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HALA picks Kale

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Hala Supply Chain Services has embraced a next generation logistics technology platform by opting for Kale's CORVI Freight Management system to be able to better serve its customers through operational control and business visibility, whilst following industry best practices across its various locations.

Kale's Freight Management Software-CORVI offers an integrated Web-based enterprise application to global forwarders. The system will act as a single window solution for all the business automation requirements at Hala SCS, covering clearing and forwarding operations, sales and CRM and accelerated business intelligence: it will interface with its back end Financial Management ERP. CORVI also offers an Arabic interface for Hala.

Hala SCS is a rapidly growing logistics service provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and is serving a wide range of clientele, from the warehousing, transportation, forwarding and clearing sectors. Possessing an ever-expanding business portfolio, for its extensive logistics services it required smart and scalable software to match its growth plans. Hala actually evaluated several solutions before settling upon Kale's CORVI system. Kale's deep technological domain expertise and its many successful installations in the Gulf region were key reasons for the final choice.

Pieter Spaarwater, CEO Hala Supply Chain Services, said: "For Hala SCS, customer service is of paramount importance and we required a technology partner who could help us attain just that. CORVI is a single window system that meets all our crucial business requirements. Our customers will be connected through a Web portal to engage for bookings, documents approval and status updates, giving them and us complete visibility of shipments. The Arabic interface in the solution is a bonus, as it allows us to utilise certain critical reports."
Vineet Malhotra, SVP Kale Logistics Solutions, added: "CORVI's integrated operations modules, BI tool and interface to financial system provide Hala SCS a unique edge in business, which is not readily available for logistics and forwarding businesses worldwide. CORVI is a proven system for forwarders' operations that incorporates global best practices and enables a quick return on investment. We are happy to welcome HALA group to the growing CORVI family worldwide."

CORVI is a Web-based application that can be hosted centrally and accessed with a simple Internet connection. Apart from streamlining the business process of a freight forwarder, it also helps deliver on changing customer expectation. The functionality-rich CORVI application caters to business needs, all the way from order to cash. It includes sales and CRM, a multi-modal transport operation, documentation, billing and configurable pro-active alerts; it also permits provides real-time shipment visibility to operational users.


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