The integration with WIN will produce significant improvements in efficiency and cost-savings for forwarders and agents and it provides a perfect platform for e-Commerce and paperless transfer of documents. No matter which software the partner is using, by integrating with WIN, Scope creates a seamless connection and data exchange.

“Riege now has the most comprehensive interface with WIN and we will work hard to deliver the value together”, said John DeBenedette, WIN’s Managing Director.

Fast Forward Freight, one of the world’s leading independent freight forwarders with headquarters in the Netherlands and branch offices in Belgium, Germany and Nigeria, is the pilot customer for Scope’s implementation of the WIN platform.

“We have been long-term partners of Riege and we appreciate their innovative attitude”, said Robert van Breugel, Fast Forward Freight’s Financial Director. “That’s why we are happy to be a pilot customer for Scope with WIN integrated. As it coincides perfectly with our ambitions to fully incorporate e-freight, which aims to speed up throughput times, improve reliability and planning. Ultimately the project should reduce costs within the transport chain. Already today we see very promising results.”

Johannes Riege, CEO and Founder of Riege, is convinced that Scope and WIN will provide forwarders with capabilities that even some multinationals struggle to match. Therefore he is very pleased to work with WIN and Fast Forward Freight: “I am excited by the potential of this partnership and the excellent results already seen in the pilot project with WIN and Fast Forward Freight. It is very important for our products and services to work closely with the industry leaders”, he says.

The new feature is available in Scope 5.0, which was introduced into service by Riege shortly before the anual WCA Family Week conference in Bangkok, where Riege attended for the first time as an exhibitor.

WIN provides the world’s only cloud-based fully integrated e-connectivity platform for the global independent freight forwarding community. Developed specifically to connect SME forwarders across the supply chain, WIN has concluded full testing and is currently being adopted by freight forwarding companies around the globe.

With no software or hardware required, WIN can be rapidly integrated with third party or in-house IT or cargo management systems with the assistance of the dedicated team of WIN customer service experts.

WIN is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand and operates customer services offices in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America.

For further information please see: www.winwebconnect.com

About Fast Forward Freight

Fast Forward Freight provides global freight forwarding, warehousing and supply chain solutions to over 5000 customers worldwide. Founded in 1995 it remains today one of the largest privately owned, independent freight forwarders, within the European theater. The “Fast24x7” aviation and special projects division is considered among the leading time-critical solution providers.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is a leading provider of smart software solutions for freight and logistics. Established for more than 25 years, the family-owned company has more than 80 staff with headquarters in Germany and branches in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. Riege delivers products and services to more than 300 customers including Dachser, DB Schenker, Fast Forward Freight, General Transport, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, Pan Asia Logistics, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

This corporate design, developed by Hamburg-based agency Weissraum Design in partnership with Riege, was recognized in the discipline Communication Design and the category Crossmedia. Weissraum and Riege have created a new, clear, condensed view of freight and logistics. Bits, bytes, and pixels, the tools of software developers, have been styled into virtual 3D worlds.

These succinctly fashioned environments, which often present the employees of Riege, show how easy freight handling has become with the aid of state-of-the-art software. From the logo to the website to brochures and advertisements, through to the graphical user interface of Scope, Riege’s transport management system, the new design addresses all methods of communication and all applications.

“We are very proud that Weissraum has received the iF Communication Award 2013 for Riege’s new corporate design”, explained Benjamin Riege, Marketing Director of the family-owned business. “Our goal was to achieve a high level of succinctness, user-friendliness and ergonomic quality and combine these with the factors that define us – our innovation, our approachability and our level of service.”

All specifications and elements such as the definition of the logos, the typography, and the color or 3D environments are documented in an extensive style guide. The process of development of the various elements took around three years.

The iF Design Awards have been presented each year since 1953. These renowned awards in the three disciplines of products, communications, and packaging are used by their recipients, including global corporations, medium-sized companies, agencies, and design offices, to market their products and services. For the 2013 iF Design Awards, 49 international experts discussed 4,352 entries from 1,920 entrants in 51 countries. In the discipline of communications, a total of 1,086 entries were submitted, with 346 being awarded the iF label and a further 20 being presented with the iF Gold Award.

