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The CCS enables

us to implement
processes that
make our cargo

processes more

seamless and
sustainable while
we ensure that

processes are

secure, safe and
compliant.

Luc Scheidel
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

The fact that you also have to invest in
something that benefits not just you as
a company but is for the better for many
stakeholders is often an issue. A CCS
needs a minimum of vision and looking
at the bigger picture, realising there is
much to gain for individuals compa-
nies too by using a CCS. The more you
contribute to it, the more you will get Benefits are both tangible and intangi- Case studies for CCS
out of it.” ble for the cargo community – tangible "Yes, we have the case study of Mumbai
Digitisation is a journey and not a benefits are savings of an estimated $2.5 International Airport and Atlanta Interna-
destination – organisations need to million- $16 million in direct trucking costs tional Airport," says Malhotra. "Mumbai
understand this very clearly, says Kale’s annually as a result of reduced man hours International Airport has been running
Malhotra. "The most complex issue is and fuel and operational efficiencies, adds on Kale’s CCS for more than a decade.
standardisation of processes across the Malhotra. "Truck dwell time is reduced by an This is a classic case of how an airport
industry. Global supply chains involve average of 38 percent. CO2 emissions would can transform into a cargo hub despite
multiple stakeholders and they often use be reduced each year by 80-512 metric tons limitations to physical expansion of the
different systems. Some still use paper- based on the time savings scenarios. For so- facility (as the airport is in the heart of
based documentation and tools such as lution providers like us, the ROI comes only the city). Cargo movement is extremely
Excel and others, who are further along when the entire community is activated. well coordinated with advance shipment
the digital transformation journey, find Therefore, we insist on 100 percent adop- notification, there are no queues at the
themselves using disparate systems or tion- not just for 100 percent information counters and truck congestion at the
solutions that are not a fit for their busi- sharing but only revenue coming from the gates has reduced by 75 percent. Ship-
ness goals.” community in the most optimal way." ment data accuracy is now 95 percent.
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