Flag deviations from a known reference rate, don't manually audit every charge
Incoming billed amounts can't all be manually audited line by line. Compare each charge against a known reference rate and automatically flag deviations, instead of trusting every incoming number or requiring full manual review. Catches overcharges without a person checking every line — only as good as how current the reference data stays.
Pujan Motiwala ·
Context
Vendor and freight charges arrive as numbers a system has no independent way to verify — trusting them outright risks paying overcharges; auditing every line manually doesn't scale.
Decision
Maintain a reference rate card for the relevant charge type, and compare each incoming charge against it automatically, flagging anything that deviates.
Why
This catches overcharges without requiring a person to check every line, while still surfacing exactly the cases that need a human look — the ones that don't match what's expected.
Trade-off
The check is only as good as the reference data. A stale rate card either produces false flags or misses real overcharges — someone has to keep it current for the pattern to keep working.
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