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Connect Everything
Your TMS, ERP, telematics, IoT, EDI. All of it. Truzer aggregates the complex and maps it into a single unified ontology. No rip-and-replace. No 18-month implementation. Your systems keep running.
USE CASE
· Load Planning Software
Load planning software that loads every truck for both directions.
Built for VPs of Logistics, Directors of Operations, and 3PL coordinators running mixed fleets. Truzer connects to the cube calculator you already run and adds the return-leg dimension. No new tool. No data migration.
WHAT IT IS
What is load planning software?
Load planning software is the tool category that builds a complete trip plan, from the outbound load to the return leg, before the truck leaves the dock. Traditional cube calculators solve the outbound only. They maximize the box, respect axle limits, and build a stable load. Modern load planning software extends that work. It plans the outbound and the return leg as one continuous decision, scored against driver hours, customer windows, and lane density. The output is a complete trip plan, not a single-direction loading diagram. Operators see margin recovery the legacy tools were never built to deliver.
A modern load planning platform handles the parts of the trip a cube calculator alone cannot see:
- Cube and weight utilization. Pallet placement, weight distribution, axle compliance, product compatibility. The traditional load planning job, solved by 3D calculators.
- Stop sequence and route geometry. Multi-stop ordering that protects delivery windows and minimizes deadhead between drops.
- Return-leg matching. Pairing the outbound drop location with a nearby pickup that fits the driver’s remaining hours-of-service window.
- Carrier and lane density. Scoring the planned trip against carrier capacity in the destination zone before the truck leaves.
- Customer windows and dock appointments. Aligning planned arrival times with receiver appointment slots and shipper dock availability.
Audit-ready trip records. Logging every load planning decision with a timestamp, an actor ID, and an evidence hash for downstream dispute resolution.
Truzer is the load planning software built around the ontology, an immutable trip record of every load, lane, and return-leg decision, grounded in the live state of the operation, not in last night’s snapshot.
20%
of U.S. truck-miles run empty. A load plan that scores the return leg against live capacity before the truck leaves is what compounds those miles back into margin.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
FOUNDER
Built by operators tired of planning the outbound and hoping for the return.
Craig and Michael have spent 10+ years aggregating the complex for 1,000+ organizations. In load planning, the complex shows up as cube calculators that plan perfect outbound loads, dispatchers scrolling load boards for a return leg the tool never thought about, and trucks rolling home empty. Truzer.ai is what they built so operators stop running trucks home empty.
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THE PLATFORM
The four jobs your load planning needs,
on one platform.
Built for VPs of Logistics, Directors of Operations, and 3PL coordinators running empty-leg elimination at scale. Sits on top of your existing TMS and cube calculator.
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Every Truck, One Whole-Trip Plan
Pull every outbound load and every available return leg into one ontology. Cube calculator output, TMS load data, ELD pings, carrier capacity, and customer windows in the same workflow. The dispatcher sees the whole trip before the truck leaves the dock.
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On Top Of Your Cube Calculator, Not Replacing It
The AI Bot reads from Cargo-Planner, MagicLogic, MaxLoad, Goodloading, EasyCargo3D, BFCSoftware, or your homegrown cube tool. Truzer adds the return-leg dimension the calculator was never built to plan.
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Real-Time Return-Leg Matching
Every outbound load gets a probability-weighted return-leg match the moment the cube plan locks. Carrier capacity, lane density, customer windows, and HOS scored together. The dispatcher acts on the match, not on a load board search.
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Audit-Ready Trip Trail, Built At The Source
Every load planning decision gets a timestamp, an actor ID, and an evidence hash. Events land in Truzer's ontology, a live digital twin of every trip. When a customer asks why a load was assigned the way it was, the answer is one click back.
WHY TRUZER
Why use Truzer?
Two ways to plan loads in 2026. One plans the whole trip.