Riege Software International is a leading provider of modern logistics software for air freight, sea freight and customs. Established for more than 25 years, the family-owned company has more than 80 staff with headquarters in Germany and branches in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. Riege delivers products and services to more than 300 customers including Dachser, DB Schenker, Fast Forward Freight, General Transport, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, Pan Asia Logistics, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

About Weissraum Design

Weissraum represents emphasis through omission – visual communication with the direct message that every brand, every company has something unique, something unmistakable.

Since 1995, the Hamburg-based agency has made a name for itself as a ‘tailor’ of unusual corporate design solutions.

Its list of clients ranges from the gastronomy sector (Tim Mälzer, Bullerei Restaurant, Curry Queen – fast food chain, Der Blaue Hummer Catering, Hausmann’s Restaurant, Hoch III – Cafe. Bar. Club) to entertainment (ARD, ZDF, Universal, Sony Music, Splendit/Videociety, Karl Bartos – Ex-Kraftwerk, Nina Hagen, Yello) to technical services and industrial applications (Rosenthal Porzellan, Brooks Sports Inc., Sennheiser Electronic, Riege Software International).

The family-run company will be at transport logistic China from 5 to 7 June in the German Pavilion of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology where they will have a 20 square meter stand. Riege Software International has attended the exhibition every year since 2006.

For the fifth time, transport logistic China will be staged at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. It is widely regarded as Asia’s most influential trade show for logistics, telematics and transport. Munich-based organiser Messe München has reported further growth in visitor and exhibitor numbers: more than 480 companies (440 in 2010) from 42 countries have now signed up to for an area of 22,000 square metres (2010: 15.000 m²). At the same time, Air Cargo China will be held as Asia’s top air freight trade show as part of the larger exhibition. With 70 exhibitors (2010: 61) and 30 per cent more exhibition space, this event is also reporting gains. Riege Software International will be represented by company founder and Chairman Johannes Riege and Patrick Ling, Managing Director Asia Pacific.

The new logistics show transfairlog will open its gates from 12 to 14 June 2012. Geared to business in north and north-east Europe, this year’s slogan for the fair is “New Ways For New Challenges”. Specifically, the exhibition in Hamburg will focus on logistics chains, the traffic they handle, service providers and component suppliers. Riege Software International will also be taking advantage of the new venue as a co-exhibitor with ths air cargo services in Hall A4, Stand 454. Johannes Riege and Wolfgang Schmidt, Director of Sales, will be greeting visitors to the stand.

At both shows, Riege will present the features and changes in Release 4.2 of its transport management system Scope. The transport management system, which is aimed specifically at handling and managing air and sea freight and customs clearance, stands out with its intelligent user interface and intuitive operability. Scope is used by leading transport and logistics companies and carriers around the globe. The system comes in many different language versions and country-specific modules for customs clearance.

Among the new developments in Release 4.2 are numerous expansions to order tracking. Templates are now available to define types of deliveries and points are automatically tracked through the delivery process. The shipment monitor now displays a list of all tracked deliveries.

With the new Scope release, service providers with a branch organisation can now set up products for sale or service levels individually per country or branch. The applied rate is automatically used by Scope in the billing process.

Other changes include simplified processing of customs formalities for air and sea freight. As a result of these innovations, Scope is now even more user-friendly and powerful. Riege Software International is continually investing in the development of its transport management system Scope. The new functions will be provided to users free of charge.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International, based in Meerbusch, near Düsseldorf, Germany is one of the leading providers of comprehensive software solutions for air and sea freight forwarding and customs applications. With some 80 staff, more than 300 clients and branches in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, the family-owned company has been a trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing businesses for the last 25 years. The list of long-term users of Riege’s software solutions includes Dachser, DB Schenker, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, Pan Asia Logistics, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

The transportation management system previously used a proprietary protocol for communication between client and server but Riege replaced this with the WebSocket protocol, which allows communication via a single standard TCP port instead of the multiple ports previously required.

Johannes Riege, Managing Director of Riege Software International, sees the development as an important milestone for Scope, for which there are now many language versions and country-specific modules and functions. “The future belongs to software from the cloud. More and more of our customers are benefiting from the advantages, such as less maintenance and lower costs as well as greater security. With 4.0 Scope and the elimination of VPN connections, things are now even easier.”

The previous protocol required the creation of a network connection to one of Riege Software International’s three data centers. This meant an additional workload for the user which can now be eliminated. Moreover, no additional software or hardware is needed, which reduces the internal IT workload significantly.

