Freight Spend Audit
Invoice, lane, carrier, and accessorial review to identify overcharges, avoidable costs, and structural savings.
Freight consulting for shippers who need control
Turn freight spend into leverage.
Freight Leverage helps companies identify transportation waste, negotiate smarter, strengthen carrier accountability, and build freight programs that hold up under pressure.
Where the work starts
Clear freight decisions need cleaner data, stronger contracts, and better operating rhythm.
Freight costs rarely drift for one reason. Mode mix, accessorials, carrier routing, tender behavior, invoice leakage, and weak benchmarks all compound. We isolate the causes, rank the value, and help your team move from guesswork to disciplined execution.
Services
Practical help across the freight lifecycle.
Carrier Sourcing
RFP design, benchmark strategy, carrier scorecards, and negotiation support for parcel, LTL, truckload, and intermodal.
Network Optimization
Mode, lane, facility, and routing analysis to reduce empty miles, improve service, and simplify daily decisions.
Contract & Accessorial Control
Rate-base cleanup, surcharge visibility, claims patterns, detention exposure, and invoice governance.
Transportation Operating Cadence
KPIs, carrier business reviews, tender compliance, exception management, and routines that sustain savings.
Executive Freight Strategy
Board-ready findings, roadmap development, and advisory support when freight decisions affect margin and growth.
Approach
A fast, grounded path from baseline to savings.
Map the facts
Collect freight bills, rate agreements, shipment history, claims, accessorials, and service performance.
Find the leverage
Compare current behavior against contract terms, market benchmarks, carrier fit, and operational constraints.
Prioritize action
Separate quick recovery from structural improvements so your team knows what to do first and why.
Install controls
Create the cadence, reporting, and accountability needed to keep savings from leaking back out.
Outcomes
Built for leaders who need numbers they can defend.
Spend clarityKnow where freight dollars are going by lane, mode, carrier, facility, and charge type.
Negotiating powerUse clean facts and market context before asking carriers for better terms.
Operational controlReduce repeat exceptions, accessorial surprises, and costly service workarounds.
Sustained savingsEmbed governance so improvements survive peak season, growth, and carrier churn.
Best fit
For shippers with meaningful freight complexity.
Manufacturing
Distribution
Food & beverage
Consumer goods
Industrial supply
Multi-site operations
Start with the facts
Request a freight review.
Send a few details and we will respond with the best next step: a quick call, a document request, or a scoped audit plan.
info@freightleverage.com