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Would you notice a €30 error on a freight invoice?
Maybe.

Would you investigate it?
Maybe not.

Now multiply that €30 by 1,000 shipments.
€30,000.

That’s the problem with freight invoice errors. The ones that cost you the most aren’t always the biggest ones.

They’re often the small discrepancies that keep repeating.

Duplicate invoices.
Wrong rates.
Incorrect fuel surcharges.
Charges for services that never happened.
Wrong weights or volumes.

And sometimes, the invoice is technically correct. You just can’t easily explain where your freight spend is going.

That’s why freight invoice auditing is about more than checking numbers.

It’s about connecting:
What you agreed to pay.
What actually happened.
What you were invoiced.

We broke down 8 common freight invoice problems and what to look for in each one.

Read the full blog (link in bio)

If “Where’s the truck?” needs a meeting, we have a problem.

We should probably talk.

CtrlChain helps keep simple questions simple.

What happens when an avocado gets too cold? 🥑
 
It can suffer chilling injury and may not ripen properly.
 
And the scale of the cold chain is growing too: Europe imported around 963,000 tonnes of avocados in 2024, while Germany imported 185,000 tonnes.
 
Too warm. Too cold. Too much time in transit.
 
Every detail matters.
 
See what’s really involved in keeping perishable cargo moving across Europe (link in bio)

You check your grocery receipt.
 
Twice-charged item?
Discount missing?
Something you didn’t buy?
 
You probably wouldn’t just pay and move on.
 
Now imagine doing that with hundreds or thousands of transport invoices every month.
 
Different rates. Fuel surcharges. Waiting time. Extra stops. Additional services.
 
And the information you need to check them is often sitting across systems, spreadsheets, emails and shipment records.
 
That’s why freight invoice auditing matters.
 
In our latest blog, we break down what to check, where errors happen and how automation can help your team spend less time checking invoices and more time acting on exceptions.
 
Read the full blog (link in bio)

8 years of CtrlChain. 🎂

Last Friday, we celebrated 8 years of building, learning, growing and figuring out better ways to move freight.

A lot has changed since day one. New people, new markets, new products, new challenges and plenty of lessons along the way.

But one thing hasn’t changed: we’re still curious about what’s next.

And of course, no birthday is complete without cake. (And somehow, the cake gets better every year. 😋 )

8 years down, and we’re just getting started.

Happy 8th birthday, CtrlChain! 💚

We can optimize the route.
Predict the ETA.
Track the load.
Improve the plan.
 
But no system drives the truck.
 
People do.
 
This National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, we’re giving some well-deserved credit to the people who make every plan actually happen: the drivers.
 
To our carrier partners and all the drivers behind the wheel: thank you for keeping freight moving, one mile at a time.
 
Because logistics can be managed on a screen.
Deliveries still happen on the road.

A Friday with only two tasks on your calendar?

Not a dream.

Just better transport management.

Cargo theft in Spain increased 152% in June.

And across Europe, supply chain crime incidents rose by 41.6% in the same month.

The numbers are a reminder that shipment security
doesn’t stop at the warehouse or the truck door.

Visibility matters throughout the journey.

Because the sooner you know something is wrong, the sooner you can act.