What is the VFR "vehicle fill rate" and how to calculate it?

VFR will help you to answer the following

how good are you filling the trucks?

Vehicle fill rate (VFR) is defined as the ratio of the actual capacity used to the total capacity available in terms of weight and volume

KPIs in scope

1. Gross Weight Fill Rate (%)  = Gross Weight/ Max Weight *
2. Net Weight Fill Rate(%)       = Net weight / Max Weight *
3. Gross Volume Fill Rate (%)  = Gross Volume  / Max Volume *
4. Net Volume Fill Rate (%)     = Net Volume  / Max Volume *
5. Gross Pallet Fill Rate (%)     = Pallets  / Max Pallets *

It is vehicle ridership = (average vehicle occupancy) / (vehicle capacity)

The term fill rate has come from inventory management system such as periodic review, contineous review, and min max. The term is basically mean how much units are expected to be filled verses how many units are being filled on the order. Expected fill rate verses Actual fill rate. (APICS). The following is the formula for fill rate

DR= demand rate

LT= Lead Time

Percentage of customer or consumption orders satisfied from stock at hand. It is a measure of an inventory's ability to meet demand. Also called demand satisfaction rate.

VFR: Vehicle fill Rate

  It is a measure of how efficiently the freight sector is transporting goods with its vehicles

  mathematically,

Its ratio of the actual capacity used to the total capacity available in terms of weight and volume

VFR = Loaded  Weight/ Total loading weight capacity 

Example

if loaded weight isKg for period 

And capacity is of1 ton- (Kg)

then VFR for the period  = %