Client Success Story
Streamlining Transportation and Trade Management Processes for a Leading Pharmaceuticals Company
The Challenge
For over two decades, our customer, a global pharmaceutical company, has been dedicated to improving the lives of individuals battling acute diseases and conditions. As an existing Oracle customer utilizing Oracle E-Business Suite on-premises, they wanted to enhance their transportation and trade management processes. However, operations were hindered by manual, time-consuming tasks, and a lack of shipment visibility. The customer had several objectives in mind, including mitigating risks associated with cross-border shipping, expanding their global export business, automating transportation bookings and freight settlement, reducing costs through shipment consolidation, and achieving real-time order visibility.
Our Approach
Accelalpha partnered with the customer to address transportation and trade management challenges by leveraging our expertise in Oracle logistics solutions, particularly Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) and Global Trade Management (GTM). We devised a comprehensive solution tailored to the customer’s unique needs. Our approach included:
- Implementation of Oracle GTM cloud to streamline cross-border trade processes, ensuring compliance with all trade regulations.
- Integration of the transportation master data with various applications, including Oracle Order Process Manufacturing (OPM), to provide a single platform for managing transportation data.
- Provision and implementation of trade compliance rules, replacing a competitive product with Oracle GTM cloud.
- Efficient document creation and management through GTM, replacing cumbersome manual processes.
- Enhanced master data management, enabling the customer to perform data auditing internally without relying on third-party assistance.
- Implementation of an automated routing rules system within OTM, ensuring the selection of optimal rates and carriers based on predefined criteria.
- Creation of a collaborative platform within OTM for seamless communication and information sharing among carriers, logistics service providers, and third parties.
The Results
By partnering with Accelalpha and implementing Oracle OTM and GTM cloud solutions, our customer achieved significant improvements in their transportation and trade management processes. The results include:
- Mitigated risks associated with exporting and shipping goods across borders by ensuring compliance with trade regulations.
- Expanded global export business through efficient transportation management and streamlined trade processes.
- Automated transportation bookings and freight settlement, saving time and reducing manual effort.
- Reduced freight costs through optimized shipment consolidation and carrier selection based on routing rules.
- Real-time visibility of orders, enabling better tracking and monitoring of shipments.
- Access to a single platform for negotiated shipping rates, enabling automated invoice matching and payment processes.
- Improved collaboration among carriers, logistics service providers, and third parties through a centralized system.
The customer chose Accelalpha for this Oracle OTM and Oracle GTM implementation based on our extensive experience in Oracle logistics solutions and our successful track record. Our deep industry expertise, particularly in the Life Sciences industry, made us the ideal choice for delivering the Oracle OTM and GTM cloud solutions. Together, we have empowered the customer to achieve greater efficiency, compliance, and growth in their transportation and trade management operations.