A3 Freight Payment Blog Updates

A3 Freight Payment receives “clean” financial statement audit

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:50:00 Z

A3 Freight Payment is pleased to announce that the audit of its financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2013 is complete, and the company received an unqualified opinion from its auditors. Independently audited financial statements...

Financial Due Diligence Checklist on Freight Payment Providers

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:12:00 Z

As a follow-up to our recent webinar entitled “Mitigating the Financial Risks of Freight Payment Providers”, we have published a one-page checklist for shippers’ wishing to perform initial or ongoing due diligence upon their freight payment...

Financial Risks and Freight Payment: Fidelity Bonds (Employee Dishonesty Insurance)

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:10:00 Z

The excerpt below is from the publication A Guide to the Financial Risks of Freight Payment Providers, which was produced by A3 Freight Payment for the benefit of customers and prospects. For the complete publication go to the Instant Access...

Dave and Ned Nelson join A3 Freight Payment

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:24:00 Z

A3 Freight Payment is pleased to announce that Dave and Ned Nelson have joined the company’s Board of Directors. Dave Nelson has been elected as Chairman of the Board, and Ned Nelson will serve as Vice Chairman and Secretary. Founders of AIMS...

Inbound Logistics features A3 Freight Payment execs in Freight Payment Supplement

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:04:00 Z

Inbound Logistics recently published its annual supplement on the freight payment industry and featured an interview with A3 Freight Payment executives Ross Harris and Craig Cameron discussing global freight payment challenges. A3...

The Role of an SOC 1 report (formerly SAS 70) in Freight Payment-White Paper

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:38:00 Z

A3 Freight Payment is pleased to announce the publication of its latest white paper on topics of interest to freight payment stakeholders. Below is an excerpt from the beginning of the paper: Introduction An essential element in the...

A3 Freight Payment wins the Supplier Spotlight on Supplier Connection!

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:35:00 Z

Supplier Connection is a Web-based portal that allows small businesses to more easily apply to become suppliers to large companies. It was built by a consortium of sourcing organizations at large corporations as a way to give small businesses a...

Financial Risks and Freight Payment: Refunds Processing

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 20:40:00 Z

Financial Risks and Freight Payment: Audited Financial Statements

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:59:00 Z

The below is an excerpt from the publication A Guide to the Financial Risks of Freight Payment Providers which was produced by A3 Freight Payment for the benefit of customers and prospects. For the complete publication, CLICK HERE . ...

Intermodal Freight on Pace to Break all Records in 2012

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:16:00 Z

As mentioned in a previous blog post, the American Association of Railroads (AAR) publishes a monthly compendium of railroad activity statistics for the U.S. and Canada. The previous post mentioned this monthly report as a potential source for...

CBU School of Business recognizes A3 Freight Payment

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:06:00 Z

Thanks to the Christian Brothers University (CBU) School of Business for recognizing A3 Freight Payment in their latest newsletter to alumni. Two of the four founders of A3 Freight Payment are alumni of CBU. Ross Harris, CEO, graduated from...

A3 Freight Payment Successfully Implements Del-Nat Tire Corporation

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:26:00 Z

A3 Freight Payment announces the successful completion of its implementation of Del-Nat Tire Corporation on the A3 Freight Payment processing system. Del-Nat tire concluded a multi-year agreement for freight bill audit and payment services with...

Shippers are being sent “to detention” by Hours of Service rules

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:22:00 Z

Over the last year, as the new Hours Of Service (HOS) rules have been implemented, more shippers are seeing their freight spend increase and exceed their budgets in a new way. Shippers of truckload freight are accustomed to transportation rate...

Financial Risks and Freight Payment: EFTs vs. Paper Checks

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:27:00 Z

Forsythe Center for Entrepreneurship recognizes A3 Freight Payment

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 14:33:00 Z

The Forsythe Center for Entrepreneurship at The Hadley School for the blind has added A3 Freight Payment to its directory of businesses operated by the visually impaired . The Forsythe Center for Entrepreneurship (FCE) is part of Hadley's...

Are your freight payment savings accurate?

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:58:00 Z

Freight payment companies frequently tout audit savings as a key metric to validate the ROI for their customers. Some of these savings are actually an indication of an inefficient and broken process that detracts from the value of outsourcing...

Shippers’ “Vicarious Liability” Increases…Again

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:10:00 Z

This blog does not wish to add to the misery of shippers who are suffering from CSA-overload, but shippers should be aware that a recent development by the FMCSA has the potential of once again increasing their vicarious liability for the actions...

Shippers are overpaying for fuel

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:53:00 Z

A fundamental part of the freight payment value proposition is detection of overcharges on customers’ freight invoices. Some freight payment companies make this seem like a complex “dark art” of algorithms and analysis. However, sometimes it is the...

Warren Buffett Loves Freight

Thu, 31 May 2012 20:55:00 Z

Like all professional investors, Warren Buffett pays attention to the larger economy and is always looking for clues regarding future economic activity. These clues are known as “leading indicators” and, as it turns out, Buffett’s favorite...