Case Study: Novartis achieves real-time shipment visibility and automated freight cost management with inet logistics

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Novartis, Switzerland’s largest pharmaceuticals group, faced fragmented, manual transportation processes across its global supply chain and needed a modern web‑based system to reduce manual effort, improve control of sensitive shipments and meet stricter compliance requirements. Novartis selected inet logistics’ Transportation Management and Freight Cost Management modules from the inet TMS.

inet logistics implemented a web‑based TMS with real‑time integration, web/EDI access and certified ERP/SAP interfaces so all partners receive track‑and‑trace data, orders and PDF documents electronically. The system automated assignment‑to‑transport workflows, centralized shipment and billing data, improved freight cost control and transparency, streamlined carrier onboarding, and enabled Novartis to meet SOX Section 404 requirements for freight cost clearing ahead of schedule.

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