Data Empowers Kerry EAS Logistics to Build Smart Logistics

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse helps Kerry EAS Logistics to Reduce Logistics Costs by 3 Percent

Beijing, China—March 16, 2020

Kerry EAS Logistics Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Kerry EAS Logistics"), a technology pioneer in the logistics industry, is working closely with Oracle on digital transformation, and recently selected Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse to build data-driven smart logistics.

Kerry EAS Logistics is the main brand of Kerry Logistics (Stock Code 0636.HK) in mainland China. Kerry Logistics is an Asia-based, global 3PL with the strongest network in Asia. Its core business includes integrated logistics, international freight forwarding, express delivery and end-to-end supply chain solutions, and its network covers 55 countries and regions around the world. In the 1980s, it started trading in the Chinese market with warehousing services, and now has more than 100 branches and 1.6 million square meters of warehouse-owned facilities in the country.

Facing increasingly fierce competition in China's logistics industry, Kerry EAS Logistics, recognised as a deeply traditional business, wanted to use the power of data to gain a competitive advantage through digital transformation.

Given Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's autonomous technology, efficiency, ease of use, and agility are in line with Kerry EAS Logistics' fast-changing business needs, it turned to Oracle and the following business benefits were achieved:

• Quick results in two months: Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse was implemented quickly, in just two months, and completed the initial import of more than 100 million records of operational data in only one day, helping Kerry EAS Logistics quickly build competitive advantage.
• Moving from monthly reporting to real-time, improved decision-making efficiency: Previously, Kerry EAS Logistics could only get data on its business operations via weekly or monthly reports. Now through the use of Oracle’s Autonomous Data platform, business data can be converted into financial insight in real-time and the key performance indicators can be seen at-a-glance. For example, for just one of the reports which requires the analysis of over 10 million records, prior to the implementation of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, it was taking nearly half an hour to generate. With the new system results are displayed via highly visual dashboards in just 10 seconds. This greatly improves the efficiency of Kerry EAS Logistics' business analysis and decision-making.
• Saves 3 percent on logistics costs: Using Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, Kerry EAS Logistics can now analyze and digest the data in real time so it can see the and get previously unseen insight. For example: looking to reduce the number of undelivered packages, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is helping the company monitor the volume of items being sent, create profiles around failed deliveries, and analyze the main reasons that are causing delays, and as a result, enhance the efficiency of the process. This has helped it identify areas of waste in its processes, which it previously didn’t know about. For instance, it has been able to identify vehicles with loading rates below 30 percent so that it can consolidate packages and deliveries, saving Kerry EAS Logistics' three percent of its logistics costs.

Xu Yichen, director of information technology at Kerry EAS Logistics Logistics Co., Ltd. said, "Digital transformation is not a simple process, but top-down, inside and outside, interconnected and affects all aspects of corporate transformation. Working together, Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse and Kerry EAS Logistics have been able to unlock the hidden power of data and discover the underlying logic behind the business. This has saved Kerry EAS Logistics 3 percent of its logistics costs in just two months. It has also significantly improved financial business settlement rates and made its decision-making more efficient."

"Using data to tell the story of the business, and using data to create value, this is what Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is doing," said Wu Chengyang, vice president of Oracle and general manager of China Cloud Platform. “Bringing such levels of decision support to enterprises, helps them reduce costs, increase efficiency, and drive business innovations.

“With the rising cost of production factors and the gradual shrinking of profit margins based on scale, reducing cost and increasing efficiency has become the business goal pursued by logistics companies. Through Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse, logistics companies can open up the data of various logistics links such as warehousing, transportation, supply chain, and customer needs, and build a business data platform to achieve multi-dimensional analysis of customer acquisition, logistics efficiency, logistics operation costs, and transaction costs. Business people and managers can get started with data exploration and use data to promote business innovation and refined management of the enterprise,” concluded Wu.

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