Freight Settlement
Budgets
Plan freight spend and catch overruns before month-end
Set freight and logistics budgets by lane, customer, mode, or cost center and compare committed and actual spend in near real time.
Live
Spend vs plan
Earlier
Overrun signals
Better
Forecast input
The challenge
Why this breaks without a TMS
Freight budgets live in spreadsheets disconnected from TMS activity, so overruns surface only after invoices are paid.
The ZingTMS approach
How we solve it
ZingTMS budgets connect planned spend to rated, accrued, and settled costs so controllers and ops see variance early.
What you can do
Budgets is designed for daily freight operations - not slideware checklists.
Define budgets by period, lane, mode, customer, or cost center
Track committed, accrued, and settled freight amounts
Compare budget vs actual with variance alerts
Roll shipment and invoice costs into budget dimensions
Support revisions with audit history
Feed finance and leadership reporting packs
Business benefits
Outcomes procurement, ops, and finance leaders use to justify the platform.
- Monitor freight spend against plan throughout the period
- Spot lane or customer overruns before they compound
- Align procurement and ops on committed vs actual cost
- Support forecasting with settlement-backed actuals
Typical use cases
Shipper logistics controllers managing annual freight budgets
3PLs tracking customer program spend against contracted envelopes
Regional managers watching mode-shift impact on budget variance
See Budgets on your freight flows
We will walk through configuration, integrations, and the operating model that fits your team.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers for operations, IT, and finance evaluators.
Do budgets include accrued demurrage and accessorials?+
Yes. Accrued and settled costs - including accessorials - can roll into budget actuals by configuration.
Can budgets alert before period close?+
Threshold alerts notify owners when committed or accrued spend approaches or exceeds plan.
How do budgets relate to rating?+
Rated expectations and booked shipments contribute to committed spend ahead of final settlement.
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Budgets runs as part of the full ZingTMS platform - white-label, multi-tenant, and integration-ready.