You can, and you will probably find something. The problem is what you will not find, and what you will find that is not real. A 3PL invoice only makes sense against three other documents: the rate card, the contract, and the previous months. Each 3PL names its fees differently, buries accessorials in different places, and bills the same service under different line items. Point a general model at that without telling it your structure and it reconciles against the wrong baseline, then hands back a confident answer with no way for you to tell which half is wrong.

The bigger gap is that this is not a one-time problem. Rates change, peak surcharges appear, a carrier gets quietly swapped, a new SKU changes your dimensional weight. A single pass tells you about one month. What actually protects the line is reading it every month against a baseline that already knows your account. That is what I do, and it is why the plan is monthly rather than a one-off.

Off-the-shelf software treats every account the same, because it has to. Consultants are thorough but slow, expensive, and usually want a percentage of what they find. I sit in between: I tune a purpose-built tool to your specific rate card, contract and invoice format, it does the heavy reading in hours instead of weeks, and I check and sign every result before it reaches you. Published price, no percentage, no demo call.

No. If your setup is right, I say so. In one real audit the most valuable finding was that the warehouse was well placed, which saved the brand a needless relocation. "Do not move" is a legitimate verdict here.

The Scorecard is directional by design: it tells you where you stand and where the opportunities are. Hard dollar figures belong to month one of the plan, where every shipment is re-rated against your rate card. I never inflate savings at either stage.

Your invoices and rate card are used only to produce your report. They are never sold, never shared, and never used to train anything. Deleted on request, any time.