Services

Cornerstone Supply Chain Partners helps clients improve transportation performance through targeted projects, ongoing advisory, and operating-model support. 

Our services are designed to work independently or as part of a broader transportation transformation program. 

The Cornerstone Operating Model

Supply Chain Consulting

Cornerstone supports broader transportation and supply chain initiatives where cost, service, procurement, process, and operating structure intersect.
Areas of Support
  • Transportation sourcing support
  • Bid strategy
  • Carrier portfolio review
  • Network opportunity assessment
  • Cost-reduction planning
  • Operating model design
  • Process improvement
  • Executive business-case support
  • Implementation planning
  • Transformation roadmap development
Why It Matters

Even strong carrier agreements underperform when the management system is weak. Governance turns intent into execution. 

Transportation Management Support

Transportation performance depends on the operating structure around the work. Cornerstone helps clients build the cadence, workflows, and accountability needed to manage carriers, facilities, issues, and stakeholders.

Areas of Support
  • Carrier governance
  • Weekly operating cadence
  • Monthly performance reviews
  • Quarterly business reviews
  • Service issue escalation
  • Facility and stakeholder coordination
  • KPI development
  • Action-plan tracking
  • Compliance review
  • Continuous improvement management
Why It Matters

Leadership cannot manage what it cannot see. Better reporting creates better conversations, faster decisions, and stronger accountability. 

Analytics & Reporting

Transportation data is often spread across invoices, carrier files, TMS platforms, spreadsheets, ERP systems, and facility-level records. Cornerstone helps clients convert fragmented data into decision-ready reporting.
Areas of Support
  • Freight spend dashboards
  • Carrier performance reporting
  • Lane-level analysis
  • Mode-level analysis
  • Accessorial reporting
  • Fuel impact analysis
  • Service trend reporting
  • Executive scorecards
  • Savings tracking
  • Operational exception reporting
Why It Matters

Leadership cannot manage what it cannot see. Better reporting creates better conversations, faster decisions, and stronger accountability. 

Freight Audit & Payment Support

Freight invoice accuracy is one of the most immediate indicators of transportation control. We help clients strengthen the process around freight audit, invoice review, exception management, payment visibility, and carrier compliance.
Areas of Support
  • Invoice validation support
  • Duplicate charge identification
  • Accessorial review
  • Fuel surcharge review
  • Contract and rate-alignment review
  • Exception management
  • Payment visibility
  • Audit reporting
  • Carrier billing issue escalation
  • Recurring audit governance
Why It Matters

Leadership cannot manage what it cannot see. Better reporting creates better conversations, faster decisions, and stronger accountability. 

Engagement Models

Targeted Assessment

A focused review of transportation spend, reporting, freight audit exposure, carrier performance, or sourcing readiness.

Project-Based Support

Structured support for sourcing events, reporting initiatives, audit improvement, carrier governance, or operating-process redesign. 

Ongoing Advisory

Recurring executive and operational support for transportation performance, reporting, governance, and continuous improvement.

Operating Partner Model

A deeper engagement model for clients that need ongoing support across freight audit, analytics, transportation management, procurement support, and executive reporting.