Chelsea Logistics partnered with NTT DATA, a trusted global innovator, to modernize its financial systems by upgrading to SAP S/4HANA, an Enterprise Resource Planning software.
This contributed to the significant reduction of the Group’s capital expenditure and provided the scalability needed as the business grows.
After acquiring various shipping and logistics businesses, Chelsea Logistics saw the need to create digital synergy among its brands. It invested time and resources to streamline, standardize, and improve its subsidiaries’ business processes and operations.
Part of the digitalization was the decommissioning of Trans-Asia’s and SuperCat’s legacy systems which are outdated and slow in processing of financial data. Legacy systems pose key-man risk in the Group because veteran IT workers who are learned of the legacy system have been retiring, leaving the Group with insufficient support. Thus, any malfunction with the legacy system will disrupt business processes and continuity. With the company’s growth and increased transactions, the legacy system fails to scale up and respond to the changing demands of the business such as data analytics.
NTT DATA supported Chelsea Logistics’ move to S/4HANA on the cloud, with Microsoft Azure as hyperscaler. The implementation of S/4HANA now unifies the Group’s financial data into one platform which provides ease in the consolidation process. It has allowed the Group to plan, execute, generate reports and analytics based on live data, resulting in better forecasting. SAP S/4HANA’s modern design, simple, and responsive interface has improved user experience. Regardless of the device being used, the Group can access real-time business insights and intelligence, anytime and anywhere.
