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What is Maven Linehaul?

Planning and monitoring long-haul trips between terminals

CONTENTS

  1. What the product does
  2. Who uses it
  3. Where it fits in the workflow
  4. Key concepts & terminology
  5. What the product does NOT do

What this product does

Maven Linehaul supports long‑haul operations by enabling efficient linehaul trip planning, tracking, and performance management. It is focused on the movement of freight between terminals or hubs in an LTL network.

  • Creates and manages linehaul trips (single‑ or multi‑stop).

  • Tracks trip progress and identifies delays/exceptions.

  • Helps optimize capacity (trailer utilization, fewer empty miles).

  • Surfaces historical performance for continuous improvement.

  • Integrates with Inbound and Dispatch so local P&D and dock operations stay aligned with linehaul movements.

Who uses it

Primary users:

  • Linehaul Planners – build and adjust linehaul trips, manage routing and cut times.

  • Terminal Managers – coordinate dock and staffing based on linehaul schedules and delays.

  • Operations Analysts – review historical performance and optimize the linehaul network.

Secondary/indirect users:

  • Inbound / Dock supervisors – rely on Linehaul timing to plan inbound unloading.

  • Dispatch supervisors – coordinate P&D schedules around linehaul arrivals/departures.

Where it fits in the workflow

  1. Linehaul trips are created and scheduled between terminals

  2. Drivers and equipment are assigned to trips

  3. As trips run:

    1. Location, status, and timing data flows in from Fleet, ELD, and the Driver App

  4. Operations teams:

    1. Monitor trip progress

    2. Identify risks to dock or P&D schedules

  5. Arrival and delay information supports dock planning and local dispatch decisions

Linehaul is the backbone layer that connects terminals and ensures freight moves on time between local pickup and local delivery.

Key concepts & terminology 

  • Linehaul
    The long‑distance transportation of consolidated freight between terminals or hubs in an LTL network.

  • Origin Terminal
    The terminal where locally collected freight is consolidated and loaded onto linehaul trailers.

  • Destination Terminal
    The terminal where linehaul freight is unloaded and handed off to local P&D for final delivery.

  • Cut Time
    The deadline for loading outbound linehaul trailers at a terminal. Linehaul planning must respect cut times to maintain service.

  • Linehaul Trip
    A planned move for a tractor and trailer(s) between terminals, often overnight and sometimes with multi‑stop routing.

  • Capacity / Trailer Utilization
    How efficiently trailer space is used on a linehaul trip (minimizing empty miles, maximizing loaded miles).

  • Delay & Exception Alerts
    System‑generated signals when a trip is running late, deviates from plan, or hits a known exception, so operations can react.

 

What this product does NOT do

  • Replace a full enterprise TMS for all network design, rating, or billing functions.

  • Manage local P&D stop‑level routing (that belongs to Maven Dispatch / P&D tools).

  • Handle warehouse inventory management beyond the linehaul movement context.

  • Act as a full yard management system for all yard moves (it focuses on trips between terminals, not every yard shunt).

  • Perform detailed dock-level task management by worker (this is more in Dock App / Inbound scope).