Corral Your Freight Data With the Right FBAP Provider
is notoriously difficult to include in traditional working capital programs, many of which concentrate on materials purchases, even though transportation often is a top expense.
possibly because ensuring compliance with the stringent, anti-money laundering regulations that govern cross-border transactions is a daunting endeavor. A3 meticulously addresses the regulations and now serves customers in multiple currencies, offering them visibility to their international transactions, Harris says. CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS: SINGLE PLATFORM VISIBILITY TO GLOBAL FREIGHT SPEND Shippers often turn to Cass Information Systems for its comprehensive and global freight bill audit and payment services. “We cover all modes, all geographies, and an increasing breadth of cost types, such as tariffs and warehousing. Clients gain single- platform visibility to their global freight spend, rather than a patchwork of regional or modal reporting,” Urban says. This unified view offers multiple benefits, Urban says. These include more consistent compliance and governance across the globe, stronger negotiating leverage with carriers because the data isn’t fragmented, faster identification of cost drivers and anomalies, and informed forecasting ability rather than guesswork. The payment services offered by Cass are managed through Cass Commercial Bank, a fully integrated and wholly owned banking subsidiary. Shippers can have confidence in the process and the safety of their funds. Cass Information Systems, as owner of Cass Commercial Bank, is regulated by both the SEC and the Federal Reserve. “This combination makes Cass a uniquely qualified payment provider,” Urban says. Annually, Cass manages about $94 billion in disbursements, and processes and pays about 51 million invoices, covering 185 countries. Another point of differentiation is Cass’s ability to help its clients optimize working capital. Urban notes that transportation spending
An exclusive partnership with SONAR, a provider of global freight market intelligence, enables Cass to deliver additional value to its clients. Pairing a shipper’s own transactional data with SONAR’s market intelligence enables shippers to see how their rates compare to the market, and which of their lanes and markets are experiencing the most tender rejects. This insight can be paired with underpriced lanes to identify capacity that’s at risk, enabling clients to work with their carriers to ensure service continuity. “Shippers improve their ability to respond to capacity and rate conditions at the city or lane level, gain access to analysts, and elevate their procurement strategy,” Urban says, adding that this partnership turns the freight audit and payment relationship into an ongoing source of competitive intelligence. Cass helped a national retailer turn last-mile complexity into significant savings by identifying duplicate invoices; validating invoices against shipments to ensure financial accuracy; organizing cost allocations across carriers, truck types, and regions for actionable insight; and enhancing its ERP data to flag delays, various inconsistencies, and carrier performance issues. In the first two years of this partnership, Cass helped the retailer avoid $63 million in duplicate payments. Cass will continue to evaluate and invest in opportunities that align with its guiding principles: reduce friction, fuel smarter decisions, and unleash capital. “All of our investments support one or more of those goals,” Urban says. CT LOGISTICS: CAPITALIZING ON MORE THAN A CENTURY OF EXPERIENCE Rather than assume that one audit configuration can work for every organization, CT Logistics (CTL) starts each engagement by working
Cass Amplify ™ fills this gap by helping shippers safely extend
payment terms while offering carriers attractive early payment options. “Both parties improve financial outcomes by increasing their working capital,” he says.
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Shippers improve their ability to respond to capacity and rate conditions at the city or lane level, elevate their procurement strategy. TONY URBAN, Executive Vice President and President of Transportation Information Services, a division of Cass Information Systems gain access to analysts, and
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