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Materials Management

Pentagon offers Insight, a specialist, customisable, Materials Management system.
Insight enables a fully transparent flow of information from purchase order through to shipment and final delivery. The comprehensive reporting module includes analytics dashboards allowing you to spot actionable trends, in addition to tracking your freight.

BENEFITS

The Key Benefits of Materials Management

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Visibility

Insight provides our clients with unrivalled levels of visibility and data analytics. Our propriety system was designed in-house in direct response to our clients’ needs.

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Reporting

Pentagon’s extensive reporting module allows our clients to access unlimited amounts of data and offers exceptional data analytics.

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Modular Design

The modular design of Insight allows clients’ to enjoy varying levels of access and data. From basic shipment information through to the full ERP integration and two-way system messaging.

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Main features of Materials Management

Insight, our proprietary system, is the backbone of our Materials Management solutions, featuring:

  • Electronic management and visibility of all aspects of freight movement, from purchase order through to end-user deliver
  • Modular design means customers can choose the level of ERP integration best suited to their needs
  • Comprehensive functions that include Warehouse Management, Customer Portal and Business-to-Business Integration
  • Extensive reporting capabilities
  • Shipment documentation generation for Commercial Invoices, Packing Lists and document storage – giving you records on hand at any time.

Case study

Case Study

Material Management

Pentagon’s “Insight” materials management tool provides visibility to a top tier oil and gas company allowing them to expose inefficiency and adjust their logistics patterns to significantly reduce costs.

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Insights

Latest News

27 Jul 2026

Middle East Supply Chain Update (23-Jul)

To:                       All Pentagon Clients From:                  Middle East & India Management Team Date:                   23 July 2026 Subject:               Global Customer Advisory – Middle East Supply Chain Impact: Gateway Status & Operational Guidance Dear Valued Customer, Following our previous communications, we are providing a further update on global air and ocean supply chains linked to the Middle East. Subject update focuses […]

21 May 2026

Supply Chain Disruptions Following Closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Regional Airspace (21-May)

Dear Valued Customer, Following our previous communications, we are providing a further update on the geopolitical situation in the Middle East and its continued impact on global air and ocean supply chains. The overall situation remains fragile and security-driven. While air freight is showing gradual recovery, the ocean environment continues to face elevated risk exposure […]

5 May 2026

Supply Chain Disruptions Following Closure of the Strait of Hormuz and Regional Airspace (04-May)

Dear Valued Customer, Following our previous advisories, we are providing an updated and consolidated view of the ongoing geopolitical situation in the Middle East and its continued impact on global air and ocean supply chains. While a ceasefire remains in place, it is fragile and subject to change at short notice. A second round of […]

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