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Cost Management

Take control of end-to-end freight costs.

Connect rates, surcharges, and execution into a single cost view. Evaluate cost, service, and reliability together and manage freight spend with confidence.

Cost Tracker Version: Feb 05 Total Costs Time Scale Month ▾ Origins All ▾ Destinations All ▾ Cost All ▾ Reset Filters ↻ Current Month Costs By Type Costs By Carrier Costs By Type (USD '000) $600k $400k $200k $0k $180k Actual Plan Aug $297k Actual Plan Sep $187k Actual Plan Oct $381k Actual Plan Nov $496k $491k Actual Plan Dec $511k $375k Actual Plan Jan $355k $287k Actual Plan Feb $438k $320k Actual Plan Mar $395k $345k Actual Plan Apr Actual Plan May
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Cost and performance measured together

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Where freight costs meet performance accountability.

Understand what you're paying, what you're getting in return, and where cost outcomes diverge from plan.

Cost Baseline

Bring together rates, execution outcomes, and charges to create a complete, all-in cost baseline that every team can trust.

  • Consolidate base rates, surcharges, accessorials, and execution-related costs
  • Normalize costs across carriers, services, lanes, and time periods
  • Create a shared cost baseline that everything else is measured against

Cost Drivers

Break cost variance into clear drivers so teams can explain outcomes confidently and focus on what actually moved the number.

  • Attribute cost variance to rate, execution, service, and accessorial drivers
  • Separate market-driven changes from execution- and service-related impacts
  • Explain cost differences at the carrier, lane, and shipment level

Performance Scorecards

Measure what you're paying against how freight actually performed, making tradeoffs between cost, service, and reliability explicit.

  • Compare cost, transit time, reliability, and service outcomes together
  • Build consistent performance scorecards by carrier, service, and lane
  • Identify where higher cost delivered better outcomes — and where it didn't

Cost Governance

Use cost and performance intelligence to guide planning, accountability, and commercial conversations without relying on hindsight.

  • Feed cost and performance insights back into future planning and budgeting
  • Support carrier reviews and allocation decisions with objective data
  • Reduce repeat variance by aligning expectations with actual outcomes
Cost Tracker$600k$400k$200k$0kSepOctNovDecJanFeb6-MO. AVG.$443kPEAKDecemberFebruaryLOW$540k$390k
Costs By TypeOrigin$892kBase Ocean$705kAccessorial$512kFuel$384kDestination$289kTOTAL COSTS$2.78M
Carrier ScorecardCARRIERCOST/TEUON-TIMERELIABILITYSCORECarrier A$2,45094%96%ACarrier B$2,68091%93%A-Carrier C$2,32085%90%B+Carrier D$2,59082%87%BCarrier E$2,78076%84%C+Your Avg:$2,61186%90%B+
Variance by DriverRate changes$320kExecution$180kService mix$100kAccessorial$50kTOTAL SPEND$12.2MPLAN$11.8M

Who Cost Management Helps

Built for supply chain leaders and ocean teams.

NYSHEX adapts to how different teams understand, explain, and manage freight costs without adding complexity.

Clear accountability for freight cost outcomes.

Understand what you're spending, what you're getting in return, and where cost outcomes are drifting from expectations. Compare cost, service, and reliability together to manage tradeoffs, align teams, and confidently explain freight cost performance amid volatility.

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Explainable freight costs and confident variance analysis.

Break freight cost variance into clear, defensible drivers across rates, execution, and service. Close the books with confidence, reduce time spent reconciling discrepancies, and support budgeting and forecasting with a transparent view of what actually drove cost outcomes.

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Understand how execution decisions impact costs.

Monitor how day-to-day execution outcomes translate into real cost impact. Identify where service issues, delays, or changes are driving higher costs, and use that insight to improve execution decisions without slowing teams down.

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Measure value for cost across carriers and services.

Evaluate carriers and services based on the cost, service, and reliability they actually deliver. Use performance scorecards to understand where you're getting value for spend (and where you're not) so future allocation and award decisions reflect outcomes, not just rates.

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What our customers say.

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