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    Better delivery performance

    Stronger carrier relationships

    What is Transport & Carrier Management?

    Transport & Carrier Management is the strategic and operational discipline of building, managing, and optimising your logistics network. It covers tendering freight to the market, negotiating rates, selecting the best carrier for each shipment, and tracking performance over time.
    At Caroz, this is delivered through our carrier-neutral 4PL model, supported by Carai, which analyses carrier performance trends, detects billing anomalies, and identifies optimisation opportunities across your network. Our Control Tower specialists act on these insights, combining market experience with real-time data to keep your carrier network performing at its best.

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    Key Capabilities

    Tendering & Procurement

    Structuring your freight spend for maximum value.

    • Structured freight tender management, RFQ design, market communication, and bid evaluation

    • Carrier-neutral procurement ensuring the most competitive rates and service levels

    • Contract management with clear terms, service level agreements, and performance obligations

    • Periodic re-tendering to ensure your rates remain competitive as market conditions change

    • Benchmarking against market rates to validate commercial outcomes

    Rate Management

    Controlling every euro of your freight spend.

    • Centralized rate repository, one source of truth for all carrier contracts and tariffs

    • Automated rate application based on carrier, route, and contract terms

    • Real-time rate comparison enabling optimal carrier selection per shipment

    • Carai detects billing anomalies and rate discrepancies automatically, flagging them before payment

    • Streamlined rate update management as tariffs change

    Carrier Management

    Building and maintaining a high-performance carrier network.

    • Carrier scorecards tracking on-time delivery, damage rates, documentation accuracy, and cost

    • Dynamic carrier selection, the best carrier for each shipment based on live performance data

    • Integrated communication platform replacing fragmented carrier coordination

    • Compliance monitoring ensuring carrier adherence to contract terms and regulations

    • Preferred carrier development, building deeper partnerships with top performers

    Challenges Caroz Resolves

    Carrier selection based on habit rather than performance

    Many businesses use the same carriers repeatedly regardless of performance, because there is no objective data to drive different decisions. Caroz's carrier scorecards and dynamic selection tools replace habit with evidence.

    Opaque rate structures and billing errors

    Without centralized rate management, businesses routinely overpay for freight through billing errors, incorrect tariff application, or rates that have drifted above market levels. Carai's automated anomaly detection and Caroz's invoice reconciliation eliminate these leakages before they reach your accounts.

    Fragmented carrier communication

    Coordinating multiple carriers via email and phone creates delays, missed updates, and coordination failures. Caroz centralises all carrier communication within the Control Tower platform, giving every party a single, structured channel.

    No structured market engagement

    Ad-hoc procurement decisions made without a structured tendering process typically result in above-market rates and weak contract terms. Caroz designs and manages freight tenders that create competitive pressure and deliver better commercial outcomes.

    Key Benefits

    • Carrier-neutral selection

      Every carrier decision is based on performance and cost. Not commercial bias.

    • Better delivery performance

      Data-driven carrier management raises on-time delivery across your network

    • Cost optimization

      Structured tendering, rate management, and automated reconciliation reduce freight spend

    • Centralized oversight

      One platform for all carrier contracts, rates, and performance data.

    • Stronger carrier relationships

      Structured communication and clear expectations improve collaboration

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What does carrier-neutral mean and why does it matter?

    Carrier-neutral means Caroz has no financial stake in any specific carrier or logistics provider. Every recommendation we make, whether for carrier selection, mode choice, or contract structure, is based entirely on what is best for your supply chain. This independence is a fundamental advantage of the 4PL model.

    How does Caroz manage freight tendering?

    Caroz designs and manages the full tender process on your behalf, from defining requirements and drafting RFQ documents, to communicating with carriers, evaluating bids, and negotiating final terms. The result is a competitive, transparent process that consistently delivers better rates and service level agreements than informal procurement.

    What is rate management and how does it reduce costs?

    Rate management involves maintaining a centralized repository of all carrier contracts and tariffs, automating the application of the correct rate to each shipment, and reconciling invoices against agreed rates. Carai adds an anomaly detection layer, automatically identifying billing discrepancies before they are processed, eliminating errors and ensuring you always pay what was agreed.

    How does AI improve carrier and rate management at Caroz?

    Carai analyses carrier performance trends, detects billing anomalies, and identifies patterns in rate and service data that would be invisible to manual review. Working alongside our Control Tower specialists, it surfaces optimisation opportunities, such as carrier substitutions, lane consolidations, or renegotiation triggers, before they are obvious from the data alone.

    How does Caroz integrate carrier management with the broader Control Tower?

    Carrier performance data feeds directly into the Control Tower's real-time visibility layer, so exceptions, delays, or compliance failures are surfaced immediately alongside the shipment data they affect. This integration means carrier management is a continuous, live function within the overall supply chain orchestration, not a separate quarterly review.

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    Pascal Claessens

    Carrier & Procurement Manager

     

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