Protecting Negotiated Savings Through Proactive Parcel Audit

Freight Audit, Recovery, and BI

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$3.5M

in surcharge overcharges identified

$3.5M

in surcharge overcharges identified

$3.5M

in surcharge overcharges identified

The Challenge

A large online home furnishings retailer needed to identify deviations sooner and keep invoices aligned with negotiated terms.

["Periodic internal audits meant billing errors could persist for months.","Errors were only addressed through latent bulk reconciliations.","A carrier’s contract amendment displaced existing surcharge discounts."]

The Solution

IA replaced periodic post-audits with ongoing invoice validation.

["IA identified $3.5M in overcharges and escalated the discrepancy for reconciliation."]

The Impact

Proactive parcel audit supports earlier detection, easier recovery, and ongoing validation with less cleanup.

["Catch issues before months of invoices are paid, making differences easier to reconcile and funds easier to recoup while helping prevent further overspend.","Address discrepancies before they are paid unchecked, reducing the effort of tracing old charges, assembling documentation, and recovering spend after the fact."]

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