Free Freight Spend Analysis for Manufacturers & Distributors
It starts with a 30-minute intro call. We analyze your shipment data, bid your lanes to vetted carriers and show you real rates and savings. When you’re ready, we take you live.
Vetted carriers
From first call to go-live in four steps
Intro Call
We learn your facilities, lanes, customers, and service needs, and agree on what data to send.
Data Work / RFP
Our analysts benchmark your lanes against the market, then bid your freight out to our vetted carrier network.
Presentation Call
We walk you through the findings with different carrier scenarios. You pick the best scenario and approve the go-live plan.
Go Live
We load your new rates into TLI’s TMS, onboard your carriers and team, and start managing your freight.
What is a freight spend analysis?
A freight spend analysis is a review of what you pay to ship, lane by lane, compared with current market rates. It looks at your carriers, modes, accessorial fees, and invoice accuracy to show where you are overpaying and how much you could save.
Rates vs the market
Your contracted and spot rates benchmarked against today’s market on every lane.
Accessorial & Fees
Liftgate, detention, reclass and fuel charges that quietly add up.
Carrier & Mode Mix
Where LTL should be partial truckload, or where another carrier fits a lane better.
Invoice Accuracy
Duplicate billing, overcharges, and areas you can recover.
What a freight spend analysis typically finds
Most shippers begin saving through a custom carrier RFP, then uncover additional savings after go-live through shipment consolidation, ongoing rate optimization, invoice auditing, fuel negotiations, claims recovery, and better freight management.
Custom Contracts: 8-15% on rates
We bid your lanes to our vetted carrier network and manage the contracts
General Contracts: ~5% on rates
Move onto TLI’s pre-negotiated carrier pricing. Faster to start, no RFP needed.
After Go-Live: 3-4% more
Ongoing invoice audit (2-3%) and claims recovery (~1%) once TLI manages your freight.
Example freight assessment
What a $1.5M freight program could save
Illustrative example. Actual savings depend on your lanes, modes and current rates.
What we need from you
6-12 Months of shipment data or invoices
A spreadsheet, TMS export or carrier invoices, whatever is easier.
Operational Details
Dock hours, freight characteristics and service requirements, so carriers can price your freight accurately.
A 30-minute intro call
We’ll talk through your goals and how your team ships today.
What you get in the presentation
Lane-by-lane benchmark
We compare your rates with today’s market on every major lane.
Carrier RFP results
Actual carrier rates bid on your lanes, not estimates.
Carrier and mode recommendations
Where another mode or carrier fits a lane better.
Savings by category
A clear number you can take to leadership.
Go-live plan
Carriers, TMS setup and a target date, if you choose to move ahead.
Start with a 30-minute intro call
Booked within one business day. No cost, no obligation through the presentation call.
B2B manufacturers and distributors spending $1M – $15M a year on freight
Recurring LTL, truckload, or multi-modal freight. You can keep your current carriers under TLI management.
Start with TLI general rates
The full assessment is built for larger programs. Smaller shippers can still use TLI’s pre-negotiated carrier pricing. No RFP needed.
3.5% of LTL spend recovered through audit
How TLI’s LTL audit recovery program helped recover 3.5% of total spend for a materials supplier.
What Shippers say about TLI
“[TLI] made what I thought was going to be a very tough process seem easy. I know that doesn’t happen by accident and it is a demonstration of [our rep’s] knowledge & hard work.”
Dave B.
“[TLI’s] efforts behind the scenes keep our products moving, our customers satisfied, and our business running smoothly. Quite simply, [TLI] makes us look good.”
Matthew P.
“The transition to TLI was very smooth and without a glitch for our operations team. We didn’t miss a shipment and had no down time.”
Lucien L.
Freight spend analysis FAQs
Still have a question? Call a freight specialist at 610.280.3210.
A lane-by-lane rate benchmark, a review of your carrier and mode mix, and a carrier RFP on your lanes. On the presentation call, we show you real carrier rates and savings by category.
Savings depend on your lanes, shipping profile, and current rates. A full carrier RFP using your specific freight data typically produces 8–15% savings on transportation rates through customer-specific pricing. Shippers using TLI’s pre-negotiated contracts, which are shared across multiple customers, typically save about 5%. After go-live, ongoing invoice auditing and claims recovery can provide an additional 2–3% in savings.
An Excel file, TMS export, or carrier invoices covering 6–12 months is ideal to provide for a detailed supply chain assessment. If that’s hard to pull, a TMS export works too. We’ll ask about operational details like dock hours, freight characteristics, and service requirements.
No. You can keep your current carriers under TLI management. You get TLI’s management, audit, and reporting while keeping the carriers you already use.
Find out what your freight should cost
Four steps from first call to go-live. It starts with a 30-minute intro call.
