PORTS AMERICA SELECTS GEP AI-DRIVEN SOFTWARE TO TRANSFORM PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS

Leading U.S. marine terminal operator deploys GEP's AI-driven procurement platform to bring spend intelligence and control across a complex, nationwide operation

CLARK, N.J., Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- GEP, a leading provider of AI-driven procurement and supply chain software and services to Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises worldwide, announced today that Ports America, the leading U.S. marine terminal operator and stevedore, has selected GEP AI-driven procurement software for spend analysis to establish enterprise-wide spend visibility and build the foundation for a more data-driven procurement function.

Ports America operates across more than 70 locations and 33 ports in the United States and handles approximately 19 million TEUs annually. The company sought to address the challenge of limited visibility into enterprise spend across its geographically distributed operations. Prior to selecting GEP, procurement data at Ports America was fragmented across multiple sources, including non-PO invoices, P-Card transactions and travel and expense systems, limiting opportunities to increase spend under management and making it difficult to identify potential savings, consolidation and sourcing opportunities.

By deploying GEP AI-driven procurement software for spend analysis, Ports America will establish a unified spend intelligence foundation integrated with its disparate data sources, enabling procurement and operational leaders to gain visibility across all major spend categories. With GEP's AI-driven procurement software, Ports America will establish a scalable platform to support its future growth to:

• Identify and quantify savings opportunities across its total spend
• Bring greater transparency and control to a complex, nationwide operating environment
• Enable strategic sourcing and supplier negotiations supported by reliable data
• Uncover pricing inconsistencies
• Equip site and production leaders with actionable insights to support better business decisions

GEP SOFTWARE encompasses GEP SMART^™, the world's best procurement software, and GEP NEXXE^™, the next-generation cloud-native supply chain unified platform, and GEP GREEN^™ to measure and advance sustainability. GEP SOFTWARE is powered by GEP Qi, the industry's leading Agentic AI-native platform. It enables clients to drive optimum efficiency, agility, visibility and actionable intelligence into all procurement, purchasing and supply chain functions while eliminating burdensome infrastructure and support costs to achieve maximum ROI.

About GEP SOFTWARE
GEP SOFTWARE™ provides award-winning digital procurement and supply chain platforms that help global enterprises become more agile, resilient, competitive and profitable. With beautifully rendered interfaces and flexible workflows, GEP® provides users fresh, intuitive digital workspaces that yield extraordinary levels of user adoption and meaningful gains in team and personal productivity. GEP products capitalize on machine learning and cognitive computing, advanced data, semantic technologies, IoT, mobile and cloud technologies, and are designed to incorporate continual innovations in technology. GEP's software integrates quickly and easily with third-party and legacy systems, such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and all other major ERP and F&A software. And with superb support and service, GEP is an industry leader in customer satisfaction and loyalty. A leader in multiple Gartner Magic Quadrants, GEP's cloud-native software and digital business platforms consistently win awards and recognition from industry analysts, research firms and media outlets, including Gartner, Forrester, IDC, Procurement Leaders and Spend Matters. GEP SOFTWARE is part of Clark, NJ-based GEP — the world's leading provider of procurement and supply chain strategy, software and managed services. To learn more, visit www.gepsoftware.com.

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