What does the future hold for the air cargo industry? Where is the digitization of the industry headed? And how will this change the competitive landscape of air cargo?

This program provides an understanding of the current competitive landscape of the cargo industry. The course will cover a study of business models from other industries adapted for air cargo management. Participants will also gain valuable insights into the air cargo industry best practices and develop skills to strategically manage air cargo related challenges.

Available as: Classroom
Duration: 5 days (40 hours)
Recommended level: Professional and Management
Prerequisite: None

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• Understand the fundamental changes taking place in the air cargo industry
• Identify gaps and opportunities in the market
• Identify shipper’s changing needs and adjust your business models for results
• Understanding the global industry approach to driving digitization initiatives in air cargo
• Understand digitization movement within air cargo and how to leverage these initiatives for your own competitive advantage

• Middle – senior executives from air authorities, airport authorities and airlines
• Air Cargo commercial managers, Air Cargo operations managers, Freight forwarders, Cargo agents and other service providers
• Other personnel who are supporting the implementation of the air cargo business in their organizations and those interested in the air cargo business

Overview of the Air Cargo Industry

• Understand the fundamental changes taking place in the industry
• Appreciate the changing needs of shippers
• Leveraging information technology in key areas of the industry

Air Cargo Competitive Landscape

• Past 5 years trends in air cargo industry
• Performance of leading air cargo operators
• Identify the gaps and opportunities in air cargo management

Case Study: Passenger to Freighter (PTF) Conversions

• The economics of PTF
• History of PTF over last 5 years
• Bellyhold Cargo vs PTF Cargo

Gaps analysis for Air Cargo

• Overview of current air cargo operations and business models
• Applying gap analysis for profit opportunities and better efficiencies
• Strategies and business models from other industries: Lessons for Air Cargo
• Logistics as a competitive advantage in supermarket retailing
• Logistics as a key to profitability - Amazon.com

E-Cargo: What, Why, How?

• Short history of automation in air cargo
• Expectations of the end customer: what do shippers want?
• Benefits of automation and e-business for the end-to-end air cargo supply chain
• Components of a comprehensive e-Cargo approach for a modern cargo airline and a freight forwarder
• Overview of the key industry initiatives: e-freight, Cargo2000, e-Booking

Digitization of the Air Cargo Industry - Core Transport Processes via the E-freight Initiative

• Benefits of e-freight for the shipper, the airline, the forwarder
• Understanding the regulatory components: role of International Treaties (Montreal Convention 99/Montreal Protocol 4), World Customs Organization (WCO) Safe Framework of Standards, Revised Kyoto Convention, ICAO regulations, the impact of the new cargo security environment
• Understanding the global industry approach to driving e-freight: the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) e-freight roadmap, the WCO dematerialization initiative, the industry framework for digitizing industry documents, the IATA project approach

Understanding the Technology of E-Cargo – Today & Tomorrow

• EDI standards: Cargo-IMP vs. XML
• Cargo Community Systems: dinosaurs, or pillars for the future?
• The Cargo Cloud: a new paradigm for tomorrow
• E-Pouch solutions and electronic document management platforms: key tool to redesign internal paperless process flows
• Technology for the warehouse: how to match data with the physical flows for optimum efficiency

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An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants at the completion of the course.

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