Understand your freight costs and service performance.
Analyze freight spend by lane and provider. Read costs alongside on-time performance, then prepare your budget review within a clear scope.
Understand the spend and assess the service
Your freight review starts with two questions: where does the budget go, and what service do you receive? A total alone cannot answer them.
OneChain brings shipment data together to analyze spend and performance. This fictional example links costs, budget and on-time delivery for the same ten shipments.
September 2026 · 10 delivered shipments · EUR excl. VAT
Budget and actuals, same scope
- Budget
- €20,000
- Actuals
- €21,000
Variance +€1,000 · +5%
Where is the money spent?
- Asia → FranceOcean · Provider A · 4 shipments
- €12,600
- Germany → FranceRoad · Provider B · 3 shipments
- €4,800
- Spain → FranceRoad · Provider C · 3 shipments
- €3,600
80% delivered on time · 8/10
A: 3/4 · B: 3/3 · C: 2/3. Delivered on or before the planned date.
Actuals: invoiced amounts in this example. Different lanes do not provide a like-for-like provider ranking.
Define the scope of your freight dashboard
Choose a period, lanes and providers. Specify the currency, reporting date and type of amount: quoted, invoiced or actual cost.
Then compare equivalent operations. More departures or a larger share of air freight can increase spending without any change in rates.
Prepare a budget versus actuals review
In the example, actual costs of €21,000 exceed the €20,000 budget by €1,000, or 5%. The lane breakdown directs the shipment review.
Budget reporting is scoped with your teams: budget source, definition of actuals and comparison rules. Custom dashboards depend on the data available.
Read costs alongside on-time performance
Eight of the ten fictional shipments arrive on or before the planned delivery date: an 80% on-time rate. The denominator remains visible.
Compare providers on equivalent modes, lanes and service levels. Invoice control handles discrepancies against quotes; CO₂ reporting covers freight emissions.
Prepare your implementation
Details to work through using your flows and organization.
Which data is needed for a freight review?
Reliable shipment references, lanes, providers, amounts and dates. Define the indicators with operations, purchasing and finance.
How should budget, committed costs and actuals be compared?
Define each amount and its source. The budget example compares budget and actuals; it does not show a separate committed amount.
Can the data be used in a BI tool?
Formats, fields, access rights and exchange frequency are defined for your project. The demo’s CSV preview illustrates the selected rows.
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Find the shipments behind the indicators
In the demo, filter Q3 2026 costs by month, mode or provider. Performance uses the same shipments. Budget uses a separate example covering Q1 2026.
Scroll the demo horizontally to see every column.
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Examine a budget variance.
This separate example covers Q1 2026. Filter by mode and review volume, price, surcharge and invoice effects. Budget reporting is scoped around your data.
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Read on-time performance for the selected shipments.
For Q3 2026, compare the on-time rate with the shipment rows. The chart sums delay days; it does not show average transit time.
Which indicators belong in your freight review?
Bring a sample report or a cost question. We will define the data, indicators and scope to implement.