How PIL and Evalua are Boosting Efficiency in Procurement

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has partnered with Ivalua and adopted its Source-to-Contract (S2C) solution to enhance the digitalisation and future-readiness of its procurement function, with Deloitte appointed as the strategic implementation partner.

Founded in Singapore in 1967, PIL is Southeast Asia’s largest home-grown carrier, operating around 100 container vessels with a combined capacity exceeding 400,000 TEUs.

The company provides services to customers across more than 90 countries and 500 locations, maintaining a strong presence in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Oceania.

Strategic partnership driving transformation

Through this collaboration, Ivalua will support PIL in achieving three key objectives:

• Driving automation: Integrating S2C processes with three internal systems to streamline workflows and enhance automation.

• Strengthening compliance: Standardising checklists to ensure contract adherence while improving supplier risk and performance assessment.

• Enhancing operational efficiency: Establishing a unified platform across multiple geographies to create a single source of truth for supplier and contract data, supporting smarter, data-led sourcing decisions.

PIL selected Ivalua’s Source-to-Contract platform for its strength in supplier relationship and performance management (SRPM), as well as its comprehensive sourcing and contract management capabilities.

Embedding sustainability across operations

The partnership also reinforces PIL’s sustainability commitment, embedding environmental and social principles further into its culture, operations and decision-making.

In its latest sustainability report, PIL highlights progress in fleet decarbonisation through the expansion of its LNG dual-fuel vessels, enhanced emissions tracking, community programmes and stronger governance frameworks.

"Sustainability remains central to our mission," says Teo Siong Seng, Executive Chairman at PIL.

"In 2024, we introduced the first two LNG dual-fuel 14,000 TEU container vessels, Kota Eagle and Kota Emerald, which is part of our ongoing commitment to environmental responsibility. This is a testament to our fleet renewal journey and ongoing investment in a lower-carbon future.

"Our drive for sustainability is not limited to our ships. We have also adopted renewable energy sources where we can. In 2024, all electricity consumption in our headquarters and our offices in China, Chile, Ghana, Dubai and India was matched with local renewable energy certificates. This helped us to reduce our GHG footprint in these countries."

Building a future-ready procurement function

Andrew Stafford, VP APAC at Ivalua, said the company is proud to support PIL’s digital transformation. “We look forward to delivering a future-ready procurement function that drives value, resilience and agility across the organisation,” he explains.

PIL chose Ivalua for its commitment to innovation through significant R&D investment and the flexibility of its platform to meet specific business needs.

Deloitte will act as strategic implementation partner, drawing on its global experience in procurement transformation and extensive knowledge of Ivalua systems to ensure smooth deployment, embed best practices and deliver rapid value.

The Ivalua platform will integrate seamlessly with PIL’s existing enterprise systems, connect to third-party risk intelligence services and enable digital signature functionality through a specialist partner. This will create a cohesive, compliant and scalable procurement infrastructure.

"We are excited to support PIL in this critical transformation journey," adds Joseph Choo, Technology & Transformation Partner at Deloitte Singapore.

"By combining Ivalua's market-leading Source-to-Contract capabilities with Deloitte's proven expertise in procurement and supply chain transformation, we aim to accelerate value delivery, strengthen compliance and build a scalable digital, future-ready procurement function for PIL."