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Enterprises running freight at scale overpay 2–5% of total freight spend annually. Freehand's AI Teams for Freight Audit & Payment process every invoice, code every cost, and disburse every payment, with a complete GL audit trail and no added headcount.
- Half the cost of your freight audit provider.
- 5X the audit accuracy.
- We'll prove it on your data – in 5 Days.
What Freehand Does Across the Freight Payment Lifecycle
Freehand's AI Teams execute the full payment lifecycle autonomously, from invoice approval through GL coding, accrual maintenance, and ERP disbursement. Each agent owns a distinct post-approval step so nothing sits in a queue.
Straight-Through Payment Processing
Approved invoices move directly into the payment workflow. No queues. No manual steps between invoice approval and ERP disbursement. Payments go out on time, every cycle.
GL Coding & Cost Allocation
The GL Coding Agent assigns cost centers, GL accounts, and business units based on rules mapped to your chart of accounts. Complex cost splits across divisions, brands, and geographies, handled at invoice time, accurately.
Real-Time Freight Accruals
Freight costs are accrued at tender and updated as shipments move. The Accrual & Forecast Agent reconciles actuals against accruals when invoices arrive. Finance has a live view of freight liability at any point in the month.
ERP Payment Disbursement
The Payment Orchestration Agent generates payment files in your ERP's required format and pushes them directly to SAP, Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle JDE, or NetSuite via native connectors.
Freight Spend Intelligence
The Spend Intelligence Agent classifies every payment by mode, carrier, cost center, and charge type, giving Finance a single, finance-grade view of freight spend across the business
Duplicate & Anomaly Detection
The Anomaly Detection Agent blocks duplicate submissions across PRO and BOL variants before disbursement. Every payment is backed by a complete audit trail: invoice, shipment, rate, approval, and payment record.
What Changes When Freight Payment Runs on AI Teams
The difference isn't incremental. Every manual handoff between invoice approval and payment close is removed.
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Measurable Outcomes from Week One
Outcomes measured from live deployments across Fortune 100 freight portfolios.
GL coding and cost allocation run automatically. Finance closes the month on accurate data.
Accruals update in real time as shipments move. Finance has a verified view of freight liability at any point, not an estimate built at month-end.
Carrier payments go out on time. Carrier escalations, capacity disputes, and service tier downgrades are prevented before they start.
Every payment is traceable: invoice, shipment data, contracted rate, approval workflow, and payment record in one place.
Compliant invoices require no handoffs. Exceptions are categorized, routed, and resolved in days.
Freight spend data is classified and finance-grade, available at any point in the month from a single view.
$14M Recovered. 100% Coverage. Same Team.
Real outcomes from enterprises that have deployed Freehand across their freight payment operations.
Built for the Full Freight Payment Lifecycle
Every capability needed to take freight payment from manual and partial to autonomous and complete.
Freight Spend Intelligence
The Spend Intelligence Agent classifies every payment by mode, carrier, cost center, and charge type, giving Finance a single, finance-grade view of freight spend across the business
Freight Spend Intelligence
The Spend Intelligence Agent classifies every payment by mode, carrier, cost center, and charge type, giving Finance a single, finance-grade view of freight spend across the business
Live Accruals & Forecasting
Costs accrued at tender, updated as shipments move, reconciled at invoice time. Finance has an accurate liability view at any point in the month, not an estimate built at close.
Early Payment & Discount Capture
Freehand captures early payment discounts across the carrier network automatically. Payment performance tracked per carrier for contract negotiations.
Complete Audit Trail & Controls
Every payment backed by a full audit trail: invoice, shipment data, contracted rate, approval workflow, and disbursement confirmation, in one place, always queryable.
Duplicate & Anomaly Detection
Every invoice is checked against prior submissions across PRO and BOL variants before disbursement. Duplicates are blocked automatically, recovery is never needed after the fact.
Native ERP Integration
Connectors to SAP, Oracle Cloud ERP, Oracle JDE, and NetSuite. Payment files generated in your ERP's required format and pushed directly via API or EDI.
TMS-Agnostic Integration
Connects to Oracle TMS, Blue Yonder, MercuryGate, Manhattan, or e2open. No rip-and-replace. No TMS migration required to go live.
Multi-Entity & Multi-Currency
Payment orchestration across currencies, legal entities, and geographies. Exchange rate management and cross-border compliance built in, no manual FX handling required.
Every Industry. Every Mode. One Platform.
Deployed across freight profiles with the highest invoice volume, payment complexity, and GL coding requirements.
Industrial Manufacturing
High freight spend, carrier diversity, tariff and trade compliance exposure
Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical
Regulated freight, complex accessorial structures, strict compliance requirements
Healthcare
Time-sensitive shipments, cold chain complexity, high carrier charge variability
Logistics Service Provider
Multi-client invoice management, high volume, margin-sensitive payment cycles
Retail
High invoice volume, parcel and LTL complexity, last-mile cost management
Food & Beverage
Temperature-controlled freight, regional carrier networks, high accessorial volume
FMCG
Multi-modal, high accessorial volume, complex cost allocation across brands and geographies
Chemical Manufacturing
Hazmat freight, regulatory documentation, specialized carrier requirements
OEM & Automotive
JIT supply chain, multi-modal, high carrier diversity and charge complexity
Global Trade
Multi-currency, cross-border compliance, ocean and air freight complexity
Parcel & Air
Dimensional weight, zone, surcharge & accessorial
LTL / FTL
NMFC classification, fuel surcharge, detention
Ocean FCL/LCL
Port fees, B/L charges, BAF/CAF, demurrage
Intermodal & Rail
Multi-leg cost allocation, drayage validation
Last-Mile
Per-stop, zone-based & weight-break charge
Multi-Modal
Cross-mode cost allocation & GL mapping
Meet the Agents Working Your Freight Invoices 24/7
Freight payment spans GL coding, disbursement, accruals, and spend reporting, each step a manual handoff in traditional finance operations. Freehand deploys one AI Team with four specialized agents, each owning a distinct part of the payment lifecycle.
GL Coding Agent
Assigns cost centers, GL accounts, and business units using rules mapped to your chart of accounts. Complex cost splits across divisions, brands, and geographies handled at invoice time.
Payment Orchestration Agent
Generates payment files and manages disbursement workflows to your ERP. Handles carrier payment runs across modes and geographies. Pushes directly to SAP, Oracle, JDE, or NetSuite.
Accrual & Forecast Agent
Maintains live freight cost accruals from tender through payment. Reconciles actuals at invoice time. Finance closes the month on verified data, not estimates built at close.
Spend Intelligence Agent
Delivers real-time visibility into freight spend across modes, lanes, carriers, and cost centers. Classifies every payment into a finance-grade, queryable data layer.