Carrier invoice validation is the pre-pay control that compares what a carrier billed to what a freight broker or 3PL authorized — typically on a rate confirmation — and to supporting documents such as POD, BOL, or lumper receipts. Outcomes are usually Approve, Needs Review, or Reject. It is not the same as OCR extraction alone, and it is not freight audit and payment (FAP) outsourcing.
Also known as: validate carrier invoice, freight invoice validation
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- Rate Confirmation — The broker/3PL document that authorizes price and terms for a load — the source of truth for pre-pay matching.
- COI Check — Turning a Certificate of Insurance PDF into Pass, Warn, or Fail with expiry, limits, and holder flags — usually in under 60 seconds.
- Detention Check — Turning a POD (plus rate con or free-time defaults) into authorized detention hours, estimated dollars, and a dispute draft in under 60 seconds.
- Rate Con Card — Turning a rate confirmation PDF into structured, paste-ready fields (load #, MC, lanes, rate, FSC, accessorials, free time) in under 60 seconds.
