Logistics & Transport
Freight cost optimization — because we know every invoice
Invoice auditing runs "by itself" — and is still complicated: surcharges, rate tiers, currencies, carrier formats. Whoever understands every line item can optimize. feld.ai reads every freight invoice down to line-item level — and turns it into a data asset you can use to claim, benchmark and negotiate.
Where freight costs get lost
Duplicate charges & double billing
The same shipment on two invoices, the same line item billed twice — with thousands of invoices per month, nobody catches that manually. Line-item-level data does.
Wrong surcharges
Diesel floater with an outdated index, THC charged twice, tolls on the wrong route, peak-season surcharge out of season — surcharges are the most common source of errors on freight invoices.
Rate compliance
Billed rate against agreed rate: automatically check tiered prices, framework agreements and validity periods — every deviation becomes visible before it gets paid.
Missing accruals
Costs only become visible when the invoice arrives — weeks after the shipment. With structured data, accruals are created automatically and the month-end close is accurate.
Carrier benchmarking
Same lane, different prices: only when all invoices sit in one unified data model can you see which carrier is actually cheaper on which relation.
Tenders without your own data
Running RFQs based on carrier reporting means negotiating with the other side's numbers. Your own actual costs per lane and surcharge type turn that around.
How it works — in 4 steps
The value of the data asset
Negotiating power. Carriers know their margin on every lane — most shippers only know the invoice total. A line-item-level data set across all invoices turns that around: you know what you actually paid on which relation, with which carrier, for which surcharge. You run tenders and annual negotiations with your own actual costs instead of the other side's reporting.
Internal benchmarks and KPIs. Unified data makes locations, transport modes and carriers comparable: cost per kilogram, per container, per lane — across countries and entities. Outliers stand out immediately, savings potential becomes measurable instead of a gut feeling.
Accruals and forecasts. Whoever knows every line item knows their costs before the invoice arrives: accruals are created and resolved automatically, forecasts are based on real transport data. And the best part: the asset emerges as a by-product of invoice auditing — "by itself", with every single document.
In production, not in a pilot
Logwin
Reading, auditing and posting freight invoices at line-item level — as the basis for unified KPIs and automatic accruals across a global group.
Status: Germany live since May 2025, global rollout underway
Frequently asked questions
How can freight costs actually be reduced?
Through several levers at once: detect duplicate charges and double billing, claim back miscalculated surcharges (diesel floater, THC, tolls, peak season), check billed against agreed rates, benchmark carriers on identical lanes, and run tenders with your own actual costs. The prerequisite is that every invoice line item is available in structured form — exactly what feld.ai delivers.
What is a freight cost data asset?
A unified, line-item-level data set across all freight invoices: costs per lane, per carrier, per surcharge type — independent of invoice format. It emerges as a by-product of automated invoice auditing and is the basis for benchmarks, accruals, forecasts and negotiations with your own numbers instead of carrier reporting.
Which invoice formats are supported?
All of them: PDF, scan, email attachment, fax — including handwriting, stamps and mixed document bundles. feld.ai reads invoices from all carriers in over 50 languages and consolidates them into a unified, line-item-level data model.
How quickly will I see savings?
The first anomalies — duplicates, wrong surcharges, rate deviations — show up as soon as the first invoices are available in structured form. Getting started is risk-free: 100 real invoices processed free of charge, results within 48 hours. The full data asset for benchmarks and negotiations grows with every processed month.
Is this GDPR-compliant?
Yes. All data is processed on our own servers in Austria — no US cloud provider, no CLOUD Act, no data sharing with third parties. On request, feld.ai runs fully on-premises. Your freight and trade data never leaves the EU.
Further reading
AI Freight Invoice Processing — how the invoice audit itself works: 3-way match, document types, formats.
AI Agents with Positive ROI — why specialized document AI beats the token bill.
References — real results from production projects.
Let's find out what's hiding in your freight invoices.
Your path: 20-minute call → 100 real invoices free of charge → results within 48 hours. Directly with the founder, no detours.