Nordhaus Transport & Logistik GmbH, 60 employees
A family-run haulier with 22 trucks and a contract-logistics warehouse, whose dispatchers spend their days on the phone chasing drivers, statuses and paperwork instead of planning.
How it works
- Check the numbers. Each step shows the hours your company spends on it per week. Click a number to change it, or set it to 0 if the step does not exist for you.
- Insert building blocks. Click a coloured block in a step. Below it you read in plain words what the AI would do there and what stays with your people. The shadow under the step shrinks.
- Read the result. The dark bar at the bottom shows the key figures; the full calculation with cost, return and a curve is below the departments.
Block colours show how you get it:
A dashed box means no building block exists yet.
Where AI helps most here
Start with what saves the most. Many blocks run on the same platform (e.g. one AI workplace for the office): you buy it once, and every further step only needs configuring.
Biggest single levers
Packages: many steps in one go
Link copied. It holds all your settings, nothing is stored on a server.
The company from above
Each building is a department. Its height shows how much work happens there, each window is a recurring task, and the shadow on the ground is the manual work. Click a building to open it. Windows light up where AI helps, and the shadow gets shorter.
Dispatch Control Room
12 steps, 229 h per week
Order intake and quoting
- Enter orders from mail/EDIDispatcher h/week
- Calculate spot quotesDispatcher h/week
- Check freight exchange loadsDispatcher h/week
- Confirm orders and clarify queriesDispatcher h/week
Tour planning
- Plan tours, assign vehiclesDispatcher h/week
- Plan load and loading sequenceDispatcher h/week
- Book subcontractorsDispatcher h/week
- Plan driver availability and hoursDispatcher h/week
Shipment tracking
- Call drivers for statusDispatcher h/week
- Notify consignees of arrivalDispatcher h/week
- Handle delays and disruptionsDispatcher h/week
- Book customer ramp slotsDispatcher h/week
Warehouse and Cross-dock
10 steps, 378 h per week
Goods receipt
- Check delivery, record notesWarehouse clerk h/week
- Put away and post in WMSWarehouse clerk h/weekHands-on work, AI can hardly help
- Document transit damageWarehouse clerk h/week
- Match advance notices to arrivalsWarehouse clerk h/week
Picking and dispatch
- Pick and pack ordersWarehouse clerk h/week
- Load trucks, secure cargoForklift driver h/weekHands-on work, AI can hardly help
- Print labels and dispatch papersWarehouse clerk h/week
Stock and value-added services
- Count stock, clear differencesWarehouse supervisor h/week
- Compile client stock reportsWarehouse supervisor h/week
- Relabel, kit, repack goodsWarehouse clerk h/weekHands-on work, AI can hardly help
Yard, Workshop and Drivers
13 steps, 986 h per week
Driving operations
- Drive and deliverDriver h/weekHands-on work, AI can hardly help
- Load and unload at customerDriver h/weekHands-on work, AI can hardly help
- Pre-trip check, report defectsDriver h/week
- Hand in signed delivery proofsDriver h/week
Driver administration
- Analyse tachograph and driver cardsDispatcher h/week
- Plan leave and shiftsDispatcher h/week
- Track licences and trainingOffice clerk h/week
- Process driver expensesOffice clerk h/week
Fleet and workshop
- Service and repair vehiclesMechanic h/weekHands-on work, AI can hardly help
- Schedule inspections and servicingFleet manager h/week
- Source spare parts and tyresFleet manager h/week
- Handle accidents and damage claimsFleet manager h/week
- Review fuel, toll, telematics dataFleet manager h/week
Customer Desk and Customs
11 steps, 163 h per week
Customer enquiries
- Answer status enquiriesCustomer service h/week
- Handle complaints and shortagesCustomer service h/week
- Answer tenders and rate requestsSales h/week
- Log phone calls and notesCustomer service h/week
Freight documents
- Create CMR and delivery notesDocuments clerk h/week
- Match proofs of deliveryDocuments clerk h/week
- Prepare ADR dangerous goods papersDangerous goods officer h/week
- Reconcile pallet exchange accountsDocuments clerk h/week
Customs
- Enter customs declarationsCustoms clerk h/week
- Classify goods and originCustoms clerk h/week
- Screen sanctions listsCustoms clerk h/week
Back Office
16 steps, 186 h per week
Invoicing and payment
- Compile billing items per clientInvoicing clerk h/week
- Issue and send invoicesInvoicing clerk h/weekHands-on work, AI can hardly help
- Check subcontractor invoicesAccountant h/week
- Send dunning remindersInvoicing clerk h/week
- Reconcile toll and fuel cardsAccountant h/week
- Prepare DATEV bookkeepingAccountant h/week
HR and payroll
- Recruit drivers and staffHR officer h/week
- Prepare payroll dataHR officer h/week
- Correct time recordsHR officer h/week
- Onboard new employeesHR officer h/week
Quality, compliance, IT
- Maintain ISO 9001 and audit filesQM officer h/week
- Answer customer LkSG requestsQM officer h/week
- Handle data protection dutiesData protection officer h/week
- Negotiate purchasing contractsManagement h/week
- Solve IT problemsIT admin h/week
Controlling and management reporting
- Post-calculate tours and contribution marginManagement h/week
Your calculation
Example calculation for orientation. Prices, hours and savings are estimates for a fictitious company, not an offer, a promise or advice. Your real figures depend on your processes, your software and the providers you choose.
Insert building blocks or a package to see the calculation.
What you put in
Click a row to see the individual building blocks.
What comes back
- Time saved
- Value of that time
The value is working time that becomes free for other work; it is not automatically lower wages. The curve counts the freed time from the first month on. All figures are rough estimates.
Parts list for your selection
| Block | Used in | Saves | Value per year | One-off | Monthly | Data | Risk of failure |
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Every row shows the amount that goes into your calculation; the rows add up to the totals. Blocks on a platform (AI workplace, automation, transcription, accounting AI, ...) only cost their configuration; the platform itself appears once with its rollout and its seats or base fee (prices researched 2026). Stand-alone solutions use the middle of the catalog price band, scaled to the size of the company.
Assumptions and sources
Staffing: 22 drivers, 12 warehouse, 6 dispatchers, 3 customer service, 2 customs/documents, 3 invoicing, 3 workshop/fleet, 9 management, HR, QM, IT and admin. Hours are estimates for the whole company per week, derived from staffing times typical task shares; no external study was fetched, so no sources are listed. Driving and warehouse core work is included as no-AI steps (or with only light assistance). Total is kept near 80 percent of 60 x 40 hours because of leave, sickness and driving breaks. Rules in play: GoBD, DSGVO, CMR, ADR, EU driving and rest time rules, MiLoG/Mindestlohn documentation, LkSG requests from customers, e-invoicing obligation (E-Rechnung).