Air Cargo Community Systems aiding industry goals
16 / 02 / 2024
Amar More, chief executive, Kale Logistics Solutions. Photo: Kale Logistics Solutions/ Meantime Communications
Air Cargo Community Systems (ACCS) are driving profitability and sustainability and accelerating digital take up in the industry, according to one software company.
The industry is seeing these benefits because ACCS are supporting stakeholders from across the supply chain to work more closely together, according to Amar More, chief executive, Kale Logistics Solutions.
Airport congestion and operational inefficiencies resulting in high cargo dwell time, tonnes of paper waste and increasing labour costs, can be alleviated through the implementation of a common digital platform, More told delegates during a panel session at the Air Cargo India conference in Mumbai, India.
“Air Cargo Community systems act as an ‘Air Cargo Single Window’, that facilitates ease of business and global trade by eliminating duplication of data entry, reducing unnecessary paperwork, tackling airport congestion issues, and bringing shipment visibility to all stakeholders,” More said as part of the panel discussion focused on how digitalisation is increasingly becoming inevitable for air cargo operations.
“Delivering end-to-end collaboration through a single platform is imperative to ensuring our industry fully embraces digitalisation, as it is essential for facilitating better coordination, resource optimisation, and rapid information exchange between all parties involved.”
“The true benefits of digitalisation emerge only when an entire ecosystem embraces it – partial adoption falls short,” said More.
“Operational efficiency driven by faster processing and the ability to provide real-time visibility and accurate tracking are all perks now expected by customers, making adopting digital solutions a necessity to compete in our industry.”
More was joined on the panel by Ashok Rajan from IBS Software, Moritz Claussen from cargo.one, Prithviraj Chug from Group Concorde, Ashwin Bhat from Lufthansa Cargo, Leonard Rodrigues from Etihad Cargo and Michel Pozas Lucic from Maersk.
