'Everyone must be onboard' if IATA's OneRecord is to work
IATA’s OneRecord will benefit the air cargo industry, but only if everyone is on board, ...
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Fewer than a quarter of shippers are “very happy” with the air cargo supply chain – there are continuing demands for less complexity and paper.
In an IATA shippers poll, just 22% said they were “very happy”, and while overall the industry scored a 7/10, 85% of respondents called for more collaboration.
Head of cargo transformation Celina Hourcade said the results indicated the need to modernise the industry was paramount.
“Our Simplifying the Business (StB) cargo programme is aimed at achieving exactly this, and adapting to the modern ...
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John O'Brien
December 08, 2017 at 5:30 pmMost shippers and consignee need total visibility of their shipments, progress and delays etc as a total dashboard shared just the same as couriers provide.
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