How project44 Calculates Truckload ETAs
project44 calculates an estimated time of arrival (ETA) to each Truckload shipment stop with every shipment tracking update. The ETA calculation is based on the following factors:
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Telemetry data. This includes the distance remaining to the next stop, travel time remaining to the next stop, current traffic conditions, average speed and recent average speed of the vehicle, typical average speed of the vehicle, and the distance traveled since the last stop.
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Driver breaks and behavior. This includes idle status, time since the driver's last break, length of the driver's last break, total idle time, occurrence of a long break since the last stop, and whether or not the vehicle is a team-operated truck.
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Schedules. This includes time until the beginning of the stop appointment time, length of the stop appointment, and time remaining until the end of the stop appointment.
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Seasonality. This includes the month, current day of the week, last stop time of day, current time of day, and the stop appointment's time of day.
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Truck and load characteristics. This includes the the typical average speed for the truck, distance traveled since the last stop, and the weight and volume of the truck.
For more information on how project44 calculates Truckload ETAs, please connect with your project44 Technical Contact.
In Movement, there are two places you will see project44's ETA prediction in the details page for a shipment.
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In the overview panel, p44 PREDICTS indicates when the shipment will arrive to its destination.
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In the route panel, the project44-predicted ETA is listed for each event at a stop in the Prediction column.