Smarter Freight Solutions
Shipper-side freight consulting
Freight Solutions Consulting for Shippers
Lower freight cost. Strengthen carrier agreements. Improve control.
CPC Consultants helps shippers evaluate freight spend, optimize carrier and mode decisions, source and negotiate providers, implement pricing and routing changes, and track realized results across domestic and international transportation programs.
Why Freight Solutions Should Work Together
Freight cost is rarely controlled by a single rate. Mode choice, carrier fit, fuel programs, accessorials, contract language, routing rules, service requirements and invoice treatment all affect what a shipper ultimately pays.
Shipper-side perspective
Recommendations are aligned to the freight payer rather than to a carrier’s capacity or a software sale.
Total-cost visibility
Evaluate rates together with fuel, minimums, accessorials, mode, routing and agreement rules.
Strategy through implementation
Move from analysis into RFPs, negotiations, contracts, routing rules, reporting and operating changes.
Measured results
Establish a baseline and track realized savings, service, compliance and carrier performance after changes go live.
What Are Freight Solutions Consulting Services?
Freight solutions consulting is a shipper-side approach to improving how transportation is priced, sourced, routed, contracted, implemented and measured. The work begins with actual shipment activity and business requirements, then connects the right improvement workstream to the problem.
CPC is an independent shipper-side consultant. We do not sell freight capacity or transportation software. Instead, we evaluate the client’s transportation program and recommend solutions based on its business requirements.
Five Core Freight Solutions for Shippers
Start with the business problem, not a predetermined vendor or technology. CPC identifies the combination of services needed to address each transportation challenge.
Freight Optimization
Align carriers, modes, pricing, routes and operating practices as one connected transportation program.
Freight Cost Reduction
Identify hidden cost in rates, accessorials, fuel, mode usage, carrier mix and pricing structure.
Freight Procurement
Run structured RFPs, normalize bids, create competition, negotiate terms and support carrier award.
Transportation Consulting
Improve parcel, LTL, FTL, air, ocean and multimodal strategy after defining business requirements.
Freight Savings Tracking
Baseline the approved program, validate post-change invoices and report realized savings and KPI performance.
Which Freight Solution Should You Start With?
| Business problem | Start here | How the service helps |
|---|---|---|
| Freight spend is rising | Freight Cost Reduction | Rates, fuel, minimums, accessorials and pricing structure. |
| Carrier agreements are weak | Freight Procurement | RFP design, bid normalization, negotiation and shipper-favorable contract terms. |
| Modes, carriers or routing feel inefficient | Freight Optimization | Mode, carrier, lane, service and operating-practice alignment. |
| One transportation mode needs deeper work | Transportation Consulting | Parcel, LTL, FTL, air and ocean strategy by mode. |
| Savings are difficult to prove | Savings Tracking | Baseline, invoice validation, KPI reporting and continuous improvement. |
Not sure whether the issue is rates, modes, carriers or execution?
Start with representative shipment and spend data. CPC can help identify where cost, complexity or service risk is entering the freight program.
How CPC Moves From Freight Analysis to Measured Results
A freight recommendation only creates value when it becomes a contract, routing rule, operating process or measurable change. CPC supports clients beyond the initial analysis. Our consultants can help implement approved changes and measure results against an agreed baseline.
1. Discover the business requirement
Confirm scope, customer commitments, service needs, operating constraints and measures of success.
2. Build the freight baseline
Normalize representative shipment, spend, carrier, contract, routing and service data.
3. Benchmark and diagnose
Compare rates, fees, modes, carrier fit and commercial terms with market knowledge and CPC benchmarks where applicable.
4. Design the future state
Model practical pricing, mode, carrier, routing and sourcing alternatives around the client’s requirements.
5. Implement approved changes
Support RFPs, negotiation, agreements, routing guides, operating procedures and stakeholder rollout.
6. Measure and improve
Track realized savings, service, compliance and carrier performance; identify the next improvement opportunity.
CPC’s six-stage freight improvement process connects analysis with implementation and measurement.
Documented CPC Freight Results
These results come from specific CPC client engagements. Results vary according to transportation profile, baseline costs, project scope and implementation.
$1.2M / 30%
LTL savings over a 12-month period
Kawasaki Transportation Optimization case study. The documented client-specific result also included simplified pricing and greater spend visibility.
82 → 9
preferred carriers
Global Transportation Project. CPC reduced the multi-mode carrier base from 82 to 9 preferred carriers.
132%
of the savings target achieved
Global Transportation Project. The client achieved 132% of its savings target after 12 months following implementation.
Measure More Than the Freight Rate
Freight improvement should establish a baseline before implementation and monitor the business outcomes after the change. That means measuring net freight cost together with service, carrier performance, mode usage, routing compliance and realized savings.
Net freight cost: Total transportation cost after linehaul, fuel, accessorials, minimums and other applicable charges.
Service: On-time pickup/delivery, transit performance and exceptions relative to business requirements.
Carrier performance: Tender acceptance, claims, billing accuracy, responsiveness and agreed service commitments.
Mode usage: Shipment mix and premium-service usage relative to size, weight, distance, urgency and business risk.
Compliance: Adherence to routing guides, contracts, pricing rules and approved operating procedures.
Realized savings: Post-implementation results measured against an approved baseline using comparable shipment activity.
CPC tracks cost, service and operational performance to verify that approved improvements continue delivering value.
Why CPC’s Freight Consulting Model Is Different
Independent shipper advocate
CPC works from the shipper’s side of the transportation relationship and does not sell carrier capacity.
Market and benchmark perspective
Freight bills, pricing terms, lanes and provider proposals can be evaluated against broader market knowledge and CPC benchmark information where applicable.
Implementation support
Recommendations can be translated into sourcing events, agreements, routing controls, reporting and operating changes.
Performance accountability
CPC reports average net savings of 22% across qualifying client engagements. Individual results vary, and performance-guarantee terms are defined in the applicable client agreement.
“Exclusively work for the Shipper, deploy high-caliber people, never compromise on integrity and deliver high returns on investment for our customers.”
CPC Consultants mission statement
Authoritative Freight Reference Points
The following government resources provide independent freight-market and carrier-safety information. Their inclusion does not indicate an affiliation with or endorsement of CPC.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics - Freight Analysis Framework — Independent U.S. freight-flow data by origin, destination, commodity and transportation mode.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics - Supply Chain and Freight Indicators — Current public indicators covering freight movement, ports, labor and capacity conditions.
FMCSA - Motor Carrier Safety Planner — Federal guidance for understanding motor-carrier safety requirements; use as industry context, not as a CPC affiliation claim.
Frequently Asked Questions About Freight Solutions
▸What freight solutions does CPC Consultants provide?
▸Is CPC a freight broker or 3PL?
▸How is Freight Solutions different from Freight Optimization?
▸Which freight modes can CPC evaluate?
▸Can freight costs be reduced without replacing current carriers?
▸What happens during a no-cost freight evaluation?
▸How should freight savings be measured?
▸Does CPC only make recommendations, or can it help implement them?
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See where your current pricing, carrier agreements, modes, routing rules and measurement practices are creating unnecessary cost or complexity.
22% average net savings for our clients
