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IATA has confirmed that it is developing simple ‘form-fill’ eAWBs for low-volume forwarders.

Speaking on the sidelines at last week’s FIATA World Congress in Taipei, Glyn Hughes, IATA Cargo chief, told The Loadstar: “We’ve been asked to look at something simple and low-tech because there’s a ...

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  • Andreas Rohde

    September 25, 2015 at 3:07 pm

    A one-task platform will always be undersized. And petty-minded, too. It represents patchwork thinking instead of intelligent integration of patches. By contrast, a complex large solution can appear surprisingly small in its pricing. For a reasonable and affordable amount of money, Scope by Riege Software International provides not only all necessary AWBs with complete airline messaging and status updates but also a highly sophisticated fully integrated innovative software application designed by one of the most highly regarded developers and service providers in the market. A sole stand-alone AWB platform will always found wanting when weighed, no matter how little its usage will cost. At Riege you can expect to get the best. Regardless how big or small a forwarder may be, Scope will never be too big, it will always be great even in its pricing.