Freight Claims  Freight Payment Control

Freight Payment Control

Atlantic Logistics has extensive experience assisting companies with freight payment cost reduction. Typically, our results are annual savings of 10 to 21 percent of total freight invoices.

Pricing for our service can be structured in a way that provides our client with an assured return on their consulting dollar. Engagements of this kind are self-funding and designed to generate savings at a multiple of our fees.

Our approach is straightforward. First we audit freight invoices already paid to carriers for possible overpayments based on existing contracts and/or tariffs. We assess and quantify errors in:
• Rates
• Classifications
• Discounts
• Contract applications
• Assessorial charges
• Miscellaneous charges

Next we show how to capture ongoing savings in the following areas:

Contract creation and/or tariff construction to include the best:
• Freight classifications
• Discounts
• Control or elimination of assessorial charges
• Service levels
• Freight consolidation methods
• Establishment of freight terms that cost the least

Our assessment includes the following transportation modes:
• Truckload
• Less than truckload
• International transportation
• Small package
• Express transport
• Air

Atlantic Logistics Ltd. assists with implementing:
• Contract and/or tariff negotiation
• Carrier selection
• Routing letter