Every carrier invoice audited before a dollar leaves your account.
The Carrier Invoice Audit Agent compares every line on the carrier invoice to the rate confirmation and load events that show what actually happened. Discrepancies are flagged with evidence. No AP bill is created without dispatcher review and approval — this agent never pays anything on its own.
Reads
Carrier invoice (document pipeline), rate confirmation, carrier offer, load events
Writes
Audit report to load event spine; moves invoice to human review queue
Human approval required
Always — the agent never approves payment or creates an AP bill without dispatcher sign-off
What the Carrier Invoice Audit Agent does
The agent reads the invoice, reads the load record, and produces a structured comparison. A dispatcher reviews the diff and approves or disputes — they never start from scratch.
Line-by-line invoice comparison
Every charge on the carrier invoice is matched against the corresponding line in the rate confirmation: line-haul rate, fuel surcharge, stop charges, and accessorials. The agent produces a structured comparison report — not a summary, a line-by-line diff.
Accessorial verification against load events
Accessorial charges are validated against the load event spine. Detention is verified against the detention clock timestamps. TONU is verified against the tender-no-show event. Lumper charges require a classified lumper receipt in the document pipeline. An accessorial that cannot be verified is flagged.
Delta calculation with evidence
For every discrepancy, the agent calculates the delta — the difference between what was invoiced and what was agreed — and attaches the evidence: the rate confirmation clause, the relevant load events, and the document (if applicable). Auditors see exactly what to dispute and why, without hunting through emails.
Audit report written to load event spine
The audit report is a load event. It contains the invoice amount, the approved amount, each discrepancy with evidence, and the audit timestamp. The report is permanent and linked to both the load record and the carrier invoice document.
Handoff to human review queue
Every audit report, whether clean or flagged, moves to a human review queue before any AP bill is created. The dispatcher sees the load, the carrier invoice, and the audit report side by side. One action approves the bill or opens a dispute.
Quick-pay and advance calculation
Net carrier pay is calculated automatically: agreed rate plus approved accessorials, minus any advance payments made, minus quick-pay discount if payment falls within the agreed window. The AP bill that reaches finance reflects the correct net amount.
No agent approves carrier payment in v1
The Carrier Invoice Audit Agent is designed to reduce the time a dispatcher spends auditing an invoice — not to replace the dispatcher on the approval decision. Every audit report routes to a human review queue before an AP bill is emitted to finance.
This policy reflects the current state of LogAI v1. As the audit agent builds a track record on a brokerage's specific invoice patterns, auto-approval thresholds may be introduced for invoices that fall within a clean audit band.
Invoice received
Carrier invoice classified by the document pipeline and linked to the load.
Agent audits
Line-by-line comparison against rate confirmation and load events. Delta calculated.
Dispatcher approves
Human reviews audit report, approves or disputes. AP bill created only after approval.