Sappi Southern Africa benefits from partnership with K+N

Sappi Southern Africa, a subsidiary of Sappi Limited, the world’s largest manufacturer of dissolving wood pulp (DWP), has chosen Kuehne + Nagel as its preferred partner for seafreight order management.

Kuehne Nagel’s approach to Sappi’s complex logistics operations is a fully integrated solution to coordinate and automate tasks that so far have been executed manually, offering a reliable coordination between orders and shipment execution. The solution is based on the implementation of an electronic data interchange system (EDI) enabling seamless information exchange between Sappi, Kuehne Nagel and the shipping lines. The solution spans from order integration and management through automated reporting including real-time exception to full end-to-end visibility and business process automation. For the next three years Kuehne Nagel will manage 80,000 TEU equivalents per year with manual data capturing being eliminated and 18.000 EDI handled per month.