Case Studies

e-freight at the World Economic Forum 2013

Economic leaders came together at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos (23-27 Jan 2013) occasion for which the WEF published a study on ‘removing trade barriers’ featuring e-freight as a case study to illustrate the benefits governments could get from removing trade barriers. For further reading on this topic view the full WEF Report comprising the Executive Summary and the WEF Report Presentation.

e-freight Case Studies

Find out how supply chain stakeholders have realized the benefits of e-freight:

• e-archiving solution (pdf) - NV Logistics, a freight forwarder based in Switzerland, implemented a full electronic archiving solution. Find out how they did it and why it makes even more sense in an e-freight environment.

• Benefits of 100% e-AWB and e-freight implementation (pdf) - Cathay Pacific was the first Airline to implement 100% e-AWB while being live on e-freight. Find out full details on the Benefits they have realised and how this was achieved or check-out the Highlight Key Points and Benefits (pdf). Calculate your own company savings by using the e-freight Savings Calculator (xls)

• IATA together with a major freight forwarder are producing a case study to highlight e-freight and e-air waybill (e-AWB) benefits for the freight forwarder community. 

To read more on the assumptions that formed the basis of e-freight you can download the e-freight Business Case (xls). In complement to the Business Case a Cost Benefit Calculator provides stakeholders a systematic means to perform a benefit-cost analysis of their own e-freight implementation.

In case you need further information or you have questions please contact IATA