No Horn · Freight invoice audit

Your freight invoices are leaking money.

Ride along on one trip. Watch what it really costs. Then see what the invoice says.

Only 20% of invoices are checked deeply

Industry average. The rest are paid exactly as billed. This is one of them: invoice INV-0311 from a Nagpur transporter, for LR 88214, Bhiwandi to Nagpur on a 32 ft MXL.

What the trip actually cost

Freight, agreed	Rs 21,400
Toll and escort	Rs 3,600
Fuel surcharge, 10%	Rs 2,140
Detention, day 1	Rs 2,250
Unloading	Rs 2,600
Total	Rs 31,990

Recorded as it happened: the agreed rate, the toll, fuel surcharge at the 10 percent agreed for the billing period, one day of detention on the gate log, and unloading at the consignee.

What the invoice said, three weeks later

Freight	Rs 23,500
Fuel surcharge · 15%	Rs 3,210
Toll and escort	Rs 3,600
Detention · 3 days	Rs 6,750
Unloading	Rs 2,600
Total	Rs 39,660

Rs 39,660 billed against a trip that cost Rs 31,990.

Every line, checked against the rate card and the trip

• Freight · Bhiwandi to Nagpur · 32 ft MXL — Rs 23,500
  Rate card says Rs 21,400. Over by Rs 2,100.
• Fuel surcharge · 15% of freight — Rs 3,210
  Agreed FSC for this billing period: 10%, Rs 2,140. Billed at 15%. Excess: Rs 1,070.
• Toll and escort · as per receipts — Rs 3,600
• Detention · 3 days at Rs 2,250 — Rs 6,750
  The gate log you watched says 1 day. Excess: Rs 4,500.
• Unloading charges · Nagpur — Rs 2,600
  Correctly paid to the vendor. Never billed onward to the customer. Rs 2,600 missed.

Rs 10,270 found on this one invoice.

Money hides in three places

Against the rate card

Wrong rates, slabs and fuel surcharges. And charges paid to the vendor but never billed onward.

Unloading paid to vendor: Rs 2,600 · Billed to customer: Rs 0 · Missed revenue: Rs 2,600

Excel vs PDF

The two documents disagree. Totals, GST, extra charges.

Working total: Rs 39,660 · PDF total: Rs 44,940 · Rs 5,280 exists only on the PDF

Across months

Duplicates and impossible claims no person can spot across hundreds of invoices.

LR 88214 billed in March · LR 88214 billed again in May · Duplicate: Rs 23,500

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