Webinar Series: How to Get Your Transportation Costs Under Control

Rising freight rates, volatile diesel prices, a shortage of skilled workers, and increasingly complex transport networks are putting growing pressure on logistics managers. At the same time, many companies lack visibility into exactly where transportation costs are generated – and which levers actually make a difference.

In our webinar series, together with industry experts, we show how companies can systematically reduce their transportation costs: In compact 30-minute webinars, we discuss concrete approaches, technologies, and real-world insights – practical, honest, and without a sales pitch.

Overview of the free webinars:

• More Than Invoice Auditing: How FAP Data Helps Optimize Carrier Selection, Rates, and Networks – Live with Infios (Tuesday, 04/14/2026): Many companies audit freight invoices but make little strategic use of the data generated in the process. In this webinar, Infios shows how FAP data can be leveraged for rate analyses, carrier benchmarking, and network decisions – delivering measurable reductions in transportation costs.
• Telematics Meets Route Optimization: How Real Fleet Data Enables Actionable Routes and Reduces Transportation Costs – Live with TIS and PTV Logistics  (Wednesday, 04/15/2026): Many route plans don't work as intended in practice – because key information from the fleet is missing. In this webinar, TIS and PTV Logistics show how telematics data and route optimization work together to enable more realistic routes, reduce the burden on dispatchers, and lower transportation costs.
• AI Agents in Transport Service: How Delivery Scheduling and Service Requests Are Handled Automatically – Live with proLogistik (Thursday, 04/16/2026): Coordinating delivery dates, checking shipment status, answering queries – many service requests in transport are still handled manually. In this webinar, proLogistik shows how AI agents can automate these processes, relieve service teams, and avoid unnecessary trips at the same time.

Among other things, you will learn:

• how real fleet data can help make route planning more realistic and efficient
• how service processes in transport management can be automated

• how companies can better analyze and control transportation costs 

   

You should join if you

• want to reduce transportation costs but aren't sure exactly where the greatest leverage lies
• want to better integrate route planning, fleet data, and operational workflows
• still have many manual processes in transport management that consume time and staff
• are looking for concrete approaches to make costs more transparent and automate processes 

• want to know how other companies are making their transport processes more efficient and resilient 

   

Reducing Transportation Costs: Key Levers at a Glance

Transportation costs don't arise solely from freight rates or fuel prices. In many companies, it is a multitude of small factors that add up to significant costs: inefficient routes, empty runs, a lack of visibility into surcharges, or manual processes in transport management.

Anyone who wants to sustainably reduce transportation costs should therefore look at several areas simultaneously.

More Efficient Route Planning

A large portion of costs is already incurred during planning. If routes are planned inefficiently, unnecessary mileage, poor vehicle utilization, or unrealistic time windows are the result.

Modern planning systems can help optimize routes so that vehicles are better utilized and transports are handled more efficiently. Particularly important here is connecting planning algorithms with real fleet data, so that routes are not only theoretically optimal but also practical in day-to-day operations.

Visibility into Transportation Costs

Many companies have only limited visibility into exactly where transportation costs arise. Surcharges, additional services, or inefficient processes often go undetected for a long time.

Digital tools and transport management systems help to better analyze cost structures, make transport processes more transparent, and identify savings potential.

Automation in Transport Service

An often-underestimated cost factor is the service processes surrounding transport: delivery scheduling, status inquiries, or complaints are still handled manually by email or phone in many companies.

Especially at high shipment volumes, this ties up a great deal of time and personnel. New approaches such as AI-powered service automation can help handle such standard requests automatically and make service processes more efficient.