At a glance
A family-founded transport business that grew into a major logistics and distribution group, running 24/7 across multiple sites and fleets.
Engagement: multi-year partnership across strategy, infrastructure, automation, data and AI. Platforms: Google Cloud and Microsoft.
The challenge
As the business scaled, its technology didn’t.
- Manual, labour-intensive finance and payroll
- Disconnected systems and siloed data
- Little visibility across fleet, finance and performance
- Security gaps blocking cyber insurance
- No digital roadmap tied to growth
What we delivered
Business first, then technology.
- A digital and AI roadmapBoard-ready and multi-year, built with QLOAD®
- Secure infrastructureModernised across every site, alongside 24/7 operations
- Finance automationAccounts payable and payroll, delivered MVP-first
- Cloud data platformA single warehouse with dashboards for leaders
- AI readinessData sources, gaps and top AI opportunities mapped
- A governed AI sandboxExplore AI safely, away from live systems
- Managed supportAgreed service levels and monthly reporting
AI innovation, on the client’s own terms
The executive team has been onboarded and is already seeing productivity gains, with a governed foundation to grow them across the organisation.
- Isolated and ringfencedDisconnected from production systems, so teams can experiment without operational risk.
- Secure by designRole-based access, encryption and authentication, with all processing kept inside the client’s own network.
- Governed and responsibleA co-developed AI use policy, operating procedures and a risk framework covering bias, hallucination and the knowledge base.
- Adopted, not just installedPrompt-engineering training, user guides and workshops that turned the capability into everyday practice.
I engage with Quanton more than any other stakeholder, even our banks.
Finance Manager, New Zealand logistics and distribution group
The partnership keeps growing, with driver-management KPIs and further AI-driven insights now building on the foundation.
