SATS has launched a comprehensive e-Acceptance initiative for outbound airfreight.
The new procedure will accelerate processing and minimise human error, additionally offering cargo agents live tracking of their shipments and enhancing security by authenticating users. Cargo agents can also now process and deliver their shipments to one location.
IATA's regional VP for Asia-Pacific, Conrad Clifford, hopes the new project will steer the industry away from "procedures from an analogue age" and assist in the objective of cutting cut average shipment times by up to 48 hours by 2020.
SATS' e-Acceptance initiative aims to be fully implemented by the end of 2015 and it is hoped it will increase productivity by 30%, as well as saving an estimated 600,000 sheets of paper a year.
