Африканская морская компания AMSOL внедряет единую платформу искусственного интеллекта для управления закупками

African Marine Solutions (AMSOL) has selected Zycus to bring sourcing, contracting, supplier management and payments onto a single agentic artificial intelligence (AI) platform, supporting procurement operations across corporate offices and vessels operating throughout Southern Africa. AMSOL Moves Source-To-Pay Procurement onto Single Platform Cape Town-headquartered AMSOL is implementing Zycus technology as part of a programme to modernise procurement across its marine services operations. AMSOL provides services including vessel management, towage, marine emergency response, bunkering, offshore terminal management, and offshore supply and support to customers across the energy, ports, mining and maritime sectors. The company will move procurement activities away from email and disconnected systems onto a single operating platform covering the source-to-pay process. The system will support finance and category teams working ashore as well as seafarers raising procurement requests from vessels. AI Procurement Connects Shore and Vessel Operations AMSOL plans to provide employees with an AI-guided system for raising and tracking procurement requests, including from vessels operating in low-connectivity environments. Sourcing, contracting and supplier management will also move onto the platform, with AI supporting contract reviews and obligation tracking. Agentic AI will be used to categorise spend, identify potential savings opportunities and benchmark procurement performance without requiring manual analysis. AMSOL also plans to use autonomous negotiation agents to engage suppliers and secure value on tactical spend with limited manual intervention. Aatish Dedhia, Founder and CEO of Zycus, said: “Maritime and logistics businesses run on the reliability of what sits behind their operations, and procurement is central to that reliability. “AMSOL is reimagining how a growing African marine services enterprise buys, contracts, and works with suppliers, and doing it on an agentic foundation from day one. We are proud to support a team that is bringing modern, AI-led procurement to one of the most demanding, high-risk operating environments there is.” Supplier Management and Governance Move Online The transformation will also replace paper-based supplier onboarding with a self-service portal incorporating compliance and governance checks. The changes are intended to increase data visibility and establish more structured procurement processes across AMSOL’s operations. Kenneth Molomo, Chief Information Officer at AMSOL, said: “This marks an important step in AMSOL’s procurement transformation journey as we move towards a more integrated and structured operating model. Our focus is on establishing a platform that supports both our shore-based teams and our vessel operations, while improving data visibility, governance, and decision-making over time. “The Zycus platform provides the foundation to enable this transformation in a phased and controlled manner.” Phased Procurement Roll-Out Begins The deployment is being delivered with Zycus’s regional implementation team, with design workshops already underway. AMSOL plans a phased roll-out across its business units, with the programme representing one of the first enterprise source-to-pay transformations for a South African marine services company. The implementation will bring procurement processes spanning sourcing, supplier management, contracting and payments onto the same technology platform as AMSOL seeks to establish a more integrated operating model across its shore-based and maritime operations. This article was produced by the editorial team at Africa Outlook and published as part of the Outlook Publishing global network of B2B industry magazines. Outlook Publishing delivers industry insights, company stories, and sector coverage across manufacturing, mining, construction, healthcare, supply chains, food production, and sustainability. Africa Outlook provides ongoing coverage of organisations and developments shaping industries across Africa.