Logistics
Petrel Cartage
Catching freight rate gaps before the invoice is paid
Rate discrepancies surfaced weeks late, usually after the invoice was already paid and the leverage was gone. The agent reconciles at the point of receipt and flags the gap the same day.
96
hours returned monthly
2.2
months to payback
91
percent accuracy
58
exceptions a month
Petrel Cartage found rate discrepancies weeks after the fact, typically once the invoice was already paid and there was no leverage left to dispute it.
Moving the check earlier changed the argument
The agent reconciles the purchase order against the carrier rate card at the point of receipt and flags any gap that same day. The dispute process itself did not change. What changed is that finance now argues from a position where the money has not left yet.
Ninety-one percent accuracy, fifty-eight exceptions a month, and the fastest payback of the four at 2.2 months. Volume is what makes this one work: the same accuracy on a tenth of the invoices would not have justified the build.