> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tread.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> Every Tread-specific term, in plain English.

## A

**Add-On** — A line item added to a rate, like a fuel surcharge, demurrage fee, or wash-out charge. [Learn more](/concepts/rates-add-ons)

**Apex / Command / Integra** — Command Alkon ticketing systems. Many producers migrate to Tread from one of these. Tread imports historical tickets and replaces day-of dispatch and ticket capture.

**Approval** — The act of confirming work is correct before it bills. Tread approves at three tiers: shift, job, and load. [Learn more](/concepts/tickets-timesheets)

**As Directed** — A placeholder material, haul-from, or haul-to used on long-running projects where the actual product or destination changes day to day. The daily order resolves the placeholder before dispatch.

## B

**BME** — A leased-truck pool entity used at multi-entity haulers. Trucks belong to the BME and are leased to the operating companies that dispatch them.

## C

**Class Five** — A Minnesota-spec base aggregate (crushed rock under MnDOT class 5). Common term in Twin Cities and greater MN markets.

**Connected Customer** — A customer that has its own Tread login. They see their orders, GPS, and tickets in real time. [Learn more](/onboarding/master-data/customers)

**Connected Vendor** — A hauler your company shares jobs with through Tread. The vendor accepts the job and either runs it or sub-dispatches. [Learn more](/onboarding/master-data/vendors)

## D

**DBE** — Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. A federal certification used to track minority-owned, women-owned, and small-business participation on public-works jobs. Drives prevailing-wage and reporting compliance. [Learn more](/specialized/prevailing-wage)

**Department** — An optional grouping for reporting. Used to slice revenue, hours, or loads by business unit. [Learn more](/onboarding/master-data/departments-labels-classes)

**Driver Pay** — The pay a driver earns for their work. Calculated from the driver-side rate on the order, not the customer-side rate. [Learn more](/concepts/settlements-driver-pay)

## E

**End Dump** — An open-top trailer with a hydraulic lift that dumps from the rear. The standard aggregate truck type across most North American markets.

**Equipment** — A truck, trailer, or paver tracked in Tread. Equipment belongs to an Equipment Type. [Learn more](/onboarding/master-data/equipment)

**Equipment Type** — The category an equipment belongs to (Tri-Axle Dump, Belly Dump, Tractor). Capacity and unit of measure live on the type. [Learn more](/onboarding/master-data/equipment-types)

## F

**Fines / Screenings** — Small aggregate, often a byproduct of crushing larger rock. Sold as a separate material with its own rate and unit of measure.

**Foreman** — A user role for jobsite supervisors. Foremen create orders, dispatch trucks, and approve work from the mobile app. [Learn more](/workflows/foreman)

**Fuel Surcharge** — A pass-through fee tied to the price of diesel. Set up as three pieces: a Fuel Price Index, a Surcharge Schedule, and an Add-On. [Learn more](/concepts/rates-add-ons)

## G

**Geofence** — A virtual fence around a site. Triggers automatic load start and end when a truck enters or leaves. [Learn more](/concepts/sites-geofences)

**Geofence Timer** — The number of seconds a truck must stay inside or outside a geofence before Tread fires the start or end event. Filters out drive-bys. [Learn more](/onboarding/platform-configurations)

## I

**Internal Driver** — A driver on your own company that you dispatch directly. Contrast with a Shared Driver (from a partner) or a Vendor. [Learn more](/concepts/dispatching-drivers-vendors)

**ITO** — Independent Trucking Contractor. A driver-owner that runs as a single-truck vendor, similar to an O\&O but contracted as a vendor rather than dispatched directly.

## J

**Job** — One driver's assignment for one order. An order with ten trucks has ten jobs. [Learn more](/concepts/orders-projects)

## L

**Label** — A color-coded tag on orders, projects, jobs, drivers, equipment, customers, or vendors. Used for filtering and dispatch flow. [Learn more](/concepts/custom-labels)

**Live Map** — The dispatch screen that shows every active truck on a map. [Learn more](/workflows/track-drivers-collect-tickets)

**Load** — One pickup-to-drop-off cycle. A job has many loads. [Learn more](/concepts/tickets-timesheets)

## M

**Material** — What you haul (sand, asphalt, concrete, dirt). Materials carry a unit of measure. [Learn more](/onboarding/master-data/materials)

**Multis** — Multi-driver vendors. Shorthand for vendors that run more than one truck and dispatch their own drivers, as opposed to single-truck owner-operators.

