Clarity and control in freight spend
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FREIGHT PAYMENT
$ 300,000 will impact a small business very heavily,” he said.
To help manage this greater cost burden, CT Logistics’ weekly freight bill processing statement shows the amount of the freight shipments each carrier has completed for the client and provides a pre-audit identifying any overcharges in
“ Billing errors remain the most persistent and foundational source of cost leakage.“
order to“ reduce the freight bill down to the lowest legal amount”, Miner noted. The typical savings is 4 % to 6 %.
“ There’ s no easy way to rate a freight bill,” he added.“ We know that carriers make errors because it’ s so complicated.”
Errors are further intensified by crossborder volatility, noted Griswold. Issues such as currency fluctuations, tariffs and geopolitical tensions create friction that can directly impact traditional accounting and invoice processes.
“ Cross-border logistics has become significantly more complex over the past 12 months, not because any one factor has changed, but because multiple variables are shifting at the same time,” Griswold said.
“ As a result, leading organizations are moving toward a more proactive, upstream approach, validating rates, accessorial logic and cross-border requirements earlier in the process, rather than trying to untangle issues after the invoice is received,” he added.
One example of these issues are billing errors tied to accessorial charges on an international shipment can compound quickly, blending contractual discrepancies with compliance exposure.
“ If you look at where the largest and most consistent exposure exists, it typically starts with billing errors and accessorial charges and is increasingly amplified by cross-border volatility. Billing errors remain the most persistent and foundational source of cost leakage,” Griswold said.
Accessorial charges is one of the areas where financial and operational pressures are becoming most visible. Even in highly automated environments, inconsistencies between contracted rates and invoiced charges still occur, whether due to outdated rate tables, incorrect application of pricing logic or data inconsistencies. These issues create a steady stream of small variances that, at scale, translate into significant financial impact.
Both Griswold and Syring highlighted the growing complexity and diversity of accessorial charges as a key challenge for their companies’ clients. Such charges are
Clarity and control in freight spend
Originally established as Trans International, TI Freight Audit helps companies bring accuracy, visibility and control to one of the most complex and often overlooked areas of their operations: freight billing and payment.
The company has built its reputation over decades by focusing on disciplined, line-by-line freight audit and payment services. As transportation networks have grown more complex and datadriven, TI has evolved alongside them— combining proven audit expertise with modern technology to support logistics, finance and operations teams managing high volumes of freight spend across multiple systems, carriers and geographies.
At its core, TI Freight Audit reviews every invoice in detail, validating charges against contracts, rates and shipment data to ensure clients only pay what they actually owe. This process consistently uncovers discrepancies like duplicate charges, incorrect rates and misapplied accessorials, recovering costs that would otherwise go unnoticed in high-volume environments where small errors add up quickly.
Beyond identifying errors, TI helps organizations turn freight data into something usable. Clean, structured reporting provides a clearer view of transportation costs, supports more accurate forecasting and enables better decision-making across departments. With reliable data in place, companies can strengthen carrier negotiations, improve internal processes and reduce the manual effort often required to reconcile inconsistencies across systems.
This level of visibility also helps teams identify trends over time, spot recurring issues and take a more proactive approach to managing freight costs instead of reacting after the fact.
TI’ s technology-driven platform, supported by experienced audit professionals, processes large volumes of invoices with a 99.9 % accuracy rate while adapting to each client’ s workflows and requirements. This balance of automation and oversight ensures both efficiency and precision at scale, without sacrificing the detail required for true audit accuracy.
For companies looking to reduce costs, improve data quality and gain control over their transportation spend, TI Freight Audit serves as a long-term partner, bringing consistency, insight and accountability to freight audit and payment.
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