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🔵 What is TLB (Truck Load Build Logic)?

TLB = Truck Load Build Logic
It is the rule or method used to build a truck efficiently by selecting the right mix of SKUs so that:

1.Truck capacity is fully utilized
2.Cost per case is optimized
3.Depot demand is met
4.Delivery sequence is respected
In companies like Unilever Bangladesh Limited, TLB is embedded in planning tools (like Kinaxis + SAP) to support deployment decisions.

🚛 Simple Meaning
TLB decides which SKUs and how much quantity will go into one truck.

📦 Practical Example
Truck capacity = 1,000 cases

Depot demand:
SKU Demand (Cases)
Lifebuoy 100g 400
Surf Excel 500g 300
Sunsilk 180ml 200
Horlicks 500g 100
Total = 1,000 cases
👉 Perfect full truck load
👉 Good TLB

🔴 Poor TLB Example
Truck capacity = 1,000 cases
You dispatch only 600 cases
👉 40% empty space
👉 Higher freight cost per case
👉 Poor cost to serve (CTS)

🔎 What TLB Considers?
1.Truck volume & weight capacity
2.SKU carton size
3.Pallet stacking rules
4. Mixing restrictions ( food + chemical separation)
5.Priority SKUs (hero SKU first)
6 Delivery sequence

If TLB wrong:
1.Freight cost increases
2.Service delay
3.Depot overstock / stockout