Cargo Community System
Riege Software International provides electronic data exchange with a Cargo Community System (CCS), direct or through our clearing center, as an integrated Procars module.
Through the Riege Software International Clearing Center we can offer you connection to ARINC [US], CCN [SIN], Cargo Connect [CCX/UK], TRAXON Europe [TRX/DE] and INTTRA [DE].
Transmission
Your data is transmitted as flat format files to the Riege Software Clearing Center, where it is converted to the required format. This message is then transmitted to a CCS, which will subsequently forward it to the relevant Airline or Sea Carrier. The Airline or Sea Carrier processes the message and sends any replies back to the Riege Software International Clearing Center via the respective CCS. The reply is converted to the required Procars format and forwarded to the originating system for further processing.
The Riege Software International Clearing Center controls both conversion and communication processes. Communication can be established in a number of ways."
AMS Air
To satisfy US Customs and Border Protection regulations, Riege Software International implemented transmission of House AWB data to airfreight carriers via TRAXON Europe [TRX/DE]. This "ProAir AMS Air" module is available since March 2004.
eBooking
The Procars ProAir software system has supported electronic booking since 1998. Although this system is installed and fully functional on many of our clients systems it was not used. The reason for this was that the airline systems did not electronically confirm most of the bookings. The bookings then usually went into a manual queue and were not worked on. In order for a booking system to work it is essential that the forwarder receives an immediate response and if the booking can not be handled automatically then there must be a reliable back office system to manage these bookings manually. Because of this problem our customers were forced to use fax or e-mail and some also used web browser solutions. This media break always means double entry of data and, as far as the web browser is concerned, much higher demand on the back bone of the forwarder system.
Booking answers must be entered manually into the forwarder system.
In 2002 Riege Software International GmbH worked together with Lufthansa Cargo Systems to implement the Lufthansa variant of the CARGOIMP booking. After the first trial period at the end of 2002 the system was optimised on both sides in over one hundred individual tests at the beginning of 2003.
The benefit to the forwarder and Lufthansa is that a large number of ad hoc bookings are now handled fully automatically. Using the LH Time Frame option it is also possible to place a booking just giving Departure, Destination, Pieces, weight, product code and last but not least the LAT (Last Acceptance Time). The LH booking engine will then reply with the first available flight and supply the ETA and ETD. Many of the large forwarders are now able to book allotments and multi master AWB using the new enhanced Procars eBooking module. A further value added service is that the booking per Fax or e-mail can now also be generated automatically to the airlines that do not support a functional eBooking system. This means that the monthly flight schedule booking process can be done by pressing one button.
This system is fully integrated into the ProAir module. There is no double entry of data. All transactions are carried out in the shipment key-in or Flight Schedule process. Answers are routed automatically into the internal and/or global connect Track and Trace modules. Since the first pilot installation (at Geis SDV) we have worked to establish a fully functional system that is continually supported by the RSI Maintenance group who together with Traxon and Lufthansa eChannel provide a fast and professional support chain for the whole eBooking procedure.
The figures below confirm that eBooking in Procars is now, as far as Lufthansa is concerned, a normal part of the order processing. RSI is willing to go forward with all airlines or providers who offer such a service.