Try it in three steps: 1) select "Place origin", and place the origin marker on the map, 2) select "Place stop", and place stops markers on the map, 3) click split.
Covered regions: All regions with openly accessible maps
Consider you leave the warehouse to deliver three items at three different locations, S1, S2, and S3 before going back to the warehouse. Assume the total travel cost is 145$ including fuel cost, driver travel time, vehicle related costs ... etc. The question is: how much of the total travel cost should be assigned to each delivery? To find the answer, place the Origin marker at you warehouse location, then place stop locations (S1, S2, and S3) at each delivery locations, as shown on the map below, and then click split.
Slice-of-Cost will split the travel cost between your stop locations and the results will be shown on the location markers. The percentage of the travel cost for location S1 is 34.65%; therefore, cost of delivery at S1 is 145$ * 0.3462 = 50.1990$. Similarly, cost of delivery at S2 is 145$ * 0.2375 = 34.4375$, and at S3 is 145$ * 0.4161 = 60.3345$.
Consider you leave the warehouse in a turck whose weight is 5000 kg to deliver three pallets with weights 200 kg, 1000 kg, 2000 kg and at three different locations, S1, S2, and S3 before going back to the warehouse. Assume the total travel cost is 335$ including fuel cost, driver travel time, vehicle related costs ... etc. The question is: how much of the total travel cost should be assigned to each freight? To find the answer, place the Origin marker at you warehouse location, then place stop locations (S1, S2, and S3) at each delivery locations, as shown on the map below. Next, click on "Set weights", click on the origin and enter the vehicle weight, say 5000, then click on S1 marker and enter 250, click on S2 marker and enter 1000, click on S3 marker and enter 5000, and then click split.
Slice-of-Cost will split the travel cost between the stop locations and results will be shown on the location markers. The percentage of the travel cost for location S1 is 27.35.38%; therefore, cost of delivery at S1 is 335$ * 0.2735 = 91.6225$. Similarly, cost of delivery at S2 is 335$ * 0.2013 = 67.4355$, and at S3 is 335$ * 0.5250 = 175.8750$.
Compare the splitting results that account for weights in the map above with the splitting results that do not account for weights in the map below. You can see that the higher weight of the freight delivered at S3 leads to a higher portion of the travel cost, and that the lower weight of the freight delivered at S1 leads to a lower portion of the travel cost.