Know what each shipment actually costs to serve
Most freight reporting shows one number: total spend. That tells you nothing about which lanes, flows or customers are expensive. Our Cost to Serve module splits audited freight cost down to shipment level, then lets you group it the way your business is actually run.
Why is total freight spend the wrong number?
Because inbound, intra-company and outbound freight are different businesses with different economics, and pooling them hides all of it. Two clients asked for exactly this split before anything else.
Once costs are allocated by flow, questions that were unanswerable become routine. Which product lines carry the highest freight cost per unit. Which regions are subsidising which. Whether intercompany moves are worth what they cost.
What can the analysis break down?
Every breakdown can be cut by date, carrier, transport mode, region, lane, logistics flow and cost category.
Why is this more accurate than TMS reporting?
Because it is built from audited invoice line items rather than what was expected at booking. The cost you see is the cost you were billed, checked against the rate card. That is also why uncontracted spend shows up here as a number rather than a blind spot.
Our ocean freight audit is the example. Lane-level spend and weight data at line-item level surfaced EUR 562,000 a year of terminal storage charges running on no fixed tariff at all.
Can we use this without the full audit?
Yes. Our Cost to Serve module works as a standalone, lighter implementation at a lower entry point than the full freight audit scope. Several clients start here and add auditing later.
