Freight Invoice Audits and Why They Matter

Managing freight costs is one of the most critical aspects of running a trucking business. Ensuring that invoices are accurate with rising fuel prices, fluctuating rates, and complex carrier agreements is essential for financial stability. Unfortunately, billing errors, duplicate charges, misclassified freight, and unexpected fees are all too common in logistics. That’s where freight invoice audits come into play.

A freight invoice audit reviews, verifies, and corrects freight invoices to ensure...

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AFS Logistics acquires DTA Services, combines freight auditing platforms

AFS Logistics announced Tuesday the acquisition of DTA Services.

Freight audit, payments and consulting company AFS Logistics announced Tuesday the acquisition of Canadian peer DTA Services.

Based in Toronto, 102-year-old DTA is the second-biggest freight bill auditing, cost management and analytics outfit in Canada. The company primarily advises manufacturers, retailers and consumer packaged goods companies on managing their transportation spend. In addition to growing AFS’ Canadian footprint, the deal will add parcel, less-than-truckload, freight brokerage...

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Check Call: Don’t fear the audit

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It’s a word that can send fear into anyone, specifically accounting departments: audit. It’s the last thing you want, as it’s an arduous process that no one has time for. While an audit by the IRS is painful and tedious, that doesn’t mean you can’t make time to audit other things internally and less painfully. 

For example, freight invoices. Everyone has to deal with freight invoices and you can always trust carriers to bill invoices correctly every single time...

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