Its all systems go for Transnet’s Order to Cash system that goes live on Monday August 7.
According to Mohammed Abdool, Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) chief financial officer and executive sponsor of the Order to Cash initiative, the current PortsOnline system will no longer be available from Friday August 4 when it is officially switched off at 3pm.
This will allow the port authority the necessary time for the transition to the new Order to Cash platform that goes live at 8am on Monday.
“Already 97% of existing PortsOnline customers have been successfully registered on the new system,” Abdool told FTW.
“Overall, registered customers are sitting at 69% whilst unregistered customers are at 26% with 5% who have submitted incomplete packs. Seven terminal operators have also been registered.”
He said the development of the new system had been completed way in advance of the go-live, date allowing for rigorous testing to ensure that it was secure and could handle the expected high traffic volumes.
“We have also embarked on extensive roadshows around the country to ensure customers understand the new platfarm and are able to transact on it.”
New port platform to go live on Monday He said customers paying cash for transactions were advised to submit their registration packs as quickly as possible because there would be no manual capturing of cargo dues when Order to Cash went live.
Abdool said they believed the new system would ultimately reduce the cost of doing business with TNPA.
“This new platform effectively creates a single view of our port system, making transacting more effective and efficient,” he said.
“It allows our customers 24-hour access to the ports and empowers them to use a self-service facility with limited administration dependency on TNPA.”
He said users would be able to access electronic invoices and statements and maintain and review their credit limits across all the ports 24 hours a day.
At the same time it allowed TNPA the ability to intelligently collect real time information for better integrated planning, monitoring of processes and reporting throughout the value chain.
