Bring freight bills into one AP workflow.
Bring carrier PDFs and invoice emails together. Check charges and rebills, resolve exceptions, and send reviewed bills to accounting.
Freight bills cross operations and finance, so generic invoice capture only solves part of the work.
A distributor may receive carrier invoices tied to inbound replenishment, outbound customer shipments, or transfers between facilities. By the time the bill reaches AP, someone still has to understand the carrier reference, the charge structure, whether the math is supported, and whether a related invoice is a correction or a duplicate. Linehaul keeps that review in one freight-specific workflow.
Structure invoice metadata and charge lines without forcing AP to re-key every carrier PDF first.
Keep supported discrepancies, accessorial review items, and duplicate/rebill evidence attached to the invoice.
Export the reviewed payable using the accounting profile and GL mappings your company has configured.
From carrier inbox to AP review to accounting export.
Linehaul automates repetitive invoice handling while leaving financially meaningful decisions visible to the people responsible for the bill.
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Receive the invoice
Upload carrier PDFs or use Email Ingestion for supported invoice attachments.
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Extract the freight bill
Separate supported metadata, charge lines, totals, and unmatched review items.
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Run supported checks
Surface supported fuel, CWT, sum, and other configured math exceptions plus duplicate/rebill signals.
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Review the exception
AP can inspect evidence, confirm duplicate/rebill decisions, and record carrier resolution amounts.
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Export the payable
Move reviewed invoice data into the company's Standard CSV, NetSuite, or QuickBooks workflow.
Keep AP control over the bill.
A repeated shipment reference remains a review signal until a reviewer confirms what the invoice pair represents.
Copy a carrier-ready email and download a supporting PDF for financially supported discrepancy workflows.
Record the actual carrier credit or adjustment and carry that recovery into the payable calculation.
Admins can configure ERP-specific GL mappings without turning individual AP users into billing or company administrators.
Linehaul is for the carrier-bill problem, not every invoice in your business.
Supplier invoices, purchase-order matching, payment execution, and general procure-to-pay automation are broader systems. Linehaul focuses on freight invoice intake, supported audit checks, exception review, recovery tracking, and accounting export so distribution teams can improve the carrier-bill workflow without replacing the rest of AP.
Go deeper on the two freight controls that matter most.
Freight invoice automation for distributors FAQ
Why do distributors need a freight-specific invoice workflow?
Distribution AP teams often receive carrier bills with shipment identifiers, fuel charges, CWT calculations, accessorials, corrected bills, and rebills that do not fit a simple supplier-invoice workflow. Linehaul keeps the freight-specific review attached to the source invoice before accounting export.
Can a distributor forward carrier invoices into Linehaul by email?
Yes. A Linehaul workspace can use Email Ingestion so supported invoice attachments can enter the processing workflow without a user manually uploading every PDF.
Does Linehaul replace a distributor's ERP or payment system?
No. Linehaul sits before accounting export. It structures carrier invoice data, runs supported billing checks, manages review and dispute workflows, and prepares accounting output while the company's ERP and payment process remain the systems of record.
Which accounting export profiles can distributors use?
Linehaul supports its standard CSV workflow plus NetSuite and QuickBooks export profiles. NetSuite and QuickBooks can use company-specific GL account mappings where configured.
Start with freight invoices your distribution team already processes.
Upload up to 3 carrier invoice PDFs and see the structured extraction, supported audit checks, and review evidence Linehaul produces.