TruckingOffice - #1 Trucking Software For Truckers A business plan is a series of documents that lay out the ideas and strategy for a trucking company to succeed. The best business plan has methods to determine if the strategies are working - or not. Even if all it says is "decrease deadhead miles by 10%" - that's a metric. Metrics don't have to be complicated math problems - but some of them are. At some point, looking at your business plan, you're going to see if you reached your goals are ...