Industries/Logistics & transportation
Procurement agents for logistics,freight bills, accessorials, and lane awards.
Shippers and 3PLs process thousands of freight invoices with fuel surcharges, detention, reweighs, and tariff updates. Contracts reference lane matrices that are painful to maintain in spreadsheets. Agents audit bills against contracted rates, draft dispute packets, and run structured RFQs when lanes need re-bid.
TL freight invoice with fuel surcharge breakdown
Scenario: A truckload freight invoice from a regional carrier listing linehaul, fuel surcharge, and accessorial charges, with a fuel surcharge percentage that doesn't match the stated index and a duplicate detention line.
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Recorded run of ProcureAI on a synthetic logistics & transportation document. Analysed by Stellitron Intelligence.
Run it on your own documentProcurement challenges in logistics & transportation
Accessorial codes multiply faster than rate tables update
Detention, liftgate, and reclassification charges appear on bills that AP cannot verify without the tender and BOL context.
Lane contracts and fuel indexes are hard to operationalize
PDF tariffs and bulletins do not automatically flow into the TMS or freight payment system.
Carrier capacity and safety signals affect service levels
Financial distress or safety rating changes at a carrier should trigger review of open tenders and backup options.
Equipment and yard services sit outside core freight contracts
Chassis, storage, and maintenance vendors bill in formats that do not match standard transportation POs.
Workflows with human checkpoints
Each workflow names the agent, what teams do today, what the agent automates, and where a person must approve.
Freight payment and audit
Invoice Agent- Today
- Analysts sample invoices, compare to contract rates in Excel, and email carriers for credit memos.
- With the agent
- The Invoice Agent rates each shipment against contracted lane tables and fuel formulas, flags accessorials without tender support, and drafts dispute documentation.
- Human checkpoint
- Transportation managers approve credits and any payment release on exception invoices.
Carrier, broker, and warehouse agreements
Contract Agent- Today
- Legal executes MSAs while operations maintains lane rates in a TMS that drifts from the signed tariff.
- With the agent
- The Contract Agent extracts liability caps, service levels, fuel surcharge formulas, and termination notice from carrier agreements and highlights drift from your playbook.
- Human checkpoint
- Legal and network planning approve redlines before carriers countersign.
Lane and mode RFQs
Sourcing Agent- Today
- Planners email bid packets; responses arrive in incompatible formats and are scored manually.
- With the agent
- The Sourcing Agent normalizes lane bids, applies weighted criteria on cost, transit time, and claims history, and recommends awards with documented trade-offs.
- Human checkpoint
- Network design approves awards and any incumbent carve-outs.
Carrier and equipment vendor risk
Supplier Risk- Today
- Risk reviews are annual; operations learns about carrier failures from service failures first.
- With the agent
- Supplier Risk monitors financial, safety, and cyber signals for carriers and ties them to tendered spend and open contracts.
- Human checkpoint
- Transportation leadership decides reroutes, backups, or tender blocks.
Documents you can test
Open the trial flow with a document type and industry context pre-selected.
Questions buyers ask
Do you integrate with our TMS or freight payment system?
Pilots map to your rate sources and shipment IDs. The demo uses synthetic shipments; production work connects via API or controlled file exchange.
Can you rate parcel as well as TL/LTL?
Yes when you provide the rate cards or carrier APIs relevant to those modes. Scope the pilot to one carrier or mode first.
How are fuel surcharges validated?
Agents apply the formula and index named in the contract for the invoice period and show the inputs used—not a generic industry average.
Will agents pay carriers automatically?
No. They prepare match results and dispute drafts; your treasury and transportation teams release payment.
How is ProcureAI priced?
Engagements start with a fixed-price pilot scoped to one workflow and document type. Request terms at stellitron.com/contact; the live demo here uses synthetic data only.
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Try freight invoice with accessorial charges for logistics & transportation
Use your own dummy document or start from a template. Every agent step is logged before anyone approves payment or issues a PO.