Case Study: Kotahi achieves 40x faster demand forecasting and launches new supply-chain services with Microsoft Azure

New Zealand’s supply chain leader Kotahi unlocks new opportunities with AI

Kotahi is a New Zealand supply‑chain leader created to simplify import and export logistics and keep the country competitive. Facing rapid technology disruption and rising customer expectations, the company needed modern core systems—a scalable ERP, a data lake and integration platform—to speed forecasting, reduce commercial risk for exporters (especially chilled goods), and make exporting easier for more businesses.

Kotahi migrated its technology to Azure and implemented Azure Data Factory, Azure Machine Learning, Azure SQL/Databricks, Dynamics 365, Power BI and Power Apps to build a single core dataset, machine‑learning demand forecasts and new customer-facing products. The results: 40x faster demand forecasting, booking times cut by more than half, chilled‑container decision time reduced by over 50%, stronger data security and new revenue opportunities from innovative services.

Kotahi

Matthew Wright

General Manager of Digital Technology