CHAMP Cargosystems teams up with Deloitte

CHAMP Cargosystems has signed an agreement with professional services provider Deloitte to create a long-term, strategic business relationship focused on air cargo.

Signatures were added to the deal at a ceremony in Hong Kong during this week’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS).

Deloitte, which offers audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax and related services to public and private clients, currently serves more than 100 airlines worldwide, including 100% of the top 20 airlines by revenue.

IT solutions provider CHAMP, meanwhile, is described as being ‘dedicated to air cargo’, with some of its technologies being amongst the most widely used systems in the industry.

Its product portfolio covers core freight management systems, messaging services and eCargo solutions.

A statement from CHAMP said that it and Deloitte bring “complementary strengths to the relationship” and that the parties “view the collaboration as an ideal way of addressing some of the industry’s strategic challenges in a far more effective way”.

The partnership is expected to focus on creating a strong return on investment (ROI) in the formulation of business cases and ensuring that solutions “deliver the necessary process improvements and benefits realisation”.

David De Grandpré, a global mobility leader at Deloitte, commented: “Our collaboration with CHAMP is a key strategic relationship that allows us to leverage some of the air cargo industry’s leading minds, and better serve our large airline customer base.

“We selected CHAMP because of their continuous dedication to pioneering state-of-the-art air cargo software solutions, and we know that our clients will be impressed with their offerings.”

CHAMP chief executive Chris McDermott added: “We have been greatly impressed with Deloitte’s knowledge and expertise and view this as a strategic relationship that breaks new ground in the air cargo industry.

“It is built on a shared commitment to innovative approaches that will deliver business benefits and excellence to our customers.”

Just yesterday (11 March), CHAMP announced that it and Swissport had agreed a deal that will see the global handler become a launch customer of CHAMP’s next-generation cargo management solution, Cargospot-neo.