Costs against the shipment, kept current.
Freight, duties, fees, and adjustments viewed against the shipment they belong to, updated as the record changes, so finance and operations look at the same numbers.
What it does
Landed cost is usually assembled after the fact, from invoices that arrive weeks apart and a spreadsheet that someone maintains. By the time the number is complete, the decision it should have informed has already been made.
Importcommand keeps a landed-cost view on the shipment record from the start. Estimates are recorded at order readiness, and each line moves from estimated to confirmed as freight, duties, fees, and any adjustments (demurrage, detention, inspection) are known. Because the view sits next to milestones and exceptions, a delay that creates a cost is visible where it happens.
The view is not an accounting system. It is the operational picture of what this shipment costs, shared between operations and finance, with a clear distinction between what is estimated and what is confirmed.
How it lives on the operational record
Every capability in Importcommand writes to the same shipment record. Nothing here is a separate module with its own list; it is a view of one record.
- Cost lines are recorded per shipment: freight, duties and taxes, broker and port fees, and adjustments.
- Each line is estimated or confirmed, with source and date.
- Exceptions that create cost (for example, demurrage risk) link to the relevant line.
- The record header shows estimated and confirmed totals.
- Closed shipments keep their final cost view for reference and for the next order on the same lane.
In the workspace
Cost lines
Freight, duties, fees, and adjustments with estimated and confirmed values.
Estimated vs confirmed
A visible distinction, so nobody reports an estimate as final.
Cost exceptions
Demurrage, detention, and inspection charges appear where they arise.
Shipment total
Estimated and confirmed totals on the record header.
Lane comparison
Compare landed cost across shipments on the same lane or from the same supplier.
Supporting documents
Invoices and fee notes attached to the cost lines they support.
Boundary
Landed-cost views are operational summaries. They do not replace your accounting or ERP system, do not calculate duties on your behalf, and do not constitute customs valuation. Duty and tax figures are recorded as determined by your broker and the authorities.
Start with one representative shipment.
A controlled pilot maps your handoffs, checks fit and integrations, and shows what a single operational record changes for your team.