Would you like to Reduceyourprocessingcosts?
Improveyourreliability?
Speedupthehandlingprocess?
Stoparchivingpapers?
Offerreal-timestatusupdateonAWBinformationfromeverywhere?
Supportregulatorsandcustomsdemandforadvanceelectronicinformation?
Move to
e-AWB!Thee-AWBistheelectronicequivalentofthepaperAWB.
e-AWB Guide for Freight Forwarders
ThereversesideofthepaperAWB,whichprovidestheconditionsofcontract,isreplacedbyane-AWBagreement.Theconditionsofcontractremainthesame.
Paper Air Waybill
e-AWB Electronic messagesSigned e-AWBagreement
Per shipment
FRONT REVERSE
Once
TheinformationcontainedonthefrontofthepaperAWBisreplacedwithelectronicmessages:
1-FreightforwardersendsanAWBmessage.
2-ReadyForCarriagemessageissentbytheairline.
3-Thisestablishestheelectroniccargocontract.
Freight Forwarder
PrepareConsol
DeliverFreight
Airline
ReceiveInformation
ReceiveFreight
FreightAcceptance
FWB
FSU/RCS
More at www.iata.org/e-AWB For any question, contact
[email protected]
Can you carry on your activities without paper AWB?
MostofthefreightforwardersusetheAWBforotherpurposesthanthecontractofcarriagewiththeairlines.Reviewyourprocessesandmakethempaperless:theelectronicdocumentisasgoodasitspaperversion!
Tohelpyou,IATAdevelopedane-AWBfunctionalspecificationsandrecommendations.Feelfreetouseitforyourownoperations.
www.iata.org/e-AWB-process
Do you have the technology to support e-AWB?
Yoursoftwareshouldbeableto:
sendtheAWBmessages(FWBorCargo-XMLequivalent)
receivestatusupdatemessages(FSU-RCSand-FOHorCargo-XMLequivalents)
archivetheseelectronicmessages
printon-demandAWBinformationifneedbe
What if you are not ready yet?
Manyairlinesprovidee-AWBfunctionalityontheirwebsite,checkwiththem!
ManyITprovidershavedevelopede-AWBsolutionscheckalistontheIATAwebsiteorconsultlocalsoftwareproviders
www.iata.org/e-cargo-technology
Do you produce high-quality electronic messages?
Thequalityoftheelectronicmessagesshouldbecloseto100%astherewillbenomorepaperAWB.IATAcanhelpyouidentifyyourdataqualityissuesthroughtheMessageImprovementProgram(MIP)itisfree!
www.iata.org/mip
Have you signed the IATA multilateral e-AWB agreement?
Ifnotyet,download,signandsendtheagreementandsubmissionformtoIATA-itisfree!
www.iata.org/e-AWB-multilateral
Have you engaged all your business partners?
Tofacilitatetheglobalrolloutofe-AWB,itisrecommendedthatyouinformyourpartners(airlinesandgroundhandlers)ofyourabilitytoproducee-AWBforeachofyourstations.Yourpartnersshoulddothesame.
IATAcanhelpyoulistyoure-AWBcapabilitiesandfindoutyourpartnerscapabilitieswiththee-CargoMatchmakertoolitisfree!
www.iata.org/cargo-matchmaker
Your checklist to implement!
Better quality, improved customer
service
Less paper, smaller carbon
footprint
