Freight Settlement
Freight Audit & Pay
Validate carrier charges before cash leaves the building
Audit carrier invoices against contracts, rated expectations, and execution evidence, then approve clean payables for payment.
Lower
Overpayment leakage
Contract
Rate enforcement
Audit
Decision trail
The challenge
Why this breaks without a TMS
Paying invoices at face value leaks margin through rate errors, duplicate charges, and unverified accessorials.
The ZingTMS approach
How we solve it
ZingTMS compares billed amounts to contracted rates, shipment facts, and tolerances, then routes exceptions for resolution before pay.
What you can do
Freight Audit & Pay is designed for daily freight operations - not slideware checklists.
Match invoices to expected costs from contracts and rating
Apply tolerance rules for freight, fuel, and accessorial variance
Flag duplicates, missing POD, and unauthorized charges
Assign audit exceptions to ops or carrier contacts
Approve, short-pay, or hold bills with documented reasons
Release approved payables to payment and ERP workflows
Business benefits
Outcomes procurement, ops, and finance leaders use to justify the platform.
- Stop overpayments before they hit the bank
- Enforce contract rates and fuel programs consistently
- Resolve audit exceptions with shipment evidence in context
- Create a defensible pay decision trail for finance audits
Typical use cases
Enterprise shippers running freight audit before AP payment
3PLs validating subcontracted carrier bills against customer rates
Finance teams enforcing fuel surcharge and accessorial policies
See Freight Audit & Pay 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.
Can audit rules differ by carrier or lane?+
Yes. Tolerances, required documents, and approval paths can vary by carrier, contract, or business unit.
Does audit support auto-approve within tolerance?+
Clean matches within configured tolerances can auto-approve while exceptions still require human review.
How are short-pays communicated?+
Approved short-pay reasons attach to the payable and can feed carrier dispute and credit workflows.
Related capabilities
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View capabilityReady to modernize this workflow?
Freight Audit & Pay runs as part of the full ZingTMS platform - white-label, multi-tenant, and integration-ready.