Understand what's driving logistics costs
Freight spend is one of the largest variable costs in manufacturing and logistics, yet most teams lack visibility into what is driving cost increases.
Freight Cost Analysis
Monthly review • Cost variance identified
Built for supply chain teams
who demand accuracy
Freight spend is one of the largest variable costs in manufacturing and logistics, yet most teams lack visibility into what is driving cost increases.
Director of Logistics / VP Supply Chain
owns freight budget and carrier strategy
Transportation Manager
manages carrier relationships and day-to-day shipping decisions
Freight Analyst
investigates cost variances and prepares carrier scorecards
Procurement Manager
Logistics
From alert to action in minutes
The objective of this agent is to reduce freight cost per unit shipped.
The Trigger
You define when the agent should activate. When conditions are met, it starts working automatically.
- Scheduled run — First business day of each month to analyze prior month's freight activity
- Threshold alert — When weekly freight spend exceeds budget by more than 10%
- Carrier event — When a carrier's cost per shipment increases more than 5% month-over-month
360° View
The agent opens a tailored dashboard consolidating data from all your systems.
- Total freight spend — current period vs. prior period and budget
- Cost breakdown by mode — TL, LTL, parcel, intermodal, air freight
- Lane-level cost analysis — origin-destination pairs ranked by spend and variance
Automated Analysis
The agent follows a structured analysis flow, combining checks with exploratory reasoning.
- Calculate total cost variance — Compare actual freight spend to budget and prior period, quantifying the gap
- Decompose variance by mode — Identify which transportation modes (TL, LTL, parcel) contributed most to the variance
- Identify high-variance lanes — Flag origin-destination pairs where actual cost exceeds contracted rate by more than 5%
Actionable Output
After analysis, the agent creates a human-friendly report with everything your team needs.
- Executive summary — Total spend, variance to budget, and top three cost drivers
- Lane-level findings — Specific lanes with cost overruns, with root cause (rate deviation, accessorials, weight discrepancies)
- Carrier scorecard — Performance ranking by cost, service, and contract compliance
Delivery
Reports are sent automatically via email or accessed directly in Veezoo.
Key benefits for supply teams
Concrete, measurable value for your team from day one
Cost visibility
Before: 2-3 days to compile freight data from TMS, invoices, and spreadsheets. Now: complete cost breakdown available automatically each month.
Faster variance resolution
Surface rate discrepancies and accessorial issues within days of month-end, while carriers can still correct invoices.
Contract compliance
Automatically compare every shipment to contracted rates, catching billing errors that manual spot-checks miss.
Up and runningin production in weeks
To deploy this Agent, you connect Veezoo to your existing Data Warehouse, typically containing data from:
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Fully customizable to your workflows, data sources, and business requirements.
Typical initial implementation in weeks, not months.