On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month – costing you business now and in the future. The NRC operator costing model has been a living document for four decades. It has recently be put through the refiners' fire once again, this time in collaboration with EECA. It means operators can now test business viability in the alternatively propelled space.