Service · Freight cost optimization
Freight cost optimization is what we do. Freight costs come from many small decisions: how orders are sized, how trucks are loaded, which carriers run which lanes and what ends up on the invoice. We review all of them through 10 savings levers, then put the biggest opportunities to work.
Lower Your Freight Spend.
Industry data
of surveyed shippers said they filled their trucks to capacity in 2022.
Flock Freight / Drive Research shipper survey, Mar. 2023Average share of total LTL spend that went to accessorial charges in 2023, across $1.2B in annual LTL spend analyzed.
AFS Logistics LTL accessorials white paper, 2024Typical savings shippers reported in annual and mid-cycle sourcing events when using DAT benchmarking data.
Nucleus Research guidebook on DAT, Dec. 2025Extra cost research found shippers may pay when freight works through every backup carrier in the routing guide and then goes to the spot market.
C.H. Robinson research with MIT, May 2023Third-party figures from the sources linked under each number. They are not Maximizer Team results and do not predict your savings.
No single lever tells the whole story. Consolidating orders can change the best mode. Better pallets change how trucks load. Earlier appointments cut detention. That's why we review all 10 together, using one set of your data, and rank the opportunities by size and effort.
Savings from different levers are never added together where they overlap, so the total you see is real.
Or skip the reading. The free 14-day review covers all 10 levers.
Why us
Benchmark · Implement · Verify
The biggest savings usually come from a mix of levers: shipping in the right mode, consolidating orders, negotiating rates and terms, loading trucks fuller and cutting accessorial charges and invoice errors. Which ones matter most depends on your freight, which is why we start with your invoices.
No. Most shippers have a few levers with large savings and others with little. The review shows which ones are worth your time.
It depends on your freight.
Yes. We work with your current carriers, warehouses and 3PLs wherever possible.
Yes, as a smaller related service. Freight cost optimization lowers what you pay carriers to move freight. Our retailer deductions service deals with money retailers and distributors deduct from your payments, and with loss and damage claims. The savings are reported as separate categories.
The 14-day freight savings review is free. There's no upfront fee. If you go ahead, we're paid only from savings verified on your invoices. Recovered deductions are tracked and reported as their own category of verified savings.
No. Maximizer Team is an independent freight savings advisor. We don't haul freight, sell capacity or take carrier commissions, so our advice isn't tied to any carrier.
Start with a short intro call. Then send us 12 months of freight invoices. In 14 days you'll get a free written review showing which of the 10 levers have the biggest savings for your freight.
Get my free freight reviewNo upfront fees. Paid only from savings verified on your invoices. NDA available.