3PL Freight Audit and Payment Services

Freight Audit and Pay

Freight Audit & Pay plays a vital role when it comes to optimizing your shipping process. If your focus is on reducing transportation costs, then Freight Audit & Pay is a great place to start. With a fast return on investment time, you’ll often see the benefits of this service within a month, making it an attractive solution for shippers.

Almost 25% of freight bills contain an error that, when unnoticed, could cost your company hard-earned dollars. Freight Audit & Pay is a process that examines, verifies, and adjusts your freight bills to save your bottom line.

Benefits of Freight Audit & Pay

SAVINGS

Freight billing can be meticulous and time consuming for any accounting department; by partnering with FSL’s Freight Audit & Pay experts, employee time, labor, and resources can be reallocated to more beneficial and productive tasks. Save your accounting team a headache, and boost your bottom line in the process!

DATA ANALYSIS

As an added benefit of our Freight Audit & Pay Service, we can safely and securely store your data all in one, easy-to-access place for quick retrieval and reporting.

Small Parcel Audit: Smart, Effortless Savings on Every Shipment

At The FSL Group, we make sure you never overpay for small parcel shipping. Our Small Parcel Audit service automatically identifies billing errors, files refund claims, and cuts unnecessary shipping costs—without adding to your workload.

Here’s how we help you save:

Catch Overcharges – Find incorrect rates, unexpected fees, and late delivery charges.
Recover Refunds – We handle the claims process so you get your money back—fast.
Automate & Save – No spreadsheets, no stress. Our solution integrates with your system for hands-off auditing and quick ROI.

No disruptions. No guesswork. Just real savings.

Start auditing every shipment and keep more of your money where it belongs—back in your business.

Complete Freight & Parcel Auditing—From Truckloads to Small Packages

At The FSL Group, we specialize in auditing FTL (Full Truckload), LTL (Less-than-Truckload), and Small Parcel shipments to help your business cut costs and gain full visibility into your shipping operations.

Here’s what you can expect from our end-to-end audit process:

Verify Rates – We review your invoices to ensure every charge aligns with your contracted rates.
Spot Billing Errors – Identify duplicates, mischarges, accessorial overages, and more.
Improve Accuracy – Audit every shipment so you only pay for what’s correct—nothing more.
Gain Visibility – Get clear reporting and insights to make smarter logistics decisions.

Big or small, every shipment matters.

Let us simplify the complex so you can stay focused on growing your business—with confidence and clarity.

Our 12 Point Audit Process

When your team has acquired over 150 years of combined experience in the business of Freight Audit & Pay, a few industry tips and tricks are sure to be acquired and time-tested. Over the decades, we have developed and perfected a comprehensive 12 point audit process. Our exhaustive audit process leaves no stone unturned so you can be sure you are only paying for what you should be.

Sophisticated Software

The FSL Group utilizes proprietary software to streamline the Freight Audit & Pay process while maintaining the highest level of accuracy, thanks to our built-in checkpoints. The best part? No training or installation is required on your part!

Why Outsource?

While you can implement Freight Audit & Pay functions in-house, outsourcing is an attractive option for many companies for an abundance of reasons. Some of the most common reasons that out-sourced options are sought include:

Outsourcing Freight Audit & Pay activities often cost 90–95% less than running it in-house!
Investing in Freight Audit & Pay specialized software can be expensive, and may require installation or training to implement.
Carrier contracts may be complex and nuanced, becoming overwhelming for those not well-versed in freight payment.
Staffing, training, and updated software or processes can be an expensive, on-going expenditure.
Outsourcing services such as reliable freight brokerage, ensures optimal results and allows resources to be re-allocated to more appropriate roles, increasing productivity and efficiency.
Freight Audit & Pay companies are experts in the multi-faceted processes that transportation billing frequently requires. Backed by knowledge and experience, all manner of errors can be isolated and properly addressed.

Interested in Our Freight Audit & Pay Service?

Find out first-hand how Freight Audit & Pay can help your company with a one month free trial!