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Bill everything. Know the margin.

Charge accrual as the shipment moves, vendor bill matching, customer invoicing in multiple currencies, credit and debit notes — and a closed profit and loss per shipment, lane and customer.

The problem

Unbilled charges are the quiet leak in freight forwarding. A clearance fee, a detention day, a re-delivery — each is small, each is forgotten, and together they are the difference between the margin quoted and the margin earned.

Accruing cost at the moment the service is instructed, rather than when the vendor invoice arrives, is what makes shipment profitability a live number instead of a monthly reconstruction.

Core workflow

Accrual to closed margin.

01
Charge master
Standard charge codes by mode, lane and party.
02
Accrual
Expected cost booked when the service is instructed.
03
Vendor bill
Received and matched line by line to the accrual.
04
Variance
Differences explained and approved, not absorbed.
05
Customer invoice
Raised from the shipment charge lines, any currency.
06
Shipment P&L
Closed and rolled up by lane, customer and branch.
What it covers

Charges

Charge master and tariffsCost accrual on instructionPass-through and disbursementsMulti-currency charge linesCharge approval thresholds

Billing

Customer invoices and consolidationVendor bills and three-way matchCredit and debit notesVAT and tax treatmentAgent and inter-branch settlement

Profitability

Shipment profit and lossLane and mode marginCustomer profitabilityBranch profitabilityUnbilled and WIP exposure
Operational outcomes
−AED 1.2M
Annual unbilled charges recovered
2.1 days
Delivery to invoice
Live
Shipment margin, not monthly
100%
Vendor bills matched to an accrual

Ranges observed on Al Jawad engagements. Targets agreed in assessment.

Find your unbilled charges.

We review one month of closed shipments and quantify what was delivered but never invoiced.