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      <title>Freight Audit Insights: Navigating U.S.-Mexico Trade Growth for CFOs and Transportation Leaders</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Explore how the surge in U.S.-Mexico trade impacts freight audits, with actionable insights for CFOs and transportation leaders to enhance invoice validation and exception…]]></description>
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      <title>Transforming Detention and Demurrage: A Data-Driven Approach</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore how leveraging data can transform detention and demurrage from a billing issue into a strategic advantage by connecting appointment, gate, and POD timestamps.]]></description>
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      <title>Closing the Month-End Freight Accrual Gap: Precision with Exception-Level Audit Data</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore why transportation spend is notoriously difficult to close accurately at month-end and how leveraging exception-level audit data can enhance both accrual accuracy and forecasting.]]></description>
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      <title>Navigating the Freight Market: Why Shippers Overpay Despite Softening Spot Rates</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[In a market where spot rates are declining, shippers continue to overpay due to rising accessorial and detention charges. This blog explores how continuous freight audits can help identify and mitigate these hidden costs.]]></description>
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      <title>Closing the Month-End Freight Accrual Gap: Leveraging Exception-Level Audit Data</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore the complexities of accurately closing transportation spend at month-end and discover how exception-level audit data can enhance both accrual accuracy and forecasting.]]></description>
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      <title>Elevating Financial Strategy: The Role of Freight Audits in Transportation Management</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Marco]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore how freight audits can transform financial oversight in transportation, offering CFOs and transportation leaders a strategic edge.]]></description>
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      <title>Uncover Hidden Costs: The Impact of DIM-Divisor and Minimum-Charge Creep on Small-Package Shippers</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore how small-package shippers can lose margin due to silent DIM-divisor and minimum-charge creep. Learn how early audits can help catch these hidden costs and protect your bottom line.]]></description>
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      <title>Carrier Invoice Exception Aging: When Disputes Turn Into Freight Cost</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Freight invoice exceptions are not only recovery work. When unresolved disputes age past carrier windows and internal follow-up cycles, preventable charges become accepted transportation cost.]]></description>
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      <title>Uncovering Hidden Costs: Why Shippers Overpay in a &apos;Buyer&apos;s Market&apos;</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore how softening spot rates are misleading shippers into overpaying due to rising accessorial and detention charges. Learn how continuous freight audit can reveal hidden surcharges and optimize your shipping costs.]]></description>
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      <title>Freight Accrual Drift: The Control Gap Between Shipments and Invoices</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Freight accruals miss when shipment status, accessorial exposure, carrier rating, and invoice timing are managed in separate workflows. The control gap is not accounting math. It is transportation evidence quality.]]></description>
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      <title>Freight Claims Recovery as a Margin-Control Lever: Unlocking Hidden Savings</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore how systematic freight claims audits can transform under-recovered claims into a consistent savings stream, enhancing your margin control strategy.]]></description>
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      <title>Shipment Milestone Integrity: The Timestamp Control Layer Freight Audit Needs</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Freight invoices can look wrong because the operational timeline is incomplete. Gate-in, dock, load, departure, delivery, POD, and exception timestamps are becoming a control layer for detention, layover, storage, accessorial, accrual, and carrier performance decisions.]]></description>
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      <title>Unpacking Parcel Rate Increases: How DIM Divisor and Minimum Charge Creep Impact Your Bottom Line</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore the hidden costs of parcel shipping as general rate increases and dimensional-weight recalculations silently erode margins. Learn how a proactive audit can identify and mitigate these challenges early.]]></description>
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      <title>Navigating the Mid-2026 Freight Market: Why Shippers Overpay in a Buyer&apos;s Market</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore the complexities of the mid-2026 freight market, where softening spot rates contrast with rising accessorial and detention charges. Learn why shippers are overpaying despite favorable conditions and how a freight audit performance system can help CFOs and VP Transportatio]]></description>
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      <title>Elevating Freight Audits: A Strategic Guide for CFOs and Transportation Leaders</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Explore the strategic importance of freight audits in optimizing transportation spend and enhancing financial oversight for CFOs and transportation executives.]]></description>
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      <title>Unlocking AI Success: The Critical Role of Freight Data in Project Launches</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[AI projects in transportation depend on accurate, comprehensive freight data. Shipment, invoice, carrier, route, and performance data form the foundation for reliable forecasting, automation, and decision-making.]]></description>
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      <title>Empowering Transportation Leaders with Data-Driven Insights</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Transportation leaders are surrounded by freight data across modes, systems, carriers, invoices, and spreadsheets. The advantage comes from turning that data into clean, usable intelligence before strategic decisions or AI initiatives depend on it.]]></description>
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      <title>The Reason Your Supply Chain AI Will Certainly Fail: Avoiding the AI Trap</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Shippers rushing into supply chain AI without a defined freight data strategy risk unreliable insights, poor decisions, and failed implementations. Freight audit gives teams the first practical step toward trusted AI-ready transportation data.]]></description>
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      <title>6 Carrier Pricing Changes Hit in 3 Weeks. Here Is What Most Shippers Missed.</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[LinkedIn carousel: six carrier pricing changes from USPS, UPS, FedEx in April-May 2026]]></description>
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      <title>Diesel Just Hit $5.64. Capacity Is at 2018 Lows. Your Freight Costs Are About to Move.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[LinkedIn carousel: diesel price spike, capacity tightening, freight cost audit action items]]></description>
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      <title>UPS and FedEx International Surcharge Increases: What Shippers Should Audit Now</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[UPS and FedEx added new international demand and surge fees while raising fuel surcharge calculations in May 2026. For importers, exporters, and parcel-heavy shippers, the real risk is not one fee line — it is the compounding effect across lane, weight, fuel index, and carrier mix.]]></description>
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      <title>DHL Fuel Surcharge Tracker 2026: Express Weekly Rates, eCommerce Per-Pound Rates, and the May 30 DIM Changes</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick Grossi]]></dc:creator>
      <description><![CDATA[Current DHL Express export and import fuel surcharge percentages (updated weekly), DHL eCommerce domestic and international per-pound rates by month, how each is calculated, the May 30, 2026 fuel and DIM weight changes, and a maintained month-by-month archive.]]></description>
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