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Alerts: Catching a Problem the Week It Happens, Not the Month After

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Waiting for a monthly financial statement to find out something went wrong is waiting too long — by the time the report is in your hands, the money's already gone. Alerts exists to close that gap.

Fleet Shield monitors live margin data and sends automated alerts the moment something crosses a threshold: an uncovered fixed cost threat when a lane rate won't cover a unit's baseline, an extreme idle warning when an engine's sitting still too long and quietly inflating cost per mile, a settlement variance flag when estimated and actual pay drift too far apart, or an idle unit burning fixed costs with no load assigned.

Why it matters: every one of these is a real dollar amount that's recoverable if caught this week and unrecoverable if discovered next quarter. Alerts is the difference between fixing a problem and explaining one after the damage is done.

Where it connects: every alert traces back to a specific unit, settlement, or trip — click through from Command Center's alert feed straight into the exact Unit Profile or Settlement causing it, no separate investigation required.

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