Kale invests in 'Centre of Innovation in IT for Air Cargo'

The Clear View summit endeavours to ensure that a collective voice of the industry gets collated and the industry itself can assemble a charter for enabling possible realistic strategies and viable solutions to the issues discussed during the summit.

The summit is an interactive platform to discuss industry issues in a round table format and this year the session revolved around innovation in the air cargo domain, measuring performance for transformation, e-commerce and its implications on air cargo business, and digital disruption.

Modal shifts

Delegates present at the summit debated on the modal shifts that are being experienced in the air cargo industry to comprehend threats and opportunities associated with it. Apart from the debate, one of the key points of discussion was the impact of booming e-commerce industry on the cargo sector. Issues like achieving global reach, ensuring implementation of technology in process and operations, ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty, reducing turnaround time, and introducing concepts like the internet of things and recognising KPIs were discussed in course of the summit.

Glyn Hughes, global head of cargo, International Air Transport Association (IATA), said: “Clear View is the forum where leaders from the industry meet and talk about some of the challenges, and most importantly, the possible solutions. It is a wonderful forum for brainstorming and coming up with actionable ideas that we can all work on because innovation is everybody's job and that’s really what Clear View is all about."

"Severe transformation"

Said Vipul Jain, chairman of Kale Logistics: “The logistics industry has undergone severe transformation in the last year. Globalisation, digitisation, innovation, e-commerce and the growing importance of customer-centric approach are some parameters that have led the industry to undergo a paradigm shift. The main aim at Clear View is to facilitate a discussion to understand the scope of challenges and opportunities that await the air cargo domain.

"Conducting such discussions on a platform such as Clear View, gives us an edge on comprehending the air cargo business holistically. The ultimate objective of this summit is to gain industry insights to create a sustainable model with cognisance of the present and future business trends.”