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South Korea: South Korea’s leading ready-mix concrete producer Eugene Concrete is exploring the possibilities artificial intelligence (AI) offers to its vertical supply chain. Singaporean construction and logistics technology specialist Pan-United says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Eugene Concrete, allowing the latter to evaluate the possibility of integrating Pan-United’s AiR scalable digital system into its existing operations. The aim is to accelerate digital transformations in areas including the replenishment of raw materials, management of customer orders and e-billing and quality control checks at batching plants. Chung Jinhak, Eugene Group CEO, said, “Through this partnership with Pan-United, we seek to digitalise our entire end-to-end operations.”

Nigeria: UK-based Entec International has secured a contract to optimise maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supply chains for Lafarge Africa. The project will involve the consolidation of 125 separate suppliers into a single supply chain, which will be managed by Entec, operating in a single currency with standardised terms. No value for the deal has been disclosed.

“This is a great step for Entec, this contract opens up a new market with huge potential for us. We are delighted to be working with LafargeHolcim, whose commitment to innovation and environmental sustainability reflects our ethos at Entec,” said Entec sales director Charlie Patterson.

Patterson expects Entec to achieve a 12% reduction in freight, clearance and handling costs for Lafarge Africa in year one of the three to five-year contract. Supply chain consolidation is predicted to cut the number of shipments by more than half and will deliver a reduction in the volume of purchase orders and invoices currencies into a single currency, replacing multiple payment terms from different suppliers into a single payment term and converting multiple air freight shipments from Europe and China into consolidated ocean freight.

Entec specialises in saving costs and reducing complexity for client companies by managing their MRO supply chains. It has managed complex supply chains for manufacturers in over 70 different shipping destinations. Entec’s client base includes customers in the food and beverage packaging industries, oil, gas production, textile processing and mining and minerals sectors.

Sri Lanka: Tokyo Cement has launched resource-planning software across its business. The software was developed by Abas and implemented by Providence Global, according to the Daily News newspaper. The software is being deployed across all of Tokyo Cement’s operations, including its cement plant at Trincomalee, its ready-mix concrete plants, and its bulk cement import terminal and biomass power generation units. The new software is intended to fully integrate supply chain management and warehouse operations.