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Commodity Management & Trading

Transforming trading ecosystems through data-driven insights and secure, agile platforms that empower global commerce.

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Customer & Marketing Strategy

Reimagining customer engagement with personalized, connected experiences that build trust and long-term value.

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Digital Engineering

Turning ideas into scalable digital solutions—accelerating transformation through design, technology, and engineering excellence.

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Station Studio

Redefining mobility hubs with digital innovation to create smarter, sustainable experiences for people and businesses on the move.

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Supply Chain & Industry 5.0

Building resilient, intelligent supply networks that anticipate change and deliver efficiency with purpose.

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Sustainability

Driving responsible innovation to help organizations achieve net-zero goals and create a positive impact for future generations.

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Physical AI

Physical AI gives machines, robots and physical operations the ability to perceive their environment, decide what matters and act in real time. Factories, plants, stores and infrastructure become systems able to sense conditions, learn from them and improve on their own, closing the gap between the physical and the digital world.

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Next-Gen Infrastructure

From networks as infrastructure to connected platforms that enable critical, autonomous and intelligent operations.

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43% more invoices per person in an automated Procure-to-Pay cycle

Purchasing teams spent hours on each invoice, and the cycle had gaps in control. NTT DATA reviewed operations, tools and the organizational model, then built a roadmap with four automation scenarios. Each person in the process now handles 43% more invoices, and the process runs with 34% fewer full-time employees.

43% more invoices per person in an automated Procure-to-Pay cycle

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43 initiatives and an estimated 570 million pesos for a department store’s financial services

For a Mexican department store retailer, financial services were a side offering with room to grow. NTT DATA analyzed products, processes, operations and systems and designed a digital transformation plan with 43 initiatives. The plan carries an estimated impact of about 570 million Mexican pesos on EBITDA.

43 initiatives and an estimated 570 million pesos for a department store’s financial services

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Smart Deliveries: New Loads Allocation Procedure

A leading global building materials manufacturer initiated an AI-driven transformation of its Transport Management Execution process to optimize carrier allocation, reduce logistics costs, and improve contractual compliance through intelligent load assignment and autonomous decision support.

Load allocation time

120

Daily loads per plant

+75

Active carriers managed

~4.2%

Cost reduction achieved

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From Manual Allocation to Intelligent Optimization

Carrier load allocation within Transport Management Execution was managed manually, requiring contract reviews and rate comparisons. Increasing order volumes created administrative overload, scalability constraints, and limited analytical visibility across carriers and commitments.

Objectives

Leverage AI to automate carrier allocation decisions, ensure contractual compliance, minimize logistics costs, and enable continuous improvement within the Transport Management Execution process.

Opportunity

By integrating AI-powered contract reading, commitment optimization, and cost-based allocation logic, the organization could reduce allocation time, improve carrier distribution fairness, and unlock measurable logistics cost efficiencies.

AI-Driven Transport Allocation Engine

Proven delivery of autonomous load assignment capabilities integrating contract data extraction, rate optimization, and commitment compliance within a scalable Transport Management Execution framework.

Key Challenges

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Manual carrier assignment processes

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Limited scalability with increasing load volumes

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Suboptimal commitment and penalty management

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Low analytical visibility across allocation decisions

Solution

Designed and implemented AI-powered contract reading. Enabled automated extraction of key contractual parameters including daily commitments, destination types, penalties, and rates.

Developed intelligent carrier allocation engine. Created algorithmic load matching prioritizing cost efficiency, destination compliance, and contractual commitments.

Integrated autonomous decision-support workflows. Deployed smart alerts and recommendation capabilities to assist planners in real-time allocation decisions.

Validated solution through proof of concept. Executed a 12-week PoC assessing allocation optimization, cost impact, and contractual compliance performance

Impact

Optimized Logistics Cost and Compliance

Reduced carrier allocation cycle time significantly

Improved contractual commitment adherence across carriers

Lowered logistics costs through optimized rate prioritization

Enhanced scalability of transport planning operations

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