Terminal Two Expansion

Overview

When airport deadlines meet three-country logistics

Airport terminal construction leaves zero margin for supply chain gaps, especially when coordinating the delivery of two independent packages at the same time - facade renovation of the existing terminal building and newbuild of the early baggage storage system facility. This project coordinated facade components across China fabrication, Malaysia assembly, and Singapore installation—three countries, multiple handoffs, and fixed deadlines that couldn't slip. Discover how visual control transformed a high-stakes international logistics challenge into seamless just-in-time delivery.

Challenge

Three countries, zero buffer, fixed deadline

With the terminal scheduled to open ahead of plan to meet Singapore's travel recovery needs, every week mattered. Just-in-time delivery across three countries—China fabrication, Malaysia assembly, and Singapore installation—left no room for coordination gaps that could cascade into delays, forcing premium expedited shipping or threatening the accelerated opening schedule.

Coordination blind spots across 18 work fronts

With work distributed across multiple building zones, elevation faces, and construction phases, teams couldn't identify which specific sections were blocking progress at each stage. By the time someone spotted a delay, the options were expensive: rush shipping or idle crews.

Version chaos across international teams

Traditional coordination methods across three countries risked creating version control chaos—teams updating separate spreadsheets would only surface discrepancies in weekly calls after shipments were committed, requiring expensive expediting or schedule adjustments with no time buffer for recovery.

Solution

Clear ownership at every border crossing

Each country team owned their handoff checkpoint—fabrication complete, dispatch confirmed, delivery received, installation done—so components never disappeared between borders without someone accountable for the update.

Pinpoint bottlenecks before they reach the ship

Logistics teams could pull up any building phase, zone, or elevation face to see exactly which sections were ready for shipment versus still waiting on fabrication. No calls to several parties required as with traditional methods.

Same status, Shanghai to Singapore, instantly

Real-time status updates replaced time-zone-delayed email chains and spreadsheet consolidation, giving all stakeholders instant visibility into which components were where in the supply chain without coordination calls.

Results

Terminal opened ahead of schedule

Perfect just-in-time delivery across the three-country supply chain supported the terminal's ahead-of-schedule completion, meeting Singapore's travel recovery capacity needs without delays or premium expedited freight that typically adds multifold cost to international shipping.

Bottlenecks caught in factory, not on the runway

Section-based visibility enabled logistics teams to spot fabrication delays early and adjust shipping schedules proactively, preventing bottlenecks from reaching the installation site and avoiding crew idle time or schedule compression.

Invoices approved without the reconciliation dance

Progress visibility eliminated manual consolidation delays across time zones, accelerating payment cycles and improving cash flow throughout the three-country supply chain without report preparation and revision rounds.

Summary

Three borders, zero delays, early opening

Three countries, 18 work fronts, ahead-of-schedule completion. Visual control gave every team—from China fabricators to Singapore installers—the same real-time view of component status, transforming a complex international supply chain into reliable just-in-time delivery that supported Singapore's accelerated travel recovery timeline. When your projects span borders and early completion matters, this is how you keep everything moving.