Last December, Fixefy was proud to present at the American Chemical Manufacturing Summit (ACMS), hosted by Generis — one of the most important gatherings for supply chain, procurement, and operations leaders in the chemical manufacturing industry. Our CRO, Yaniv Butel, took the stage alongside Lucia Alarcón, Transportation & 3PL Manager at BASF’s Dispersions & Resins division, for an executive session that got to the heart of a challenge most enterprise logistics teams know well: having data is not the same as having control.  

The Challenge: Visibility Without Clarity

  BASF is the largest chemical company in the world, operating across six divisions, hundreds of production sites, and a vast global logistics network. Despite having established enterprise systems — including SAP and a 4PL model — Lucia’s team found themselves dealing with significant manual workload, fragmented data spread across disparate platforms, and limited ability to systematically audit freight invoices at the volume and speed their operation demands.   The data existed. The systems existed. But connecting the dots — across structured databases, scanned documents, carrier emails, and proof-of-delivery records — required a level of manual effort that simply wasn’t sustainable. And without that full picture, freight cost discrepancies and accessorial charge errors were going undetected.  

What We Covered at ACMS

  The session walked the ACMS audience through BASF’s journey from traditional freight auditing to what we call intelligent cost control — where AI handles the heavy lifting of data ingestion, reconciliation, and issue detection, freeing up logistics and finance teams to focus on decisions rather than data cleanup. Key topics included:  

• How fragmented systems create hidden margin leakage — and why standard thresholds aren’t enough to catch it
• How Fixefy ingests both structured data (ERP, TMS, WMS) and unstructured data (scanned BOLs, carrier emails, POD images) to build a complete and auditable picture of every shipment
• The role of agentic AI in automating reconciliation and supplier communication — not just flagging problems, but resolving them
• Why explainable, auditable automation matters more than black-box AI for enterprise finance and logistics teams  

The Pilot: Early Results and What’s Next

  Lucia shared candid details about how the BASF pilot came together. Rather than requiring weeks of IT onboarding or extensive team interviews, Fixefy’s implementation methodology allowed BASF to start with data they already had — and see results quickly. The pilot kicked off in August 2025, focused initially on invoice validation and reconciliation within the Dispersions & Resins division, and has since expanded in both scope and volume.   The ROI to date has been positive. Beyond direct cost recovery — particularly through the identification of accessorial charge errors — the broader value has been in giving BASF’s team the baseline, the visibility, and the confidence to make faster, better-informed decisions. The next phases are focused on data quality standardization, expanded carrier coverage, and building toward a more continuous and autonomous cost-recovery capability.  

Watch the Full Session

If you weren’t at the summit, the complete session featuring Yaniv and Lucia is now available on YouTube. If you’re navigating similar challenges — freight cost visibility, invoice accuracy, or making AI work in a real supply chain environment — it’s a practical and honest conversation worth watching.

▶ [Watch the session on YouTube]  

  Want to learn more about how Fixefy can help your organization take control of logistics costs? Explore our solutions at fixefy.com