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Automated payroll & settlements

3 min read Updated 7/7/2026 34 views

Pay week, handled

Import the settlement. FAST does the math, you review, and drivers get paid — accurately, every week.

The short version
FAST turns your FedEx Ground/MBA or Forward Air settlement into paid drivers in minutes. It reads the statement, applies every pay rule, and produces a line-by-line pay document you review before finalizing — no spreadsheets, no re-keying, no math errors.

The most error-prone hours of your week

The settlement is where payroll goes wrong. A rebuilt spreadsheet, a dragged formula, a missed spot rate — any one of them under-pays a driver (and costs you trust) or over-pays one (and costs you margin). And it happens under time pressure, every single week.

You rebuild the same payroll spreadsheet from the settlement every week.
Spot, per-mile, drop & hook, per diem, and fuel get calculated by hand — differently depending on who’s doing it.
A driver disputes their pay and you have no trip-level audit trail to show them.
The pay numbers live in a spreadsheet that never reaches your profit reporting.
FAST payroll settlement import
Payroll Tools — pull the settlement automatically or upload it; recent pay runs sit right below.

How a pay run works in FAST

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    1. Import the settlement

    FedEx Ground/MBA and Forward Air statements come in automatically or by upload. FAST matches every trip to the right driver and tractor — no manual data entry.

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    2. The rules apply themselves

    Linehaul, tiered spot, drop & hook, per diem, fuel, bonuses, and deductions calculate the same way every time, using the pay rules you set up once.

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    3. Review before you pay

    Open each driver’s trips and pay breakdown, catch outliers, and add any one-off adjustments before anything is finalized.

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    4. Send the pay docs

    Finalize, and drivers get a clear, itemized pay document by text or email — and can pull it up any time in the app.

What you get back

A pay week that takes minutes instead of a day.
Every driver paid on the same rules, every time — no spreadsheet drift.
A trip-level audit trail that settles pay disputes in seconds.
Pay data that flows straight into cost-per-mile and profit reporting.
Stop rebuilding the payroll spreadsheet
Import a settlement and watch the pay run build itself.
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FAST vs. a payroll spreadsheet

CapabilityFASTSpreadsheets
Import carrier settlement
Applies spot & per-mile rules automaticallyManual formulas
Trip-level audit trail per driver
Sends itemized pay stubsCopy/paste
Feeds cost-per-mile & profit reports
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Has saved me tons of time and money.
Pat · GDPK Logistics · Very Satisfied

The numbers only get entered once. A finalized pay run flows straight into your profit reporting — so paying drivers and knowing your margins is the same action.

Frequently asked questions

What settlements does FAST support?

FAST is built around linehaul carrier settlements including FedEx Ground/MBA and Forward Air, with automated retrieval and CSV import.

Can I still make manual adjustments?

Yes. You review every pay run and can add bonuses, deductions, or one-off adjustments before finalizing — FAST just removes the repetitive math.

How does FAST handle complicated split or spot pay?

That’s exactly what the pay engine is for — tiered spot rates, named-lane overrides, drop & hook, and per diem. See the pay engine.

Can drivers see their own pay?

Yes — drivers open an itemized pay document any time in the driver app and see pay history by week, which cuts payroll calls to the office.

What if a settlement is corrected after I pay?

FAST preserves finalized history and handles corrections as adjustments, so a fix never silently rewrites pay you already sent.

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