Parcel Spend Management

Your Shipping Spend Is Higher Than It Should Be.
We Prove It — Then Fix It.

Most businesses overpay their carriers by 18–30% — because their shipping rates are outdated, benchmarked against nothing, and structured to favor the carrier. We fix that with rate benchmarking and automated invoice auditing.

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Parcel Spend Hero

Trusted by 4500+ shippers
globally

6-20%
Average savings on total parcel spend
160+
Carrier billing and rate parameters audited
15+
Years of parcel spend management experience
$0
Out-of-pocket expense — performance-based only
Why Shippers Are Still Overpaying

Your Shipping Rates Aren't What You Think They Are.

FedEx and UPS announced a 5.9% General Rate Increase for the third year in a row, but the real impact is higher. Accessorial fees rose 6–10%, residential surcharges climbed 7–8%, and minimum charges increased, pushing actual shipping costs up by 12–20% for many shippers.

The leakage continues on invoices. Up to 20% of carrier invoices contain recoverable refunds from billing errors, misapplied surcharges, late deliveries, and lost or damaged claims. Most shippers miss them because they are not auditing every invoice in detail. This information gap is the real cost of unmanaged parcel spend.

Your shipping rates are benchmarked against nothing.

Without real market rate data across comparable shippers, you have no way to know whether your rates are competitive. Your carrier rep won't volunteer that information — their incentive is the opposite.

The real shipping cost increase is 2–3× the GRI of 5.9%.

The 5.9% General Rate Increase (GRI) applies only to base rates. Accessorials, surcharges, and minimum charges — which fall outside most rate schedules — rose 6–10% simultaneously. Deep discounts on base rates mean very little if surcharges aren't addressed separately.

Up to 20% of invoices are unchecked revenue leaks.

Up to 20% of carrier invoices contain recoverable errors — late delivery refunds, lost & damaged claims, duplicate charges, incorrect surcharges. Without automated monthly auditing, these refunds expire unclaimed every billing cycle.

From Recovery to Optimization

How OneAudit drives 6–20% shipping cost optimization

We start with automated parcel rate benchmarking and refund recovery, then turn the same spend data into root-cause intelligence across carriers, routes, service types, and billing patterns.

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See How Your Shipping Rates Compare to the Market

Enter your spend, current discount, and carrier. Our benchmarking tool estimates your rate gap and invoice recovery opportunity — in under 60 seconds.

Avg savings gap: 18–30% of spend
~9% of shippers at market rate
Under 60 seconds
No login · No carrier access · No sales call
Where We Find Your Savings

Savings hide inside 160+ rate and billing parameters.
Most shippers track fewer than 10.

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Rate Benchmarking

Benchmark billed parcel rates against comparable shippers by volume, service mix, and zone profile.

Volume band Service mix Zone profile
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Service Mix Optimization

Identify when premium services are used where lower-cost services would still meet delivery expectations.

Ground vs Express Service usage Cost leakage
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40+ Accessorial Fee Audit

Audit 40+ accessorial fees including residential, DAS, address correction, large package, and other hidden charges.

Residential DAS Address correction
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DIM & Billed Weight Audit

Validate dimensional weight, billed weight, reweighs, and package measurement corrections against shipment data.

DIM exposure Reweighs Package profile
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Waiver Impact Analysis

Show how much merchants may lose when refund waivers block eligible service-failure claims.

Refund waiver GSR claims Lost recovery
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Fuel Surcharge Validation

Check whether fuel surcharges are calculated correctly against carrier rules, base charges, and invoice dates.

Fuel index Surcharge accuracy Invoice check
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10+ Service Failure Audit

Audit 10+ service failure types including late deliveries, missed commitments, and eligible delivery exceptions.

Late delivery Service failures Refund eligibility
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Lost, Damaged & Refund Claims

Automate recovery for lost parcels, damaged shipments, delivery failures, and eligible carrier refund claims.

Lost parcels Damaged claims Service refunds
Results

What Happens When Shippers Start Optimizing Their Parcel Spend

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We assumed our rates were competitive. The benchmarking analysis showed a $340,000 annual savings gap — mostly in residential surcharges and DIM billing. OneAudit caught another $28,000 in late delivery refunds we'd never claimed.

— VP of Operations, DTC Fashion Brand · $4.2M annual shipping spend

24% reduction in effective cost per shipment

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Our carrier told us we were at the best rates available. The benchmark data told a different story. We restructured our rate schedule mid-term and walked away with better accessorial terms and a revised DIM divisor.

— Director of Logistics, B2B Distributor · $1.8M annual spend

$390,000 in 3-year realized savings

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Fully managed process. New rate schedule in place within weeks. OneAudit then flagged $45,000 in lost & damaged claims we hadn't filed. The performance-based fee structure meant zero financial risk throughout.

— Controller, Healthcare Products Co. · $900K annual spend

19% cost reduction + automated recovery on 50+ claim types

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything You Need to Know

Parcel spend management is the ongoing process of ensuring your shipping rates, billing, and carrier performance are optimized — so you pay the right amount on every shipment. It combines rate benchmarking (ensuring your rates are competitive) with invoice auditing (recovering money from billing errors and service failures).
We start with your carrier invoices and rate schedules. Our platform benchmarks your effective rates — including accessorials, DIM billing, minimum charges, and surcharges — against real market data from comparable shippers. The gap between what you pay and what you should pay is your savings opportunity.
No. The vast majority of savings are identified and captured within your existing carrier relationships. We optimize the rate structure and billing terms you already have — and in many cases, the credible option to diversify volume is simply used as a benchmarking tool.
Rate optimization reduces what you pay going forward — by benchmarking your rates and restructuring how your carrier bills you. Invoice auditing recovers money from past and ongoing billing errors — late delivery refunds, lost & damaged claims, duplicate charges, and incorrect surcharges. Both are part of a complete parcel spend management program.
Entirely performance-based. Our fee is a percentage of the savings we deliver. There are no upfront retainers, no setup fees, and no charges if we don't find savings. You pay $0 out of pocket — ever.
We work with everyone, irrespective of the size — shippers spending $50K to $50M+ annually across all major carriers. To get started, we need your recent carrier invoices (PDF or CSV) and your current rate schedule. A 30-minute intake call is typically all we need from your team — we handle everything after that.
OneAudit

Parcel Audit Software for
Shipping Cost Optimization

OneAudit audits every carrier invoice, recovers eligible refunds automatically, and turns parcel data into root-cause insights — helping you improve carrier performance, fulfillment decisions, and post-purchase CX.

Up to 20%

Reduction in shipping costs

1,200+

Carriers supported worldwide

4,500+

Parcel shippers use OneAudit

Built for

eCommerce, 3PL & B2B shippers

What’s included

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    160-point automated invoice audit  — catches every billing error, surcharge dispute, and SLA breach

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    Automated refund claims and recovery — AI-led claims filing across carriers with automated refund credits

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    Lost & damaged parcel claims — full-value recovery with automated workflows

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    Root-cause fulfillment intelligence — carrier on-time performance, delay patterns & actionable insights

No contracts
Zero out-of-pocket cost
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