7/30/2019 SkidWeigh, freight weight verification and pallet weight in transportation industry

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The ED2 Series SkidWeigh system is generalapplication, fully automatic microprocessorelectronic device that measures the load weighton any type of lift truck or loader. The system can

be installed on any lift truck, regardless of thevehicle, make, model or operating voltage havinga maximum lifting capacity of up to 50,000 kg orlbs.

Every time a skid load is picked up, the increasein hydraulic pressure on the vehicle willautomatically activate the weighing cycle andconvert it to a load weight measurement that isvisually presented to the operator via a five digitLED display.

A. If the load weight variance is within theacceptable company level, then the skid load canmove to the destination trailer, holding area, etc.

B. If the load weight variance is over theacceptable company level, then the skid load ismoved to the Legal for Trade floor scale for finalverification and creation of a scale ticket.

Review for Management Example: Freight Transportation Facilities

Based on typical freight weight charges of$10.00* per 100 pounds and with a weight

recovery program of only 1,000 pounds perforklift, per working day; your company revenuecan increase approximately $ 25,000 peroperator, per year.

This equates to a return of ten times yourinvestment cost for the first year. Payback canbe as little as four weeks, depending on theshipping practices of your customers and yourtiming and approach to recouping these lostrevenues.

Note:* Depends on commodity, service level and distance

Turn Your Lift Truck Into The Profit Centre

Obviously the more forklifts equipped with on-board check weighing, the greater thepotential return.

If it takes 10 forklifts to handle your cross dockvolume and you have only one vehicleequipped with a SkidWeigh unit, you will bemissing out on 90% of your potential freightweight recovery revenues.

* See the article from National Freight Traffic AssociationWeighing and Research Programs for Trucking

Companies

Benefits and ROI Analysis *

The experience of the LTL freight carriers who currently have freight check weighing programs indicatesthat you may expect to recover additional revenue amounting to about one percent of your grossrevenue.The procedure ensures that all shippers are treated equally, with like commodities moving at the sameclasses and freight weight charges.

Wise Business InvestmentTo verify your customers freight weight and be able to detect and correct under declared weight youmust use lift truck onboard check weighing systems from pure logistics prospective. If the freight weightvariance is within the acceptable company level then the skid load can move to the destination trailer,holding area, etc.If the freight weight variance is over the acceptable level then the skid load is moved to the Legal forTrade floor scale for final verification and creation of a scale ticket.

Review for management As per enclosed table based on typical freight weight charges of $10.00 per 100 pounds and withsystematic freight weight recovery program of only 1000 pounds per lift truck, per working day, youroperational loading dock revenue will increase approx. $25.000.00 per operator per year.

Examples of the ROI for VariousDaily Detection / Correction of Under Declared Freight Weight

Daily Detection / Cor-rection of UnderDeclared Freight

Weight (lbs)

Daily IncreasedRevenue ($)

EstimatedR.O.I.(Days)

Estimated Yearly In-creased revenue

($)

500 $50.00 80 $12.500.00

1000 $100.00 40 $25.000.00

2000 $200.00 20 $50.000.00

3000 $300.00 13.3 $75.000.00

5000 $500.00 8 $125.000.00