Unified Transportation Portal for one of the Largest Manufacturers of Medium and Heavy-duty Commercial Vehicles in the World
About the Customer
An American Fortune 500 company and one of the largest manufacturers of medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles in the world. It also designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines, provides financial services, information technology, and distributes truck parts related to its principal business.

Challenge
- Non-centralized manual processes for order management, freight management, and bid management
- High cost and no clear visibility on planned routes, carriers of goods, planning of delivery for suppliers
- Customs management through emails

Solution
- Unified transportation portal on the SAP Cloud Platform
- Supplier portal integration with SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and Global Trade Services (GTS) systems
- Multiple SAP Cloud Platform services including Fiori, Java, ODATA, HANA, Integration and Identity Authentication Service (IAS)

Outcome
- Reduction in cost of transportation owing to route optimization
- Increase in efficiency of warehouse management with advance shipment notifications
- Reduction in operational expenses as a result of optimized customs processes
- Real-time collaboration between suppliers and internal teams