Case Studies > GEODIS Saves Customer $1.5 Million a Year with MPO Global Inbound Management

GEODIS Saves Customer $1.5 Million a Year with MPO Global Inbound Management

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Country

United States

Product

MPO Supply Chain Orchestration Platform

Tech Stack

Real-time Analytics
Automated Control Systems
Connectivity Platforms

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements
Customer Satisfaction

Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Supply Chain Visibility
Predictive Maintenance
Fleet Management

Services

System Integration
Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

About The Customer

GEODIS is a global leader in transport and logistics with over a century of experience. They offer expertise across five lines of business: Supply Chain Optimization, Freight Forwarding, Contract Logistics, Distribution & Express, and Road Transport. Their vision is to be the growth partner for their clients by helping them overcome logistical constraints. MPO, on the other hand, provides a unified cloud platform for orchestrating inbound, outbound, and reverse flows across dynamic supply chain business networks. Their platform offers real-time analytics, planning, execution, and cost control, benefiting manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and logistics service providers worldwide.

The Challenge

A multinational oil and gas company relied on thousands of suppliers worldwide, including remote partners in Azerbaijan, Alaska, and Angola, for time-critical materials. However, they lacked adequate visibility and transportation management over their 60K purchase orders a year. This resulted in incomplete deliveries, a lack of insight into shipment status, and high administrative and process costs. The company faced significant challenges in managing their supply chain efficiently, leading to operational inefficiencies and increased costs.

The Solution

The company requested from their Logistics Service Provider (LSP), GEODIS, a Control Tower to improve visibility, order and logistics management, and supplier collaboration. GEODIS leveraged MPO’s Supply Chain Orchestration platform for connectivity to over 1,000 suppliers and carriers, real-time visibility and exceptions management, and automated control over import/export trade documents for international orders. This solution provided continuous control over the flow of supply chain activities, enabling GEODIS to optimize every purchase order against service levels, inventory, transportation, and costs. The platform's capabilities included dynamic, multi-leg carrier selection, in-transit stock visibility, order-splitting and consolidation, and dynamic invoice matching.

Operational Impact

MPO’s real-time, continuous control over the flow of supply chain activities enabled GEODIS to optimize every purchase order against service levels, inventory, transportation, and costs.
The platform provided dynamic, multi-leg carrier selection, in-transit stock visibility, order-splitting and consolidation, and dynamic invoice matching.
The customer enjoyed approximately 5% cost savings across logistics, billing, and overall efficiency gains.
The solution improved supplier collaboration and provided real-time visibility and exceptions management.
Automated control over import/export trade documents for international orders was achieved.

Quantitative Benefit