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Commodity Management & Trading

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

Customer & Marketing Strategy

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

Digital Engineering

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

Station Studio

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

Supply Chain & Industry 5.0

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

Sustainability

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

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.

Next-Gen Infrastructure

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

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

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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Utility environmental and regulatory specialists reviewing remediation scope, cost and recovery evidence at a legacy power-generation site.

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Utilities

The liability is not the exposure; the recovery path is

5 Oct 2026

Legacy environmental exposure and recovery

The booked liability does not tell the board who will ultimately pay

For regulated utilities, legacy cost becomes shareholder exposure when engineering obligation, counterparty recovery, regulatory eligibility, customer recovery and timing stop lining up. The source case separates a $420 million coal-combustion-residual obligation, a $350-400 million repair range and other environmental costs that follow different recovery paths. The board question is what remains at risk after legal, regulatory and cash-timing decisions.

At a glance

The same obligation can move through engineering, litigation, ratemaking and cash collection on different clocks.

A booked obligation is only the starting point

$420 million in coal-combustion-residual obligations were recorded, while scope and federal requirements remained subject to change.

Deferral preserves the claim; it does not settle recovery

A $350-400 million repair range had an authorized deferral path, while prudence and final ratemaking treatment remained open.

Prudence can move cost to shareholders

A $1.141 million replacement-energy cost was disallowed after the utility failed the applicable prudence burden.

The recovery clock can outlive the asset

Coal-unit retirements extend through 2032, while environmental compliance milestones and recovery decisions run on separate timelines.

What leaders should do

Track each material obligation from estimate to payer, regulatory decision, cash timing and residual shareholder exposure in one governed record.

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