Operations resource
The Pass-Through Review Pack: Fuel and Freight Cost Recovery Toolkit
Find the fuel and freight cost you haven't recovered yet, and decide account by account how to get it back.
About this resource
Practical material for leadership teams
Diesel has passed its 2022 record, and most businesses are recovering less of the increase than they think. This pack helps you put one number on your fuel and freight cost increase, measure how much you have passed on and how quickly, and choose the right recovery route for each customer.
What this resource covers
- How to capture fuel and freight costs across your fleet, carriers, suppliers and service promises
- How to calculate pass-through ratio and recovery lag for each customer or contract
- A pass-through map template for your top 20 accounts
- A route selector for indexing, surcharging, repricing, redesigning service or absorbing on purpose
- Four questions to put to every carrier and freight-heavy supplier
- A checklist of the commercial terms to agree in an index or surcharge clause
- A customer conversation planner and an absorb decision record
- An Excel model that ranks accounts by unrecovered cost
Who it is for
Founders, executives and boards working on operations priorities.
Use the document as working material for an individual review or a structured leadership conversation. It is provided without registration and can be revisited whenever the underlying decision or operating context changes.
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