Next-generation air cargo management solutions are emerging as a true path to supply chain integration. With integrated shipment data access and storage, Cargo2000 and e-freight support, standardized workflow concepts, and seamless interfaces, these solutions are showing potential for transforming the very way that air cargo does its business. Looking at examples of digitization from other industries we will chart a course for air cargo digitization, explain why it is an imperative, and investigate how digitization will allow us to re-imagine air cargo possibilities.

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Technology Strategies in Air Cargo
Imagining the Air Cargo Experience of the Future

2. 2
Air Cargo Industry Environment
Slow growth Market erosion Margin pressures Rising customer
expectations
Pressure from
regulations

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Industry Response

4. 4
Rise of the Online Retail Platforms
Experience that is simple, convenient, reliable, on demand
LaaS – Logistics as a Service
Service provider delivers super specialization
Logistics Marketplace
Alibaba invests in
SingPost, acquires
South China post .
Partners with UPS /
Deliv Inc
Amazon is a
NVOCC. Will lease
25 freighters from
Atlas Air. Offers
Primenow
FMC
licensed
Freight
Forwarder
Partners with UPS,
PayPal, FedEx and
others
Swiss POST, DHLDP,
FedEx launch
e-commerce
platforms

5. 5
• Respond quickly to changes in the market
• Drive cost competiveness through efficiency & scalability
• Deliver transparency around price & delivery times
• Monitor service to ensure reliability
• Integrate seamlessly
LaaS Providers Innovate
“We work with a network of best-in-class customs brokers, delivery
agents, carriers, and a number of partners to get the package to the
buyer cost-effectively and with a high degree of reliability”
eBay & Pitney Bowes

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Enabling Logistics as a Service – Proposed Architecture
Channel
Integration
Efficiency
Service
Guarantee
Upfront
cost
Responsive
Tasks &
Workflow
Rules
Engine
Services
Hybrid
Data
models
Multi
Channel
Mobile
apps
Cloud
Architecture
Outcomes
IoT Enablers

7. 7
Guided Experiences with Logistics as a Service (LaaS)

8. 8
Air Cargo as a Disruptor

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