True Platform Cost

Carrier selection, billing accuracy, and yard coordination each save money on their own. Enter your own numbers once to see what all of it adds up to.

Your operation

Start from a preset or enter your own figures — every field below drives the estimate on the right.

Annual shipment volume

Annual freight spend

Fully-loaded labor cost

$ / hour — used for yard coordination and data re-entry.

Carrier-Side

Selection & billing

Current on-time delivery rate

Current on-time pickup rate

Current tender acceptance rate

Estimated invoice/billing error rate

1–3% is a common starting estimate if you've never run a systematic audit.

Carrier-side assumptions

Targets reference a real, sourced customer result — defaults sit conservatively below what they actually achieved.

Cost per late pickup or delivery

Spot premium per rejected tender

Target on-time delivery rate

Reference: one customer went from 67.4% to 80.3% over 8 months of carrier-accountability data.

Target on-time pickup rate

Target acceptance rate

Invoice-audit capture rate

Yard-Side

Appointments & yard

Current median dwell time

minutes

Annual detention charges submitted

Annual spend on separate appointment/YMS tools

Estimated annual theft/fraud exposure

Verisk CargoNet's 2025 data: $273,990 average loss per confirmed incident nationally — for scale, not as your own figure.

Yard-side assumptions

Free time before detention applies

minutes

Detention fee rate

$ / hour past free time

Target median dwell time

Reference: same customer, 95 → 87 minutes once auto-dispatch and hostler routing were live.

Detention billing error rate

Detention-audit capture rate

Coordination minutes saved per stop

Re-entry minutes saved per shipment

Theft/fraud risk reduction

True cost recovered, whole platform

$0

Equal to 0% of freight spend, or $0 per shipment.

Carrier-Side

Subtotal$0

Invoice audit recovery$0

On-time delivery gains$0

68% → 80%on-time delivery

On-time pickup gains$0

71% → 77%on-time pickup

Reduced re-tender costs$0

88% → 93%tender acceptance

Yard-Side

Subtotal$0

Point-solution cost avoidance$0

Integration & re-keying labor$0

Dwell-time detention avoidance$0

95 → 87min median dwell

Detention billing accuracy$0

Yard coordination labor$0

Theft/fraud avoidance$0

This is a self-serve planning estimate built from your inputs and the assumptions above — not a guarantee.

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How this is calculated: Invoice recovery = freight spend × error rate × audit capture rate. On-time gains = shipments × (target − current rate) × cost per late shipment. Re-tender savings = shipments × (target − current acceptance) × spot premium. Point-solution avoidance = your stated tool spend. Integration labor = shipments × re-entry minutes × labor cost. Dwell avoidance = shipments × (minutes over free-time avoided) × detention rate. Billing accuracy = detention charges × error rate × capture rate. Yard labor = shipments × coordination minutes × labor cost. Theft avoidance = your stated exposure × risk reduction. Every number is derived only from what you entered.

Platform

Our platform handles the coordination work behind quoting, booking, tracking, dock scheduling, and exceptions, so your team can run freight without the noise.

Rates & Carriers

Right price. Right carrier. No guessing.
Score carriers on real performance, not just rate — manage rate contracts and negotiation history, and verify every carrier's DOT number and insurance status against FMCSA's SAFER system automatically.

Orders & Shipments

Know what's coming. Know what's moving.
Sales orders consolidate into the shipment that costs less, every load gets one record from BOL to proof of delivery, and freight claims are tracked start to finish.

Gates, Docks & Yard

Calm gate. Clean dock. Organized yard.
Appointments stay tight, gate times sync straight to billing, and hostler dispatch keeps trailers moving without a dispatcher chasing every move.

Billing & Audit

Truth in the bill. No leaks.
Charges are verified automatically, accessorials captured, and invoices kept honest. No missed revenue. No disputes. No chasing down errors.

Analytics & Reporting

See what's coming. Know what to do.
Beyond dashboards: predictive alerts on shipments and carriers at risk, plus AI-powered recommendations on what to do about it, before it costs you.

AI Agents

Agents are the new UI.
Reach a Shipment Agent or Invoice Agent from web chat, Teams, Slack, or email to create, update, or approve — with a person always making the final call.

EDI Integration

Orders in. Tenders out. No re-keying.
Sales orders arrive via EDI 850, load tenders go out via EDI 204, and status flows back automatically, with no human re-entry in between.

End-to-End Visibility

One screen. Every exception. Nothing missed.
Orders, shipments, invoices, appointments, and yard exceptions in one feed — actioned manually or handed off to your trained AI agents.

Solutions

Shippers, brokers, logistics service providers, freight forwarders, IMCs, and carriers all gain a steadier freight operation with Ascend Cargo Systems. They get clear appointments, honest tracking, clean billing, and real‑time coordination across every move. The work gets simpler, the flow gets cleaner, and the whole network runs better.

Shippers

Less chaos. Less waste. More freight.
Ascend Cargo Systems takes on the freight work that eats your day. It handles scheduling, gate flow, tracking, audit, appointments, and exceptions. Freight moves clean and predictable. Your team stays focused on real work.

Freight Forwarders / Logistics Providers

Cleaner data. Faster turns. Happier clients.
Ascend Cargo Systems keeps loads, appointments, and exceptions aligned across shippers and carriers. It reduces misses, steadies the gate, and keeps billing honest. Your clients see smoother freight and fewer surprises.

Intermodal Marketing Companies (IMC)

Reliable handoffs and predictable container flow.
Ascend Cargo Systems keeps rail, dray, and dock moves aligned. It tightens appointments, cleans up exceptions, and keeps containers moving without stalls. Your teams stop chasing issues and start running a steadier intermodal operation.

Carriers

Simple loads. Clear gates. Faster moves.
Ascend Cargo Systems gives carriers a smoother experience. Appointments stay accurate. Gates run clean. Tracking stays honest. Carriers spend less time waiting and more time moving.

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