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How we cut your freight cost by ~11%
The ~11% isn't one trick — it's four separate levers, each pulling a measurable share of your total freight spend. Traqo runs all four on one platform, from the moment an order arrives to the moment the freight bill is paid. Here's exactly where every percentage point comes from.
The four cost levers at a glance
Each lever maps to a stage of the freight lifecycle and a specific set of modules. The swim lane below shows what each one does, where in the indent-to-invoice journey it acts, and how much of the saving it contributes.
Figure 1 — Cost-reduction swim lane: four levers stacking to ~11% of total freight spend.
The same numbers, in a table
Shares are expressed as a percentage of your total annual freight spend and are additive across levers.
| Cost lever | Modules at work | Primary mechanism | Share of spend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate discovery | Reverse Auction · RFQ System | Competitive bidding to true market rate | 5.0% |
| Load optimization | Order Planning · 3D Load Planner | Higher truck fill, fewer trips | 3.5% |
| Leak prevention | Freight Settlement | 3-way match catches overcharges | 1.5% |
| Operational recovery | Real-time Tracking · Yard · E-Way Bill | Detention, demurrage & penalty control | 1.0% |
| Total | One platform — indent to invoice | ~11% |
Lever 1 — Rate discovery (~5.0%)
This is the single biggest lever. Today, most spot freight is locked over the phone with whoever picks up first, against quoted rates that are rarely tested against the market.
Multiple approved transporters bid against each other in a live, time-boxed reverse auction — prices fall to the true market rate instead of a single negotiated quote.
Every lane builds a historical benchmark, so you never overpay relative to current market conditions on that route.
Business-share auctions reward transporters who offer volume discounts, lowering per-shipment cost at scale.
Lever 2 — Load optimization (~3.5%)
The second lever attacks a quieter form of waste: trucks that leave half-empty because nobody planned the load. The cheapest rate still costs too much if the vehicle is under-filled.
Order Planning clubs compatible orders into consolidated, multi-drop loads instead of dispatching each order separately.
Truck fill rate typically rises from around 65% to 85%+, and the 3D Load Planner packs roughly 18% more cargo into each dispatch.
More cargo per truck means fewer trucks for the same volume — directly lowering cost per tonne shipped.
Lever 3 — Leak prevention (~1.5%)
Even at the right rate in a full truck, money leaks at the invoice stage — freight bills that clear without anyone matching them line by line.
Every transporter invoice is automatically checked against the contracted indent rate, the LR trip actuals, and the ePOD.
Mismatches and overcharges are flagged for dispute before payment, with a target dispute rate under 2% on contracted freight.
Confirmed differences are credited back automatically in the next payment cycle.
Lever 4 — Operational recovery (~1.0%)
The final lever recovers the small, per-trip leaks that rarely get tracked but add up across a fleet.
Timestamped, GPS-verified trips substantiate detention claims so you recover them instead of absorbing them.
Faster gate-to-gate turnaround cuts demurrage and idle-vehicle cost.
Automated generation and reconciliation of e-way bills avoids compliance penalties.
Where the upside beyond 11% comes from
~11% is the floor we are comfortable committing to. Across the 100+ shippers running on Traqo, the full stack typically compounds to 11–14% within two quarters of go-live as more lanes, transporters and order volume move onto the platform and the lane benchmarks deepen.
How to read these numbers
Every figure is a percentage of your total freight spend, and the four levers are additive.
Actual savings vary with your lane mix, current baseline rates, and how quickly the full module stack is activated.
Each saving is logged against your own pre-Traqo baseline from your ERP, so every percentage point is traceable and defensible.