Best-in-class lubricant procurement for liners
Increase the degree of automation and mitigate key risks in the procurement of marine lubricants.
Upgrade your procurement
In liner operations, it is key to mitigate the risk of operational downtime and to continuously ensure fleet performance and reliability. Closelink addresses these pain points by offering automation, reliability, and compliance solutions tailored to the unique demands of liner operations.
Automation
Reduce manual tasks and errors, allowing your team to focus on strategic decisions and on improving overall productivity.
Reliability
Manage ordering efficiently, addressing needs before they turn into issues to avoid costly disruptions.
Compliance
Maintain consistent operations, cost control and process transparency throughout all workflows.
Maximizing performance
Real-time tracking of individual vessel schedules with automated alerts about upcoming key port calls
Automatically estimated prices and costs by port and product
Better port hint based on vessel schedules and existing contracts
Integration with supplier’s operating systems to receive immediate quotes and order acknowledgements
Minimizing risks
Integrated noon reporting combined with vessel specific tank information incl. max capacities and safety reserve limits
Automatically tracked, cleaned and qualified lube oil consumption curve per product
Vessel reach calculation by days left sailing per product
Warnings for upcoming vessel demand or supply opportunities
Ensuring process integrity
Vessel lube oil chart for immediate requisition verification during the entire ordering process
Configurable approval process with pre-defined approver limits on company or even vessel basis
Assignable user roles with clearly defined access permissions incl. active buyers and passive viewers
Auditable order-linked supplier communication feature with order change logbook
Designed for marine lubricants
Closelink is the easiest way to a resilient procurement strategy that generates tangible cost savings.
Vessel schedule
Quickly view vessel schedules, track days left sailing by product category, and compare color-coded port prices to identify the best lifting option.
Demand overview
Aggregated view to monitor your fleet’s upcoming demand and vessel’s individual reach to guarantee smooth operations at any time.
Live-chat
Chat with your supplier in real-time, directly on the platform, with context-based insights at your fingertips.
Approval process
Mirror your internal approval process and set pre-defined approvers with individual approval limits.
Calculated average consumption
Automated, 90-days rolling consumption curve per product based on cleaned and qualified ROB reportings to better predict future demand.
Power up your operations
Discover how seamless data exchange maximizes your performance.
Get started with Closelink
Benefit from Closelink platform in less than 2 weeks.
Set up your account
Get started by adding your team members and vessels. Assign a default supplier per vessel and mirror your existing approval process in Closelink, if required.
Place your first order
Connect with your contractual suppliers or access Closelink’s spot market with over 100 registered suppliers to manage your emergency requisitions.
Integrate ROBs and schedules
Automatically transfer your daily noon reports into Closelink and integrate your vessel schedule to enable proactive planning and inventory management.
Integrate your ordering system
Connect Closelink with your ordering system to enable a seamless enquiry and order process and to initiate automated workflows.
Stay ahead with Closelink
Discover how liner companies increase the degree of automation and mitigate key risks.
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Ensuring Uninterrupted Supplies with One of Closelink's Key Features
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Mitigate the risk of operational downtime and ensure fleet reliability
