Transportation and Logistics: Finance Operations
Logistics finance operations include freight audit and payment, carrier invoice matching, customer billing with accessorials, and fuel surcharge reconciliation. Analysts compare carrier invoices to tendered rates and delivery events, resolve discrepancies and post approved charges to the ERP. The work is concentrated in matching invoices to shipment records and managing disputes with carriers.
Finance Operations in Transportation and Logistics
Logistics finance operations include freight audit and payment, carrier invoice matching, customer billing with accessorials, and fuel surcharge reconciliation. Analysts compare carrier invoices to tendered rates and delivery events, resolve discrepancies and post approved charges to the ERP. The work is concentrated in matching invoices to shipment records and managing disputes with carriers.
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What Pyze Measures
- Elapsed and hands-on time per audit stage
- Switches between the audit platform, TMS and ERP
- Dispute and resubmission loops with carriers
- Variation in approval paths across business units
Typical Findings
- Analysts verify carrier charges against TMS shipment records by switching between the audit platform and the TMS for each flagged invoice.
- Fuel surcharge tables are maintained in spreadsheets and consulted manually when rates change during the billing period.
- Out-of-tolerance invoices are routed for approval by email, and the approval status is recorded separately in the ERP.
What the Opportunity Register Supports
- The opportunity register supports automating the matching steps that dominate analyst time.
- The measured dispute paths quantify the effort carried by recurring accessorial categories.
- The register supports consistent approval routing and coding across business units.
Example Opportunities
- 1.Carrier Invoice Matching Against TMS Shipment Records Integration Automate
- 2.Accessorial and Detention Charge Dispute Cycles AI Agent Agentify
- 3.Fuel Surcharge Recalculation in Spreadsheets RPA Automate
- 4.Approval Routing for Out-of-Tolerance Invoices Standardization Standardize
- 5.Invoice Image Download and Attachment Handoffs UX Simplify
Roles and Titles
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- Head of Shared Services
Global Business Services Leader, VP Shared Services, Head of Operational Excellence
Finance Operations in Other Industries
Other Transportation and Logistics Functions
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