ROI Tools & Checklists

Freight ROI Tools & Checklists

Interactive calculators and tactical checklists to measure and capture freight savings

Freight Savings Calculator

Estimate your potential savings based on industry benchmarks and typical optimization opportunities

Annual Freight Spend

Actionable checklists to implement freight savings strategies in your operation

Ensure you are fully prepared for carrier negotiations with comprehensive data, benchmarks, and clear priorities.

Pull 12-24 months of complete shipping history by carrier

Calculate current effective discount rates across all service levels

Identify top 20 lanes by volume and spend

Document current accessorial charges as % of base freight

Gather competitor benchmark data for similar lanes and volumes

Define must-have service requirements and SLAs

Establish internal approval process and decision timeline

Prepare alternate carrier options as negotiating leverage

Clean, accurate data is essential for meaningful audits and analysis. Use this checklist to validate your shipping data quality.

Verify all shipments have complete origin and destination addresses

Confirm weight and dimension data is present and reasonable

Check for duplicate invoice entries or shipment records

Validate service level codes match actual transit times

Ensure all accessorial charges are properly categorized

Reconcile invoice totals against shipment counts

Identify and investigate unusual cost spikes or anomalies

Standardize location names and customer identifiers

Identify and eliminate unnecessary accessorial charges with these tactical action items.

Implement address validation to avoid residential delivery surcharges

Right-size packaging to minimize dimensional weight charges

Schedule regular pickups instead of paying per-pickup fees

Provide complete shipment information to avoid corrections charges

Use proper freight class and NMFC codes for LTL shipments

Train shipping staff on proper BOL preparation

Eliminate liftgate charges through dock scheduling improvements

Monitor and dispute incorrect reweigh and reclassification fees

Our team can handle the entire freight optimization process for you under our contingency-based model. You only pay when we deliver savings.

Complete freight data analysis

Benchmark rate validation

Carrier RFP and negotiation

Contract optimization

Ongoing audit and monitoring

Continuous improvement