R&K FREIGHT ADVISORY

Parcel & LTL

Where parcel and LTL invoices leak money

Bulky products with modest price tags feel freight mistakes the hardest. A $40 billing error on a $400 product is margin you never see again — and it repeats every week.

On the parcel side

Dimensional re-measurements

Carriers re-measure packages in transit; a few inches of error inflates billed weight on every shipment of that SKU. Accurate product specs make these disputable.

Accessorial creep

Additional handling, oversize, residential, delivery-area, address-correction — each small, none audited, all recurring.

Residential fees on businesses

Commercial addresses misclassified as residential get surcharged on every delivery until someone notices.

Premium service by default

Overnight shipping that started as one customer's rule and became everyone's habit. Usually the single largest preventable cost we find.

On the LTL side

Reclassification

Freight rebilled at a higher class than it should carry. Density math and spec sheets win these disputes.

Reweighs & inspections

Weight bumps applied in transit that your bills quietly absorb — checkable against your product master.

Unrequested accessorials

Liftgates at docks, limited-access fees at ordinary businesses, inside delivery nobody asked for.

Rate & minimum accuracy

Invoices checked against your actual agreement — discounts, minimums, and fuel applied correctly.

Both modes, one audit

Parcel and LTL are reviewed together in the Freight Performance Audit — one engagement, one report, one fixed fee.

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