, then check the transit time and exceptions for that sender.
Exceptions by type and sender, top 15 by weight
What it shows: for each sender, the split of shipments into Went per plan (navy), Risk monitored (light orange) and Exception occurred and resolved (orange). Each bar adds up to 100%.
How to read it: the more navy, the smoother the flow. A long orange part means many shipments needed handling.
Next step: for senders with many exceptions, look in ONE at the shipment details to see what kind of exceptions they are (for example late pickup, wrong address or missing documents) and raise it with the supplier.
Page 3: Cost & metrics by receiver
Use this page when: you want to see the delivery experience of your customers or receiving sites.
KPIs: this page shows both on-time pickup and on-time delivery. Comparing them tells you where delays start. If pickup is on time but delivery isn’t, the delay happens in transit. If pickup is already late, the problem starts at the sender.
Table by receiver: most shipments first, with cost, price and transit.
On-time pickup by month / On-time delivery by month: bars show the number of shipments, the line shows the on-time share. Watch whether the line drops in months with more volume, which can point to capacity problems in peak periods.
Lane matrix: expand a lane to see which receivers it serves.
Click to filter (cross-filtering)
Clicking a row in a table, or a bar in a chart, filters everything else on the page to that selection. Click it again, or click empty space, to clear it.
In the example above, selecting one receiver updates the KPI cards, the monthly charts and the lane matrix. In two clicks you can see that receiver’s on-time trend and which lanes serve it.
Hold Ctrl while clicking to select several rows.
Page 4: Cost & metrics by lane
Use this page when: you want to find expensive or slow routes, or are preparing a tender.
Table by lane: highest cost first. Compare price per km-ton between lanes of similar distance. A short lane naturally has a higher price per km than a long one, so compare like with like.
On-time delivery by lane, top 15 by weight: routes where service is weakest.
Exceptions by type and lane: routes that need the most handling.
Unit price and transit time by lane and carrier (matrix): expand a lane to see every carrier on it, side by side. This is the most useful view for buying decisions, because it shows on the same route who is cheaper, who is faster and how much weight each carries.
Example: on SE-DE, carrier A charges 0.45 SEK/km-ton with 3.1 days transit, and carrier B charges 0.62 with 2.9 days. If the extra speed isn’t needed, moving volume to A lowers the cost.
Page 5: Carrier performance
Use this page when: you’re reviewing carriers, preparing a quarterly business review with a carrier or deciding where to allocate volume.
Table by carrier: cost, price per km-ton, weight, transit and shipments.
On-time delivery by carrier, top 15 by weight: reliability of your main carriers.
Exceptions by type and carrier: how often each carrier’s shipments need follow-up.
Delivery, unit price and transit by carrier and lane (matrix): expand a carrier to see its lanes, including OTIF. A carrier may be strong overall but weak on one specific lane.
Before a carrier meeting: select the carrier, set Period to the review period and note:
its price per km-ton against your other carriers on the same lanes;
its on-time delivery and OTIF trend;
its share of exceptions.
That gives you a fact-based agenda.
Common questions
Why is price per km-ton empty or 0.00 for some rows?
The shipments haven’t been priced yet (cost not yet received from the carrier), or distance is missing. Rows with little or no priced data are not reliable for price comparison.
Why does a small sender show 100% on time?
With only a few shipments, one late delivery changes the share a lot. That’s why the charts show the top 15 by weight. Always check the shipment count next to a percentage.
Why doesn’t the cost chart change when I change Period?
In Current year mode it always shows the whole year. Switch to Selected period.
Why do numbers differ from my invoice?
Transport cost excludes platform fees and is converted to SEK at the exchange rate of the shipment date.
Can I export the data?
Hover over a table or chart, click ⋯ → Export data.