## O

**O\&O / Owner-Operator** — A driver who owns their truck and runs for you directly. Dispatched like an internal driver. [Learn more](/concepts/companies-hierarchy)

**Order** — One day's work on a project. The unit dispatchers create and assign drivers to. [Learn more](/concepts/orders-projects)

## P

**Paver Tracker** — Telemetry from a paver. Tread uses it for paving stats and for moving geofences on linear paving jobs. [Learn more](/integrations/paver-tracker)

**Pneumatics** — Sealed pressurized tank trailers used to haul cement, lime, fly ash, and other powdered or granular materials. A separate equipment type from end dumps and belly dumps.

**Prevailing Wage (PW)** — A government-mandated wage rate on public-works jobs. Flagged on the project; rates come from the PW fields on rate schedules, which can apply per equipment type or per material — not per driver. [Learn more](/specialized/prevailing-wage)

**Project** — A long-running container for a customer engagement. Holds the rates, the materials, and the sites. Orders run against the project. [Learn more](/concepts/orders-projects)

## R

**RAP** — Recycled Asphalt Pavement. Reclaimed asphalt that's milled, processed, and re-used as a base or mix component. Tracked as its own material with its own rate.

**Rate Card** — A saved set of customer-, vendor-, or driver-side rates. Apply by default or per project. [Learn more](/concepts/rates-add-ons)

## S

**Scale Ticket** — The pre-Tread paper ticket from the producer's scale house. Captures truck, material, weight, and time. Tread digitizes scale tickets through OCR or direct integration. [Learn more](/concepts/tickets-timesheets)

**Service Class** — An optional code on a job for accounting (Trucking, Paving, Demolition). Maps to cost codes in your accounting system. [Learn more](/onboarding/master-data/departments-labels-classes)

**Settlement** — The output document. Receivables for a customer become an invoice. Payables for a driver or vendor become a pay statement. [Learn more](/concepts/settlements-driver-pay)

**Shared Driver** — A driver another company shares to you, so you assign them directly like your own. An Owner-Operator is the most common case. [Learn more](/concepts/dispatching-drivers-vendors)

**Shift** — One driver's full day. Spans multiple jobs and loads. [Learn more](/concepts/tickets-timesheets)

**Site** — A physical pickup or drop-off location. Sites carry a geofence and a lat/long. [Learn more](/concepts/sites-geofences)

**Split Flag** — A configuration that flags loads that should split across multiple invoices or settlements (different materials, different customers, different cost codes). [Learn more](/onboarding/platform-configurations)

## T

**Telematics** — GPS and engine data from a truck's onboard hardware (Samsara, Geotab). Powers the live map and auto-geofence triggers. [Learn more](/integrations/telematics)

**Ticket** — Proof of a load. Either a scale ticket (paper or digital) or the driver's logged hours. [Learn more](/concepts/tickets-timesheets)

**Ticket Chaser** — The Tread agent that reads scale tickets, queues exceptions, and pre-fills approval data. [Learn more](/workflows/track-drivers-collect-tickets)

**Trackit** — Command Alkon's telematics product. A common pre-Tread system that customers replace or run alongside Tread during cutover.

**Tread Customer** — Your own account. Creates Projects and Orders and sends dispatches to Drivers or Vendors. Sits between the Connected Customer and the Vendor in the Connected Ecosystem. [Learn more](/concepts/connected-ecosystem)

## U

**Unit of Measure (UoM)** — How you count a load (ton, cubic yard, hour, load). Lives on the Equipment Type and on the Material. Mismatches throw a warning at approval.

## V

**Vendor** — A hauling company that runs jobs for you. Receives dispatches and assigns its own drivers. See also Connected Vendor. [Learn more](/onboarding/master-data/vendors)

## Related

* [FAQ](/resources/faq)
* [Common Setup Mistakes](/resources/common-mistakes)