{"id":41821,"date":"2025-05-27T19:32:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/?post_type=case-study&p=41821"},"modified":"2025-05-27T19:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T19:36:53","slug":"scan-global-logistics","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/case-study\/scan-global-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Scan Global Logistics Drives Global Financial Compliance with Trintech’s Adra Suite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scan Global Logistics Drives Global Financial Compliance with Trintech’s Adra Suite<\/h1>\n

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Over the past five years, Scan Global Logistics has experienced rapid global expansion, acquiring or launching operations across dozens of countries. This growth presented a major challenge: \u201cAll these entities have different systems, different processes, different reconciliations\u2014if any,\u201d said Anne Line Bendsen, Head of Group Financial Compliance at Scan Global Logistics. The need for consistent processes and greater visibility at the group level demands the need for a unified f inancial compliance solution to enhance overall efficiency and ensure adherence to best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Challenge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Prior to implementing Trintech\u2019s Adra Suite, reconciliations were handled manually, often in Excel. This created control gaps and inefficiencies. \u201cEven though you can do reconciliations in Excel, for me, it doesn\u2019t provide the same quality,\u201d Bendsen explained. \u201cYou can\u2019t track if someone actually reviewed or approved it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, time zone differences and inconsistent documentation practices meant that group-level insights were delayed or unavailable. \u201cWe had to wait for people in North America or Asia to wake up to request documentation and understand their balances,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The Solution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although Trintech\u2019s Adra Suite had initially been selected for use in one region before Bendsen joined, she made the strategic decision to expand it globally. \u201cWe investigated which other systems were in the market,\u201d she shared. \u201cBut because we were already utilizing some of Adra\u2019s functions, and it was user-friendly, it made the decision easier.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simplicity and flexibility were critical. \u201cWe operate in many countries around the world. We needed a system in English that was fairly simple for everyone to understand,\u201d said Bendsen. \u201cThe fact that we could use our own descriptions and make our own template instead of fitting into others\u2019 templates was important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Implementation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The organization took a phased approach to implementation, onboarding one finance team at a time. \u201cSome finance teams managed multiple entities, but we allocated about four months per entity to ensure we could support setup, training, and process optimization,\u201d Bendsen said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rollout ultimately took about a year to complete across 100 entities. After initial deployment, the team refined their template\u2014what they now call \u201cversion 2.0\u201d\u2014based on lessons learned. \u201cWe reduced the number of group accounts, changed frequencies and built a better structure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adoption and Change Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Change management was top of mind. \u201cWe had four months of meetings with each entity to make sure they were aligned,\u201d Bendsen said. While changes often require an adaptation phase, and some users, especially those who favored Excel, found it a little difficult to adjust, overall adoption improved quickly. \u201cI don\u2019t have objections anymore,\u201d she noted. \u201cThe reconciliation process has gotten faster. We just pushed a few deadlines forward with success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Results and Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The biggest impact has been increased visibility and control. \u201cOur biggest benefit is that all required documentation is within the solution, in a simple structure, making it easier to test controls globally,\u201d she said. \u201cIt will give us additional comfort in front of our audit team.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The centralized structure has enabled meaningful group-wide insights and accountability. \u201cEveryone reports into the same reporting tool. Even though we have different ERPs, we mapped them all to align with Adra and their monthly reporting,\u201d Bendsen noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although time savings are hard to quantify, she emphasized the quality improvements. \u201cIt helps increase our quality and gives us global controls and a global process,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Advice to Peers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For others considering financial process automation, Bendsen offered clear advice: \u201cKeep it simple, but be quite strict about the structure. Everyone in finance says, \u2018But we do it this way in our country.\u2019 If you cover 50+ countries, you can\u2019t tailor to everyone\u2019s needs.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added, \u201cUse some time to tailor the frequency and how to follow up\u2014especially within Adra Task Manager if you want controls. You need rules to identify what you want from a group point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking Ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The team is continuing to optimize Adra Task Manager for better documentation of local controls. \u201cRight now, we have the balance sheet reconciliations as a global control. But we want to be able to ensure that the global controls are documented in a standardized way,\u201d Bendsen explained.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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