Ten Benefits of Choosing SSI for Freight Bill Audit & Payment

01 Apr 10 Benefits of Choosing SSI as Your Freight Bill Audit & Payment Provider

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SSI is a well-respected, time-proven provider of freight bill audit and payment services. There are countless ways in which our clients profit from our customer-focused approach and meticulous attention to detail. However, in this post we will focus on just ten benefits of choosing SSI as your freight bill audit and payment provider.

10 BENEFITS OF CHOOSING SSI AS YOUR FREIGHT BILL AUDIT & PAYMENT PROVIDER

  1. Access To Freight Audit Expertise: Founded in 1989, SSI has a history of delivering exceptional results for our customers. SSI has audited hundreds of millions of freight and parcel invoices from thousands of carriers worldwide. Our expertly designed freight audit process ensures you recover all the refunds due to you on every freight invoice received.
  2. Enjoy Big Savings: If you have not been auditing your freight and parcel bills, the savings will amaze you. Our thorough, automated freight bill audits may save you up to 8% of your total freight spend. Some customers save tens-of-thousands of dollars every month. Whatever your size or industry, SSI will reduce your costs as we consistently recover refunds on your behalf.
  3. Receive A Customized Solution: Our custom-audit process is tailored to address each customer’s unique supply chain and transportation needs. Your freight bills are thoroughly inspected to ensure your carriers keep their contractual promises. Across multiple modes of transportation, billing errors are identified that would otherwise go undetected. The process is exacting, yet agile. It easily adapts to changes in your carrier mix and scales to meet your evolving needs as your business grows and expands.
  4. Gain Clarity With Total Transparency: SSI customers have the benefit of complete transparency of their bills and funds, with a single system of record from audit through payment confirmation. During the audit process, every freight bill charge is noted with the applicable coding rule number. This clear cost-allocation logic trail ensures payment accuracy. Whenever charges deviate from agreed-on parameters or carrier contractual requirements, the figure in question is flagged with an exception on our SSIconnect platform. Your approved users may log in to access our easy-to-use exception-management tool and then filter and process these items for quick and effective resolution.
  5. Glean Actionable Insights From Data Analytics: A rich storehouse of transportation information which is specifically relevant to your business can be accessed for data analysis, modeling, and mining. Upon request, we can set up standard and custom reports and create data-visualization dashboards for you. You and your team can measure and track key performance indicators and discover useful insights to cut costs, maximize efficiencies, and implement sustainable improvements. Need help? Our data-science team can crunch the numbers for you and our freight and parcel experts can recommend actions to optimize your transportation and logistics network.
  6. Receive Convenient Freight Payment Services: SSI has been paying freight bills for more than 35 years. Our streamlined freight-payment service makes quick work of what can be a slow, cumbersome headache when managed in-house. We save you time and money by setting up carrier wire transfers ourselves. Plus, carriers contact us, not you, with any questions regarding whether a payment has been made, or if they need details on remittance confirmations.
  7. Cut Costs On Your International Freight Payments: Our FX Payments service saves you time and money by simplifying the global payment process for cross-border transactions. Whether we execute payments on your behalf, or you prefer to do it yourself, you will pay less for currency conversions compared to what banks charge. Further, your payments will be executed fast, which mitigates currency fluctuation risk and enhances your business relationship with carriers and other payment recipients.
  8. Secure Expert Carrier Contract Negotiators: Now you can outsource the hassle of negotiating contracts with your carriers. General rate increases have shifted from annual occurrences to more frequent year-round adjustments. Our experts will identify savings opportunities, negotiate and improve your existing carrier pricing agreements, and analyze new carrier pricing proposals. Whether you ship by parcel, truck, intermodal, or air, SSI can save you money while you focus on what you do best.
  9. Mitigate Persistent Parcel Cost Increases: Parcel pricing has become increasingly complex, unpredictable, and expensive. The cumulative impact of higher rates, surcharges and other accessorial charges are costly. As a result, it can be challenging for individual shippers to control costs and maximize their savings. Our veteran parcel cost-management experts can help you negotiate the best-available discounts for your business and mitigate the impact of future price increases with ongoing data analysis and regular carrier rate impact assessments.
  10. Request Transportation Management Services: Get expert help to reduce your freight spend and improve profitability. With services customized to meet your needs, our team can assess, manage, and optimize your transportation network.

Few freight bill audit & payment providers can match the proficiency, diligence, and clarity provided by SSI. So, whether you manage these tasks in house, or you are dissatisfied with your current freight bill audit and payment provider, we encourage you to switch to SSI. You’ll be glad you did!

To learn more, contact SSI.

ABOUT SSI

A FedEx-certified freight bill audit & payment (FBAP) service provider, SSI serves the needs of supply chain, operations, logistics, shipping and finance executives.

As a recap to this post, we transform the complexity of global FBAP into cash savings and supply chain intelligence, providing actionable insights to maximize your profit potential.

  • Customizable solution scales with your growing and dynamic business needs.
  • Automated freight audit drives savings to your bottom line.
  • Actionable business intelligence supports supply chain optimization and operational efficiencies.
  • Cutting-edge data visualization dashboards facilitate your analysis of data and trends.
  • Domestic and cross-border freight payment services save you time and money.

Want to learn more? Our team is eager to help you save money. Contact SSI.

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