US AND AUSTRALIA IT COMPANIES MERGE TO CREATE ONE-STOP SHOP FOR FREIGHT AIRLINES
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- Thursday, 27 July 2006
CargoWise claims the integration with U.S. trucking companies through the CargoWise truck brokerage modules will create a global solution offering air cargo carriers a one-stop I.T. platform to co-ordinate air and surface operations.
The system also offers accounting, operations, tracking and General Sales Agent/General Handling Agent modules to allow an airline to automate its entire network at one time.
To support the move FreightPath will have sales and support personnel at all of Cargowise-edi offices in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Chicago, Atlanta and Dallass. Pparent company Fountainhead International LLC., recently merged with Eagle Datamation to form CargoWise-edi.
Cargowise-edi claims it has annual revenues of more than $15 million with more than 1,000 clients and 25,000 users in 40 countries. The company plans to open offices in Europe and additional offices in the U.S. and Asia.
Ted Braun, FreightPath’s president, said his company’s role would be critical as carriers move beyond their traditional flying operations and position their businesses in a holistic manner to deliver end-to-end distribution solutions.
“We work in a modal-neutral world where the line between where an airline stops and a trucking operation begins continues to blur,” Braun said. “Today’s air freighters resemble trucks and trains, with twin decks, ramps and payloads that defy imagination. Modern-day information systems must support services that seamlessly transition a shipment from an aircraft to a line haul truck, then to a delivery van. What customers desire most is service and process certainty, and we give airlines the tools to fulfill that expectation.”
Richard White, founder of Eagle Datamation, said, “Imbuing FreightPath with the Customs, CRM and messaging components we’ve built and the new .net platform technology that permits client specific customizations makes it the crown jewel in our portfolio. With airlines starting up around the world, air cargo cannot be ignored – nor can airlines defy reality and stay manual or continue to invest in legacy systems.”
