The 12-Point LTL Audit — Free for Freight Forwarders | GLT Logistics

The 12-Point LTL Audit
that saved 700+ Industrial Machinery Shippers 15% on LTL spend

For Freight Forwarders and NVOCCs running 50+ domestic LTL shipments per month who are absorbing billing errors, reclassifications, and missed OTDs that erode margin on every BCO invoice. Score yourself in 8 minutes.

  • Built from 700+ Industrial Machinery Shippers over 24 years of GLT brokerage data
  • Surfaces recoverable spend across 4 categories: class corrections, accessorials, claims, mode
  • If you flag 4+ items, you have at least one recoverable cost category in your last 90 days of invoices

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We'll run this exact 12-point audit against your last 90 days of LTL invoices. Written breakdown in 5 business days. No carrier switch required.

700+
Industrial Machinery Shippers
24 yrs
LTL/FTL Brokerage
15%
Avg LTL Spend Cut
85%+
On-Time Delivery
The Problem

1 in 3 LTL invoices contains a billable discrepancy that was never disputed

The NMFC 2025 density overhaul went live on July 19, 2025. National LTL carriers completed dimensioner deployment at hub cross-docks. Your BOL dimensions from last year are getting auto-corrected, reclassified, and rebilled — without human review on either side.

30–40%
of LTL invoices contain a billable discrepancy that was never disputed.
Source: Cass Information Systems
Monthly LTL volume 100 shipments
Avg invoice $480
Monthly LTL spend $48,000
Cass error rate (30–40%) 30–40 invoices/mo with discrepancy
Monthly billing variance $14,400 – $19,200
This is not money you "might be losing." This is money already on your invoices, either absorbed by your margin or passed through to your BCO as a chargeback that erodes retention.
What's Inside

The 12-point checklist we walk every prospective forwarder through

Each item is a specific check against your last 30–90 days of LTL invoices and BOLs. Flag the ones you can't answer cleanly. Score yourself in 8 minutes.

01
Freight Class Accuracy
Class & Dimensions
Quick Win
02
BOL vs Dimensioner
Class & Dimensions
03
Accessorial Billing
Accessorials & Detention
04
Detention & Free Time
Accessorials & Detention
05
OTD by Lane
Mode & Carrier
06
Reclass Rate (NMFC 2025)
Class & Dimensions
07
Claims Aging Report
Claims Recovery
08
Claim Documentation
Claims Recovery
09
Carrier Scorecard
Mode & Carrier
10
Tracking Visibility
BCO Experience
Benchmark
11
GRI Exposure
Mode & Carrier
12
Mode Optimization
Mode & Carrier

Grouped into 4 recovery categories

Category 1
Class & Dimension Corrections
Recovery: 5–8%
Category 2
Accessorials & Detention
Recovery: 2–4%
Category 3
Claims Recovery
Recovery: 1–3%
Category 4
Mode & Carrier Optimization
Recovery: 3–8%
Recovery Math

What this isworth on your volume

Total addressable recovery on a clean 12-item audit: 11–23% of LTL spend. The 15% mid-target sits squarely in that band — and it's what our 3,000+ forwarder client base reports on average.

Small Forwarder
50 shipments/mo × $480
Annual LTL spend: $288,000
$43,200
/ year at 15% mid-recovery
High-end (23%): $66,240/year
Large Forwarder
200 shipments/mo × $480
Annual LTL spend: $1,152,000
$172,800
/ year at 15% mid-recovery
High-end (23%): $264,960/year

A mid-size forwarder unlocking 15% over 5 years saves $432,000 — roughly the loaded cost of two additional ops headcount, or the differential margin on 30–40 new BCO accounts.

Who This Is For

Built for onespecific operator

The Ops Director or VP Operations at a Freight Forwarder or NVOCC running 50+ U.S. domestic LTL shipments per month — on your own carrier contracts, processing your own invoices, fielding your own BCO escalations.

Read This
If you are…
  • Operations Manager, Director, or VP Operations at a Freight Forwarder or NVOCC
  • Moving 50+ LTL shipments/month into U.S. consignees
  • Seeing reclass corrections, accessorial spikes, or detention charges on your last 60 days of invoices
  • Hearing BCO complaints about visibility, billing surprises, or delivery delays
8 audit spots open this quarter
Your Next Step

See where your LTL program is leaking on your actual invoices

If you flag 4+ items in the audit, you have at least one recoverable cost category sitting in your last 90 days of invoices. GLT will run this exact 12-point audit against your data and return a written breakdown of recoverable spend by category within 5 business days.

  • Line-by-line audit of your last 90 days of LTL invoices
  • Recoverable spend quantified by category
  • Prioritized corrective-action list with dollar impact
  • NMFC 2025 reclass exposure assessment for your top BCO customers
  • Written report delivered in 5 business days
Limited · 8 spots Q2

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No pitch to switch carriers. No requirement to engage GLT after the audit. Your invoices stay between us.

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