Estimate how much delivery work a fleet can complete in a shift under a repeatable route plan. The calculator checks three practical limits—available vehicle-hours, stop capacity, and payload—and reports the smallest shipment count as usable routing capacity. That constraint-based view is more useful than multiplying vehicles by stops alone because a route can run out of shift time or carrying capacity first.
The result is the number of whole average shipments the fleet can route without exceeding the entered cycle, stop, or payload assumptions.
This estimate assumes similar route cycles. Geographic imbalance, appointment windows, driver rules, maintenance, and vehicle-specific payload limits may reduce executable capacity.
Twelve vehicles working 9 hours with 3-hour cycles can complete 36 cycles. At 8 stops and 1.2 shipments per stop, stop capacity is 345 shipments. Payload capacity is 523 shipments, so usable capacity is 345 shipments.
A route that cannot finish within the available operating time is not counted as completed capacity.
Use dispatch-to-return time, including normal loading, driving, service, and return activity for the same route type.
Tight windows often increase cycle time or reduce stops per route. Reflect that change in those inputs rather than adding unsupported capacity.
Yes. A decimal average is useful when some stops receive multiple shipments and others receive one.
No. If space is more restrictive than weight, translate that limit into an equivalent shipment count before relying on the result.
| Variable | Meaning | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| V | Available vehicles | vehicles |
| H | Operating time per vehicle | hours |
| R | Average route cycle | hours |
| S | Stops per route | stops |
| P | Rated payload | weight |