The Air Cargo industry has gained more prominence in the recent past due to the growing demand for the rapid requirement for cargo at the destination in a record short time. But the pressure of physical documentation at each level and this calls for a 360-degree process and functional transformation. As per IATA, each air cargo shipment on average carries around 30 types of documents and well over 100 copies thus resulting in significant documentation overheads, increased dwell times and supply chain opaqueness. Airport Cargo Community System (ACS) facilitates seamless movement of goods and information between all the allied stakeholders.
Airport Cargo Community System (ACS) from Kale is a United Nations award-winning single window electronic platform for all stakeholders of the air cargo value chain to interact with each other digitally thereby eliminating unnecessary documentation, delays, the opaqueness of supply chain and improving ease of doing business for the air cargo sector. It seamlessly connects Airport, Cargo Ground Handlers, Transporters, Freight Forwarders, Customs Brokers, Airlines, Importer/Exporters and Customs on a common cloud-based IT platform.
The system is targeted towards helping the supply chain participant overcome the pain areas of interaction with other partners in the supply chain.
e-Booking: Forwarder can view the airline schedules and request for bookings. Standard EDI messages can be exchanged to request booking and receive confirmation from airlines.
e-AWB: Provision to capture and amend AWB’s. FWB/FHL messages can be triggered to the airlines and handlers to give them pre-alerts. Also, it has a provision for AWB stock management.
Truck Slot & Dock Management: Provision to configure slots and docks so that trucker/ forwarders can book them to bring their cargo to the airport.
e-DO: Generate airline Deliver Order (DO) and make payments through pre-deposit accounts or payment gateways. CONSOL DO can also be released by the agents to sub-agents/consignee.
e-Manifest Filing: Convert FFM messages received from airlines to Customs format and file it with Customs. Acknowledgment received from customs can be sent back to the airlines. Helps in CONSOL Manifest (CGM) filing to Customs.
e-Payment: Forwarder can make payments through the portal using pre-defined accounts or payment gateway interfaces.
The cargo supply chain essentially generates three types of documents- Transport, Trade & Customs documents.
Read how India’s first Airport Cargo Community System has revolutionised operations at Mumbai International Airport’s Cargo hub.
MIAL is delighted to introduce the country’s first Airport Cargo community portal at Mumbai International Airport. AMAX is the first of its kind […]
Mr. Manoj Singh – Chief Cargo Officer Adani Airport Holding Limited