Feature
Without Truzer
With Truzer
Trip planning
✕
Cube calculator plans the outbound only
✓
Whole-trip plan covers outbound and return leg
Return-leg matching
✕
Dispatcher searches a load board after the drop
✓
Return-leg match scored before the truck leaves
Cube calculator
✕
Standalone tool, no connection to dispatch
✓
Connects to your existing cube calculator
Carrier visibility
✕
Dispatcher calls carriers in the destination zone to check availability
✓
Carrier capacity in the destination zone scored before the truck leaves
Audit trail
✕
Trip records reconstructed when the customer disputes the bill
✓
Every decision logged with timestamp and actor ID
Deployment
✕
Months of integration before go-live
✓
Live in 48 hours, on top of your stack
Commitment
✕
Multi-year contracts and vendor lock-in
✓
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Trip planning
Without
✕
Cube calculator plans the outbound only
With Truzer
✓
Whole-trip plan covers outbound and return leg
Return-leg matching
Without
✕
Dispatcher searches a load board after the drop
With Truzer
✓
Return-leg match scored before the truck leaves
Cube calculator
Without
✕
Standalone tool, no connection to dispatch
With Truzer
✓
Connects to your existing cube calculator
Carrier visibility
Without
✕
Dispatcher calls carriers in the destination zone to check availability
With Truzer
✓
Carrier capacity in the destination zone scored before the truck leaves
Audit trail
Without
✕
Trip records reconstructed when the customer disputes the bill
With Truzer
✓
Every decision logged with timestamp and actor ID
Deployment
Without
✕
Months of integration before go-live
With Truzer
✓
Live in 48 hours, on top of your stack
Commitment
Without
✕
Multi-year contracts and vendor lock-in
With Truzer
✓
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Pick a side.
48 hours from now, your next outbound load is either still planned for one direction or it is planned for both.
HOW TO DEPLOY
From Fragmented to Transformed
Every business we’ve transformed over the past decade was inflicted with the same limitations. Here’s how we fix yours.
02
See Everything
Right away you’re immersed into a complete visual experience. Seeing everything a real time. Your whole operation, stupidly visible. Not yesterday’s report. Not a dashboard silo. The truth, live, now.
03
Know Everything
The ontology doesn’t just show your data. It maps how every asset, route, team, customer, and regulation connects to each other. When one thing changes, you already know what it affects. All truth. No fiction.
04
Act on Everything
AI agents monitor your operation 24/7. They flag exceptions, lock down compliance violations, send proactive customer updates, and surface revenue opportunities. Grounded in your ontology. Not hallucinated from generic training data.
DATA INTEGRATIONS
Built to extend your TMS, not replace it.
Truzer connects to McLeod, MercuryGate, SAP TM, Manhattan, Trimble, and any homegrown TMS via read-only credentials, an API key, or an EDI feed. The TMS keeps running. Your team keeps working. The ontology fills the gap between transaction records and operational reality.
THE DEEP DIVE
Logistics Optimization: The Operator’s Guide
Most logistics operations bleed margin in the gap between what the TMS knows and what the spreadsheet knows. Here is the seven-discipline framework that closes it
FAQS
Frequently Asked Questions
Q What is load planning software?
Load planning software is the tool category that builds a complete trip plan, from the outbound load to the return leg, before the truck leaves the dock. Traditional cube calculators solve the outbound only. Modern load planning software extends that work, scoring the outbound and the return leg as one continuous decision against driver hours, customer windows, and lane density. Truzer is a load planning tool that connects to the cube calculator the operator already runs and adds the return-leg dimension.
Q How is load planning software different from a cube calculator?
A cube calculator solves how to fit pallets into a trailer or container. It plans the outbound load only. Load planning software covers the cube calculation plus the stop sequence, the return-leg match, the carrier capacity check, and the audit trail. Truzer does not replace the cube tool. It reads from it and adds the return-leg dimension that legacy load planning was never built to see.
Q How does Truzer plan the return leg before the truck leaves?
Truzer scores every available return-leg load in the destination zone against the driver's remaining HOS, the trailer type, and the carrier capacity. The match runs the moment the cube plan locks. The dispatcher acts on a ranked recommendation rather than scrolling a load board after the truck has already dropped.
Q ow does Truzer integrate with our existing load planning stack without double-data entry?
Truzer sits on top of the cube calculator, the TMS, and the ELD and ingests data through the existing API or flat-file connection. Trip plans, return-leg matches, and audit events flow back into the TMS as structured records, so dispatchers never re-key. Most carriers go live in 48 hours with no rip-and-replace. The integration covers the common cube calculators and adapts to custom builds on the same timeline.
Q Will the trip-plan decision trail hold up in a customer dispute or audit?
Yes. Truzer logs every load planning decision with a timestamp, an actor ID, and an evidence hash, stored in an immutable digital twin of the freight network. When a customer asks why a load was assigned the way it was, or an auditor asks how a return leg was matched, Truzer returns one indexed record per decision with the underlying data the AI scored. The audit trail does not get reconstructed because it was built at the source.
SEE IT LIVE
Stop running trucks home empty.
Book a call with Craig and Michael. Walk through your stack. See your own outbound load, your own return-leg match, your own trip trail, running on Truzer.