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title: Find the Margin Hiding in Your AP Process | BravoTran
description: Overcharges and extra fees get paid in AP every day and never reach the customer. See what unbilled charges cost your forwarding business each year.
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# What’s 4.5 points of margin worth to you?

 Small charges slip through AP every day. Nobody chases a $75 overage. BravoTran customers stopped absorbing them. Enter two numbers to see what that looks like at your volume. 

![Invoice for trucking](https://learn.bravotran.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-27%20084914.png?width=800&height=659&name=Screenshot%202026-10-27%20084914.png "Invoice for trucking")

## Two numbers will show you the profit hiding in your AP

How many shipments do you move a year?

What’s your average revenue per shipment?

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###### The margin BravoTran customers found, at your numbers

Extra profit per shipment:

Extra profit per year:

Over three years:

 \*Based on the average change in gross margin per shipment across 54 BravoTran customers, 3 to 6 months before and after go-live. Results depend on your operations. 

Most of that margin leaks through charges nobody sees until the job is closed. BravoTran flags each one the day the invoice lands and routes it to the right operator until it’s handled. 

[SEE WHERE YOUR MARGIN IS HIDING](https://learn.bravotran.com/roi-calculator?hsLang=en#talk-to-us)

## Four places margin slips through AP

Here's what happens to one overcharge at most forwarders.

1\. Mismatched charges get paid. The invoice doesn't match the accrual, but it's paid anyway.

2\. Nothing to check against. With no accrual, overcharges have nothing to be caught by.

3\. Invoices get buried. A shared inbox mixes invoices with customs docs and delivery receipts.

4\. Jobs close too early. The extra cost lands after the customer has already been billed. 

None of these show up on a report. They show up in your margin.

## With BravoTran, every exception has an owner.

![with bravotran](https://learn.bravotran.com/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-28%20112433.png "with bravotran")

 **Exceptions still happen. They just stop disappearing.** 

## Find out where your margin is leaking.

Let's walk through your numbers and show you which charges are slipping through. BravoTran customers average 4.5 more percentage points of gross margin. 

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