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