Case Study: Gran Portuaria achieves real-time logistics visibility and 50% infrastructure cost reduction with Microsoft Azure

Gran Portuaria: An example of Digital Transformation

Gran Portuaria, a Mexico-based logistics and transport company founded in 1990 with 800 employees and a fleet of 370 motor units and 600 trawl units across several states, needed to modernize its legacy IT and improve real-time visibility of operations. Reliant on GPS and phone calls and operating from a 15‑server data center, the company faced slow reporting, limited driver communication and scalability challenges.

Working with Microsoft, Gran Portuaria migrated 13 servers to Microsoft Azure and deployed Azure IoT Suite, SAP@Azure and a Xamarin mobile app used by 400 operators to send real‑time events every five minutes. The cloud solution delivered integrated dashboards and automated reporting, cut infrastructure investment by 50%, sped decision‑making, improved customer service and positioned the company for predictive maintenance and advanced analytics.

Gran Portuaria

Alejandro Reyes

Systems Manager