Summary

A main maritime logistics business enterprise optimized procurement procedures across 78 terminals with the aid of participating with INTECH. They aimed to centralize supplier management and unify tactics globally.

 

This initiative enhanced operational efficiency, delivered actual-time visibility, and ensured consistency throughout regions thru a unmarried virtual procurement platform.

About the Client

The consumer operates huge community of marine terminals global, dealing with high-extent procurement day by day. Their operations span a couple of areas, carriers, and guidelines.

 

Handling procurement manually at this level brought about bottlenecks, main to a call for virtual transformation.

Client's Challenges: Disconnected Global Procurement Systems

Procurement numerous from terminal to terminal with minimal standardization, which precipitated inefficiency and negative oversight.

They required a centralized system to manipulate suppliers, automate approvals, and track procurement overall performance in real time.

Key Challenges:

Non-standardized Procurement

Each area followed unique methods, inflicting confusion and inefficiency.

Scattered Vendor Data

No unified provider list existed across terminals.

Approval Delays

Manual tactics brought about prolonged procurement cycles.

Lack of Spend Analytics

Leadership lacked a consolidated view of costs.

Compliance Risk

Inconsistent techniques created audit and regulatory challenges.

Fragmented systems and remoted information had been slowing down procurement while increasing danger and operational cost.

INTECH developed a scalable, multilingual technique to unify procurement strategies across terminals. The system standardized workflows even as permitting nearby flexibility.

This empowered the teams to track, approval and manage the seller interaction from a point of control, which improved strategic purchases.

Here are the key features:

Integrated Purchase Interface

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    Centralized all procurement functions in a cloud-based system.

Standard Workflows

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    Ensured continuity by respecting regional needs and compliance

Vendor Lifecycle Management

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    Offered complete control for evaluation from onboarding.

Multilingual access

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    User supported at global locations with local language interfaces.

Real-Time Insights

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    Dashboard provided actionable purchase analytics.

Budget Controls & Alerts

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    The underlying check helped avoid large and ensure policy compliance.

Implementation Process

Rollout followed a pilot-based approach, which began with some major terminals before expanding worldwide. The ongoing feedback improved the configuration.

Agile Project Management ensured step-by-step deployment with minimal commercial disruption and quick onboarding.

Here is how we did it:

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Early terminal pilots

The solution was validated with high-volume users.

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Stakeholder engagement

Needs collected from global and local teams to ensure alignment.

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Platform adaptation

The system was configured to handle multi-launch and multi-curiosity workflow.

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Data consolidation

Legacy supplier and transaction data were migrated on the new platform.

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Global Training Program

The user was given multilingual training for adoption.

Business Impact

The customer gained more visibility, improved the speed of purchase, and strong compliance control.

The impact of our solution includes:

35% purchase cycle reduction in time
Centralized supplier data in 78+ terminals
Better global compliance tracking and spending expenses

INTECH's platform brought uniformity for processes on vendors in procurement worldwide, clarity for operation and control.

This enabled quick decision making and strengthening data-operated insights.

Tools and Technologies Used

The solution used a modern tech stack optimized for scalability, analytics and integration at global locations.
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    Custom Procurement Platform: Center is still designed to support flexible workflows.

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    Cloud infrastructure: Remote allows access and sync data in real time.

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    Role-based access control: User-level permissions and data visibility preserves.

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    Business Intelligence Dashboard: Provide insight and help with strategic analysis.

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    API for integration: The existing ERP and finance systems are associated with.

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