Modernising a legacy costing engine

Turning a 10-year-old costing engine into a fast, scalable revenue and cost calculation solution

A leading Australian courier company faced major operational challenges due to a decade-old, highly complex revenue and cost calculation system. Managing shipments worldwide with multiple transport providers meant that cost calculations were slow, required manual updates, and depended heavily on a few specialists.

Turning a 10-year-old costing engine into a fast, scalable revenue and cost calculation solution

Solution highlights

Simplified architecture

Simplified architecture

The original system with over 50,000 lines of T-SQL code was restructured into a lean, efficient engine of approximately 200 lines, drastically reducing complexity and improving maintainability.

High-performance processing

High-performance processing

Processing time was reduced from over 7 hours to just 30 minutes, enabling faster decision-making and operational efficiency.

Scalable costing engine

Scalable costing engine

Multiple transport providers, Multi-leg shipment calculations, Dynamic rate card configurations and Easy integration of new routes and pricing models

Automation and flexibility

Automation and flexibility

Manual interventions were minimized by automating:

Improved agility in provider and pricing changes

Improved agility in provider and pricing changes

To enable faster response to changing business needs, the solution was designed with flexibility and adaptability at its core.

Scalable foundation for future business expansion.

Scalable foundation for future business expansion.

The solution was built with scalability at its core, ensuring the platform can seamlessly support future growth, increased data volumes, and expanding business operations without requiring major rework.

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