Nusantara Steelworks is a large Indonesian steel manufacturer operating three production facilities across Java and Sumatra. Serving the construction, automotive and heavy-equipment sectors, the company produces over 1 million tonnes of rolled steel annually for domestic and export markets.

As Nusantara Steelworks expanded into new regional projects, its procurement team struggled with:

• Volatile iron-ore and scrap prices
• A fragmented network of over 120 raw-material suppliers
• Manual, email-based sourcing processes that stretched cycle times and introduced errors

Before Zinit, launching a single RFP required:

1. Collecting and consolidating bids in spreadsheets
2. Manually evaluating offers against multiple criteria (price, quality, delivery)
3. Lengthy back-and-forth with suppliers to clarify terms

This led to an average procurement cycle of 42 days, high administrative overhead and frequent last-minute cost overruns.