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FEATURES OF CCS
 e-Booking
 e-AWB

 e-DO
 e-payment
 Slot & Dock Management
 Efficiency
A fully developed  Cost saving
and operational CCS can  Sustainability

ensure fully functional  Compliance
global supply chains offers an impressive amount of 11 applica-

during pandemics and tions (and more to come) that are used by
more than 70 companies. Main example is
other uncertainties. a combination of four apps to digitise the
landside management process that we call
Vineet Malhotra the digital green lane which is fully being
Kale Logistics Solutions
rolled out at the moment."
The advantages of these digital tools
are two-fold:
 Environmental: it allows us to evolve
to paperless operations and it will reduce
framework for nations. A fully developed waiting times of trucks at the ground
and operational CCS can ensure fully handlers as well as the movements on a
functional global supply chains during cargo zone
pandemics and other uncertainties."  Economical: Improve the operational
The CCS has helped Amsterdam Air- efficiency of the stakeholder’s opera-
port Schiphol make the processes seam- tions, thus reducing costs and increasing
less and sustainable, says Luc Scheidel, the cargo capacity within the existing in-
Cargo Network Director, Amsterdam frastructure (e.g. providing transparency
Airport Schiphol. “Our ambition is to be a Push is needed & insights on specific activities through
competitive and sustainable cargo hub." by the airport or a dashboards); and cover a part of the
There can be various reasons for imple- resource gap (staff scarcity) and remove
menting a cargo community platform, dominant operator to low value manual activities which can be
which will depend on the operational replaced by digital solutions."
reality of the airport community, says Jean perform a switch to a
Verheyen, CEO, Nallian. "Some will be facing digital solution and reach Challenges of CCS
congestion issues, others need more vis- Nallian, which operates with a tagline
ibility and transparency in their processes. the long-term benefits of operate as one, lists out four key hurdles
Often there’s a desire to operate in a proac- to build a connected cargo system. The
tive, efficient way to deliver better customer having a CCS. hurdles include - one-size-fits-all does
service and attract more business. This Nathan De Valck not work, different digital mindsets,
requires process alignment between the Brussels Airport Company compatibility issues with existing sys-
different stakeholders at a cargo hub. This tems and technology being seen as the
being said, at Nallian, we don’t think this is munity approach, only the network is on a solution for all the challenges.
only solved by what is typically referred to smaller scale."
as a cargo community system. Sébastien Claerhout, Digital Transforma- Resistance across the supply
"Whereas our Cargo Cloud supports a tion Manager Cargo & Logistics, Brussels chain - fact or imagination?
community-wide approach, we also offer Airport Company, adds: "At Brussels Airport, “I am not sure “resistance” is the right
solutions to individual actors who wish to we are a frontrunner in applying and word," says TIACA's Polmans. "I do think
improve and digitise their cross-company deploying digital tools for our cargo com- there is still a lot of misunderstanding on
process. The approach is similar to a com- munity partners through BRUcloud, which what a CCS is or should be or could be.

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