“It’s like an ERP system – just for freight”
"You get a tool here that is very similar to an ERP system - but on freight."
About Lind Jensen Maskinfabrik
LJM - Lind Jensen is a global Danish manufacturer of hydraulic cylinders, pumps and agitators. With over 60 years of experience, the company provides solutions for the wind, marine and mobile industries as well as for the biogas, wastewater and agricultural sectors.
In addition to the head office in Denmark, LJM has sales and production facilities in China and India and service and warehouse facilities in the USA.
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The challenge: Manual freight management and lack of accuracy
Before FreightSolution, Lind Jensen Maskinfabrik (LJM) faced several challenges in their freight management.
They spent large amounts of time and resources reviewing and checking every invoice. This was not only inefficient, but also increased the risk of errors and oversights.
In addition, according to Svend Weinkauff Jakobsen, Purchasing Manager at LJM, it was also "difficult to make accurate price comparisons" between different carriers and freight agreements.
This lack of accuracy made it harder to identify the best shipping options, leading to potentially overlooked savings.
From manual to automated: Find all price differences without wasting time
FreightSolution solved the invoice challenges by automating the process.
With Invoice Audit LJM has 100% automatic invoice checking, which works by comparing each invoice with the applicable freight agreement to identify all differences and incorrect invoices.
"FreightSolution has solved our challenges of manually checking invoices by automatically checking all invoices against our freight agreement." says Svend Weinkauff Jakobsen, Purchasing Manager at Lind Jensen Maskinfabrik.
This not only eliminated the need for manual checks, but also ensures that the price LJM has agreed with their carriers is also the price they pay in the end.
"You can trust the system to catch invoice discrepancies and avoid being cheated."
– Svend Weinkauff Jakobsen, Purchasing Manager at Lind Jensen Maskinfabrik
Full transparency on Tenders
In addition to automatic invoice checking, LJM can now get accurate price comparisons and a much more accurate assessment of freight options in the tender process with Comparison.
"Comparison is very effective for Tenders as you can link offer prices directly to your buying mix and get accurate price comparisons instead of spot checks."
This transparency has been especially helpful when negotiating freight agreements:
“Full transparency on offers from multiple carriers gives us a strong negotiating position. You can see which zones/intervals have the biggest differences, which is useful in negotiations when fine-tuning the agreement.”
"Comparison is very effective for Tenders as you can link offer prices directly to your buying mix and get accurate price comparisons instead of spot checks."
– Svend Weinkauff Jakobsen, Purchasing Manager at Lind Jensen Maskinfabrik
Ensure compliance with automatic CO2 data in Scope 3
Lind Jensen Maskinfabrik also recommends FreightSolution to other companies because of CO₂e Emission that efficiently handles CO2 data in Scope 3.
The automated invoice verification therefore not only benefits the logistics and finance departments, but with CO₂e Emission, LJM is also sure to comply with the requirements for their CO2 accounting.
‘In the long term, you can manage your Scope 3 freight emissions in terms of CO₂e, as FreightSolution can collect values from invoices and apply a standard calculation model.’
With FreightSolution, Lind Jensen Maskinfabrik has not only optimised their freight processes and secured significant savings, but they have also achieved full transparency in their freight costs and positioned themselves for future growth.
"I generally recommend FreightSolution on my way, also because I know the CEO, André Lundberg, really well, but mostly because it's a great product/tool. You get a tool that is very similar to an ERP system - but for freight."
– Svend Weinkauff Jakobsen, Purchasing Manager at Lind Jensen Maskinfabrik
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