President's Memo

Atlas Traffic
Consultants Corp.
18-42 College Point Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11356-2221

©2006 Atlas Traffic

We Do the Work, You Get the Money.
How the post-auditing process works.

For Atlas Traffic clients, the post-audit process is a snap. They simply send us their freight bills and reap the rewards. All our procedures are geared to reducing client paperwork and accounting time. And our advanced, proprietary computer technology enables truly comprehensive audits to be accomplished in an absolute minimum of time. And because Atlas Traffic overcharge claims are always substantiated by citations of the relevant, pertinent information carriers need, Atlas has established a reputation for honesty and integrity in the industry that pays off for our clients. We make it easier for carriers to respond quickly. And that means better and faster collections for our clients.

Atlas Traffic’s work begins when we receive a batch of bills. Our computers assign a control number to each batch that’s used to track every document’s progress through the post auditing process. Any client can locate any document at any time using this number.

Our audit process involves a sequence of steps that enables us to maximize the refund opportunities for each client. Our system is sophisticated enough to allow any degree of flexibility; the criteria for sorting and processing each batch of bills is customized according to the client's individual needs. Even as we handle heavy volumes of freight bills, there is no rubber stamp, conveyor-belt method in the Atlas Traffic system.

The audit itself is the heart of the process. Here, the melding of our auditors’ expertise and the speed, efficiency and power of our computer systems enables Atlas to file more than 3,000 claims a month. Only the U.S. Government’s General Services Administration files more.

By examining every line of every bill, our auditors find discrepancies between the rate charged and the proper rate. That difference is the basis of the claim. The auditor enters the claim in the computer which produces the claim document ready for mailing to the carrier.

The computer-generated claim form includes everything the carrier needs to process the claim including a calculation of the overpayment and the tariff or contract authority supporting the claim.

The computer also produces a critical file record of the claim that is a major advantage of the Atlas Traffic system. The record enables our computers to automatically track a claim continually until its final disposition.

At pre-established intervals, the computer reviews all open claims and triggers claim tracers designed to prompt carriers to respond to Atlas claims.