Corus cuts through international trade reporting requirements with Kewill

10 October 2007

Corus International, the global supply chain service business focused around steel, is implementing a solution from Kewill, a leading provider of global trade management solutions for the dynamic supply network. The solution will manage the administration and compliance associated with moving goods across international borders and will speed up the processes involved in getting products to market and reduce costs.

Corus International will be using solutions from the Kewill Customs Exchange portfolio including the leading export documentation solution, Kewill SPEX, and its associated Customs reporting modules. This will ensure Corus acts in accordance with local export government shipping controls and addresses requirements for each market they are exporting to.

Corus chose Kewill because the solution offered a number of key business benefits including a reduction in the administration associated with completing documentation and a cut in costs associated with checking compliance against the fluid legal requirements of individual countries, which include the UK, USA and UAE.

Graham Royle, Information Systems Manager for Corus International, said, “As a business, Corus International has extremely ambitious growth plans. An internal review concluded that a number of our legacy business systems had reached end-of-life and no longer fully supported the future requirements of the businesses.  They had therefore become a barrier to achieving our strategic goals”.

“We needed a modern world class flexible export documentation system that would integrate with our new ERP system and allow us to leverage enterprise wide dynamic information for greater efficiency and competitive advantage. We also wanted to work with a partner with large systems deployment expertise, international reach and a comprehensive knowledge of complex trading applications”.

Jacquie Boast, Chief Marketing Officer and COO Kewill Business Integration commented, “Many of our customers have experienced increasing workloads connected to security, political and environmental factors and these were pushing up costs for Corus. Our solutions enable companies such as Corus, whose business is dependent on global trade, to address their reporting obligations, reduce the risk of falling foul of often complicated legislation whilst simultaneously cutting the time goods are in the supply chain.”

About Corus International
Corus International is a global supply chain service business, focused around steel, which specialises in putting together product and service packages to customers, major contractors, engineers and end users throughout the world. Its sales volumes currently total nearly eight million tonnes per annum through 71 market offices spread across 48 countries.

Corus International is a key route to market for Corus products, sourcing raw material and finished steel when required and developing the Corus brand globally. Corus International’s business model focuses on three areas: Corus mill sales which represents Corus mills in the market and is focused on delivering maximum value for Corus and providing a seamless service to customers, Projects which specialises in servicing infrastructure, construction and oil and gas and related sectors worldwide and Trading which focuses on buying and selling high volume commercial grade products to service centers, re-rollers and large end users across the world.

About Kewill
Kewill Systems Plc is a leading provider of global solutions for the dynamic supply network. The dynamic supply network enables enhanced responsiveness to customers through flexible connectivity between partners and systems, providing improved visibility and effective compliance, bridging the gap from a traditional rigid supply chain.

With over 35 years experience in the supply chain space, Kewill is a long-time innovator of software focusing on business integration, order management, transportation management, international trade logistics, service logistics and visibility solutions for global trading communities.

Kewill has implemented over 40,000 systems worldwide and our global customer base which entrusts us with the management of their supply networks includes Allianz, A.N. Deringer, Atlantic Forwarding, Baltrans Logistics, BHS, DHL, DSV, FedEx, Frans Maas, General Electric, General Motors, Glasgow City Council, JD Williams, Littlewoods, Mazda, Mitsubishi, MMA, Nintendo, Nisa Today’s, Legal & General, Panalpina, Philips, Pratt & Whitney, Sainsbury’s, Texas Instruments, TNT,  Towergate Insurance, UPS.

For further information please contact:
Chris Quinn
Fieldworks Marketing
Tel. (UK) +44 (0)1435 873080
chrisq@fieldworksmarketing.co.uk