Case Study: Star Pipe Products saves 1,200+ hours with Portcast real-time container tracking

How Star Pipe Products, global manufacturer and supplier of iron products, benefits from using Portcast

Star Pipe Products, a global manufacturer and supplier of iron products, needed a better way to track ocean shipments across its large North American supply chain. Before Portcast, the team relied on manual carrier track-and-trace workflows across multiple websites, which was time-consuming, updated only weekly, and limited planning visibility until just two weeks before cargo arrival.

Portcast implemented its Real-Time Container Tracking and Predictive Visibility solutions, integrating shipment data directly into Star Pipe Products’ ERP system for daily updates. As a result, the company tracked over 4,000 containers, saved more than 1,200 hours of manual work per year, reduced manual tracking costs by over $12,000, and achieved a 1.5x return on investment.

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