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Leading air freight into the 21st century – Fostering international trade by reduction of paper documentation eFreight Forum 2011 Shenzhen February 16 th , 2011 Markus Witte, Head of Technology and Innovation, Lufthansa Cargo AG. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Leading air freight into the 21st century – Fostering international trade by reduction of paper documentation
eFreight Forum 2011 ShenzhenFebruary 16th, 2011
Markus Witte, Head of Technology and Innovation, Lufthansa Cargo AG
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eFreight will increasingly eliminate the flow of documents and the material and information flows become synchronized by new technologies
Document flow
Material flow
Information flow
Shipper Consignee Forwarder Ground Handling
Agent Forwarder Customs Airline Customs
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eFreight enables high performance increases with data and message standards within all air-cargo supply chain partners
Environmental benefits
• In full-swing: Will be eliminating 7,800 t of paper p.a. worldwide in the entire industry –equivalent to 80 Boeing 747 freighters
Process benefits – productivity, speed
• Reduced paperwork, easier document handling, real-time processing
• Potential for time- and manpower-savings
Quality benefits – data quality, costs, security
• No irregularities or delays due to missing documents
• Reduced manual data input avoid data errors
• Will increasingly help to bring transparency in the airfreight operations and thus helps also with security issues
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With IATA eFreight implementation in China one of the highest shipment potentials would be opened to the world wide market
eFreight online country/station
eFreight online country/station
planned in Q1-Q2 2011
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Within 2010 eFreight volume increased constantly and worldwide more than 50 customers started IATA eFreight with Lufthansa Cargo
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Lufthansa Cargo eFreight experience can help preparing a successful implementation in China
eFreight implementation check list:
• Commitment and support of local authorities
• Involvement of all supply chain partners and if applicable cargo community systems
• IT environment of all supply chain partners and their interfaces
• Message formats within the supply chain
• Data quality and quantity of FWB and FHL messages
• Local eFreight operational procedures between all partners
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Full supply chain involvement is a major factor for a successful IATA eFreight implementation in China
Shippers
Freight Forwarders
IT Providers
International Associations
Customs Authority
Airlines
Thank you for your attention!
Markus WitteHead of Technology and Innovation
Phone: +49 69 696 74 500Mobile: +49 151 589 28900E-Mail: [email protected]