TCI SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS
Validate Charges.
Trust the Numbers.
Protect Your Bottom Line.
Why are transportation costs so hard to control?
Companies pay millions in incorrect transportation charges each year — not because controls don’t exist, but because invoices aren’t checked consistently against contract terms and shipment activity.
- Freight Audit, Payment & Reporting
High-volume invoices with charges that don’t clearly match contracts, shipment activity, or internal coding.
- 3PL Audit & Oversight
Charges that don’t clearly tie to services performed, contracted terms, or expected cost structures.
- Contract & RFP Management
Rates, accessorials, and terms applied inconsistently across carriers, locations, and shipment types.
- Carrier & Rate Analysis
Base rates, fuel, and accessorials that require detailed comparison and reconciliation.
- Operational Support & Issue Resolution
Time spent pulling contracts, shipment data, and records to explain and respond to questions.
- Data Capture & Invoice Intake
Dashboards alone don’t tell you why costs are changing, what the root cause is, or what to do next.
TCI typically identifies overcharges equal to 2-8% of total freight spend, without adding work for your team.
FREIGHT AUDIT AND PAYMENT
Fewer surprises at close. Less work for Finance. Recover bottom-line savings.
Transportation costs hit the P&L as a large, recurring line item. Getting those numbers right requires more than invoice review. It requires consistent data capture, validation, and alignment across carriers, contracts, and shipment activity.
TCI captures and standardizes shipment and invoice data, audits charges against contract terms and service execution, and processes payments with validated, audit-ready detail.
- Capture shipment-level data across carriers, modes, and service types
- Standardize invoice and shipment data based on client-defined metrics
- Audit and validate charges against contracts, rate tables, and shipment activity
- Identify and recover overcharges, duplicate charges, and service failures
- Process payments with validated, reconciled data
- Provide reporting aligned to GL coding, accruals, and audit requirements
TRANSPORTATION SPEND MANAGEMENT
Audit and payment are the starting point. Not the finish line.
When audit findings uncover contract misalignment, routing breakdowns, carrier performance gaps, or 3PL billing exposure, TCI moves beyond validation to correct the underlying cost structure.
TCI helps you reduce workload and eliminate avoidable costs, so Finance, Accounting, and Supply Chain teams have better control over transportation spend.
- Benchmark and restructure carrier contracts, rates, and accessorials
- Develop and enforce routing guidelines across carriers, locations, and partners
- Monitor carrier and routing compliance to reduce billing inconsistencies and service failures
- Analyze shipment, lane, and network structure to identify consolidation and optimization opportunities
- Evaluate carrier performance, service levels, and cost drivers across the network
- Deliver KPI reporting, cost allocation, and benchmarks to support ongoing financial decision-making
3PL AUDIT AND OVERSIGHT
Mitigate compliance risks. Improve visibility and control over outsourced distribution.
In regulated distribution environments, 3PL billing isn’t just a cost issue. It ties directly to documentation, compliance, and audit readiness.
Most 3PL invoices summarize storage, handling, and service activity without showing how charges map to contract terms, warehouse activity, or internal coding structures. That creates gaps in financial control, reporting accuracy, and audit support.
TCI provides independent validation of 3PL billing — separate from the 3PL provider — so Finance and Supply Chain can confirm what was billed, what actually occurred, and where costs or processes need to change.
- Audit 3PL invoices against contract terms, SOWs, and rate structures
- Reconcile warehouse activity to billed storage, handling, and fulfillment charges
- Validate temperature-controlled storage, specialty services, and value-added fees
- Validate outbound freight pass-through and accessorial billing detail
- Confirm SLA and KPI compliance tied to service execution
- Align coding, classification, and cost allocation across departments and locations
- Standardize 3PL billing and activity data for reporting, accruals, and audit support
RAPID STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT FOR SUPPLY CHAIN TRANSPORTATION
Identify gaps. Mitigate risk. Get a clear roadmap to reduce cost and improve service performance.
Our Rapid Strategic Assessment provides a structured understanding of your transportation network, including service portfolio, pricing models, carrier contracts, routing, and operational execution.
TCI analyzes validated shipment, contract, and billing data to identify where cost, service, and performance are out of alignment, providing your teams with a prioritized implementation roadmap aligned to your financial and operational objectives.
- Optimize transportation processes and routing decisions
- Improve carrier and 3PL service performance
- Strengthen contract alignment and rate structures
- Mitigate compliance exposure and operational risk
- Improve cost allocation and financial accuracy
- Align transportation strategy with financial and operational priorities
- Identify cost drivers, service gaps, and performance variability across people, process, and technology
- Full KPI visibility into cost, service, quality, regulatory, and operations
- A clear implementation roadmap with prioritized actions and quantified opportunities
- Based on proven results from previous engagements, clients typically achieve transportation cost reductions of 5-35% (to improve EBITDA) and service level enhancements of 5-15%
Who We Work With and What They Say
- Industrial & Equipment Manufacturing
- Pharma & Life Sciences
- Distribution & Wholesale
- Consumer & Specialty Products
- Medical Device & Healthcare
- Food, Beverage & Ingredients
- Private Equity-Backed Companies
We are the right partner for companies with complex networks, in highly regulated industries, or under increased financial scrutiny — where comprehensive audits and KP reporting positively impact service, quality, cost, and customer relationships.
“TCI defined, implemented, and analyzed our recent small parcel RFP. The results exceeded our expectations and we will be realizing an 8.3% annual savings on our $30M spend. ”
– Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
“We’ve worked with TCI since 2008 — and the value of their pre audit services for all transportation modes continues to provide financial benefits. We have saved over $13M on our freight spend.”
– Medical Device Manufacturer
“TCI coordinated our 2025 LTL RFP. With their knowledge and experience, we’re saving $3M annually on our transportation spend.”
– Construction & Mining Equipment Manufacturer
