How ECS Group / QUITO delivered its AI roadmap in three weeks, picked over a Big 4

"Catalia delivered in three weeks what we expected over three months from a Big 4. With more field truth in the room."

Executive Committee, ECS Group

The AI roadmap a group chose over a Big 4

When the CEO of ECS Group set out to define his AI roadmap, the question was not whether to consult experts. It was: who can actually understand a 160-subsidiary air-freight consortium, work through its operational heterogeneity, and deliver something the executive committee can act on, within weeks?

A Big 4 proposed three months. Catalia proposed three weeks. The bet was not just speed. It was that the heterogeneity itself, perceived as a block, would become an AI asset if structured right.

20+ international interviews, 50 pages delivered to the executive committee, and a Top 3 of use cases launched immediately. The audit landed on the right side of the line that separates a report you read once from a roadmap you start executing.

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