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stay on the ground for about 85% of the Sam Gould, Head of Cargo, Ramp and brings to dnata and our customers are
total transportation time for paperwork. Baggage Services, dnata Singapore, told quite unique to the industry,” Gould said.
The efficiency and reliability of digital the publication about the deployment of When it comes to enabling
processes, where human error is reduced, SPEEDCARGO Technologies modular connectivity to other sectors that could
present great cost savings, and risk solution ‘Cargo Eye’ which has been benefit or service the industry, the
reduction for businesses and have been a working in combating among other things, founder of Airblox Edip Pektas has hit
game-changer for the industry. the classic cargo problems of ‘revenue upon a solution.
Amar More, CEO & Co-Founder leakage’ and ‘under declaration’ of cargo. “Airblox is a one-stop shop for worldwide
of Kale Logistics Solutions, told the Operational at dnata Singapore for visibility of available capacity, that can be
publication, “Cargo Community Systems, 8 months with trials on at dnata’s other bought and sold, and allows for not only
which connect the motley group of stations, ‘CargoEye’ captures accurate freight payments to be transacted but also to
stakeholders in the air cargo industry dimensions and images of incoming be financed, enabling better cash flow and
on a common platform are changing the cargo in real-time, and seamlessly risk management for all parties involved.
industry forever and for the better. These integrates data into existing warehouse It provides digital air cargo capacity
act as a true “Air Cargo Single Window” management systems. booking and payments via a standardized
system that eliminates duplication of data “Cargo Eye is an intuitive tool that electronic block space agreement (eBSA)
entry (in the air cargo value chain the improves accuracy during the cargo that provides transparency and gets rid of
same data is entered at least 6 times if not acceptance process by reducing the need red tape hence reducing cost. By creating
more), reduces unnecessary paperwork, to physically measure cargo dimensions a standard ‘buy and sell’ protocol through
addresses airport congestion issues, and calculate the volumetric weight. In digital contracts, the world of finance
enhances the security of the air cargo addition, it saves and analyzes data and understands how aviation cargo works. In
supply chain and bring the shipment is linked to our cargo handling system. It addition, the CFOs and financial decision
visibility to all stakeholders. An airport allows us to map customer behavior and makers in air cargo now can hedge their
being an anchor of such a platform will monitor trends. It provides us with highly capacity risk,” Pektas said.
transform the whole industry as the accurate data that help our customers
airport is a neutral strong player in the enhance operational efficiency and A DATA-DRIVEN CULTURE
supply chain. In Kale’s estimates, the air increase revenue. The value the system When manual processes are automated,
cargo community systems can unlock a employees can harness their skills and
value of at least over $9Bn annually and industry know-how to consider how
save around 120,000 trees a year thereby the business can be further improved.
contributing to the environment.” Further, the deployment of connected
In fact, Kale has signed up for devices has shifted the air cargo
implementation of its Airport Cargo
Community System (ACCS) with over
40 airports globally and the adoption is
growing significantly.

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