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Door allocation and slot times for handling agents in test phase Transparency, predictability and planning for hauliers, forwarders and handling agents Developments within the CDM@airports (Collaborative Decision Making) platform have gained momentum now that the basic infrastructure has been finalised for digital pre-notification for the transit process, import pick-up and export delivery including the ULD process. Within the platform pre-notifications can now be carried out independently but also a connection via e-link and/or PGTS messaging is possible.
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ow that the basic infrastructure is ready in addition to data exchange between community partners, the platform can be focused further on new functionalities over and above data flow processing for transporters, handling agents, forwarders and airlines.
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Digital Pre-Notifications Hauliers Wallenborn and Jan de Rijk’s transport order processing is now fully automated and the information digitally disseminated to a dashboard for handling agents. Thus, satisfying the need for anticipated truck movements to be transparent to the handling agent. Simultaneously the aviation security level is improved as the relevant information required for access control at the handling agent
site is shared real-time with the handling agent via the haulier’s transport management system.
Cargo availability A common problem is that road feeders arrive at the handling agent to load cargo on the basis of the service level agreement between the handling agent and airline. In practice, however, the cargo is not always available at the time of arrival of the trucker or that, at the time of arrival, there are no doors available. This situation leads to unnecessary congestion at the handling agent’s site and unnecessary waiting times for the trucker. Within the CDM platform a great deal of effort was put into finding a