With Scope version 4.0, customers can use the software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution directly via an encrypted internet connection. The new WebSocket protocol enables a continuous connection between client and server. In addition, firewalls installed by customers do not have to be configured separately in order to enable access to other SSL-enabled websites, such as online banking.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International, based in Meerbusch, near Düsseldorf, Germany is one of the leading providers of comprehensive software solutions for air and sea freight forwarding and customs applications. With some 80 staff, more than 300 clients and branches in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, the family-owned company has been a trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing businesses for the last 25 years. The list of long-term users of Riege’s software solutions includes Dachser, DB Schenker, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, Pan Asia Logistics, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

This year the conference gathers under the slogan “Together Towards Tomorrow” and will focus in particular on the need for a common approach by the industry towards challenges such as quality management, e-commerce, security, environment, etc. The conference offers opportunities for an exchange of knowledge and experience in critical areas of the industry via numerous presentations, training events and networking sessions.

For more than 10 consecutive years, Riege Software International has taken part in the CNS conference which is a subsidiary of IATA (International Air Transport Association). This year the company is represented by three delegates. Alongside founder and owner Johannes Riege will be Tim Mitchell, Managing Director Americas, and Marketing Director Benjamin Riege will participate for the first time.

“CNS activities place particular emphasis on the implementation of their e-freight initiative. We support this initiative as a certified supplier and with our software we can make an important contribution to realizing e-freight. This is what we want to discuss with the participating experts,” said Johannes Riege, outlining his goals for the conference.

With its e-freight initiative IATA aims to introduce paperless air freight transport to all relevant routes by 2015. A major challenge is the electronic transmission of accompanying data and documents between all parties involved in the transport chain. Riege intensively supports the program and has been a certified Cargo 2000 partner for information technology since 2008.

About Riege Software International GmbH

Riege Software International, based in Meerbusch, near Düsseldorf, Germany is one of the leading providers of comprehensive software solutions for air and sea freight forwarding and customs applications. With some 80 staff, more than 300 clients and branches in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, the family-owned company has been a trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing businesses for the last 25 years. The list of long-term users of Riege’s software solutions includes Dachser, DB Schenker, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, Pan Asia Logistics, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, April 12, 2012 — Since 2009 Riege Software International has offered a web-based platform based on its Transport Management System Scope® which enables transport chain participants to plan, monitor and improve the quality of shipments in line with the Cargo 2000 initiative of IATA (International Air Transport Association). Riege’s software solution is Cargo 2000-certified.

As a Cargo 2000 member, DB Schenker is using Riege’s software. Iberia Cargo had selected DB Schenker and Riege as its pilot partners for the certification process for its membership of Cargo 2000. In the pilot project all DB Schenker shipments from Madrid to destinations in Europe and North America were processed using Scope. Fernando Terol, General Manager at Iberia Cargo, was very satisfied with the results. “With DB Schenker and Riege Software International we have chosen two experienced Cargo 2000 members as our pilot partners. The results are excellent. Moreover, the performance of Riege’s software solution as well as their service and expertise have deeply impressed us.”

As a prerequisite for the certification Iberia Cargo developed an in-house IT platform meeting the CDMP Cargo 2000 regulations. The platform is necessary for exchanging information with other members of the IATA program. During this process, Iberia Cargo has worked closely together with Riege. Air freight carriers, air freight forwarders, handling agents and other logistics companies around the world participate in Cargo 2000. The aim of the initiative is to make the transport processes in the air freight industry more reliable and efficient through exact process analyses and harmonized quality standards.

Airlines and forwarders can achieve substantial improvements in their performance with Cargo 2000 at very low investment costs. On Riege’s Cargo 2000 platform, all processes are made available to all participants on a bundled basis. This enables faster comparison of all processes which can then be optimized on an ongoing basis. Alongside the reliable exchange of information Scope users can not only monitor all processes but also respond quickly as soon as any problems occur. The Cargo 2000 module can be connected to other Transport Management Systems through an interface. In addition to the official Cargo 2000 requirements, the Riege Software International solution enables all status requests in real time. Through the complete integration of shipment monitoring within the freight management software Scope can offer true added-value compared to other systems.

Iberia Cargo, a part of IAG Cargo along with British Airways World Cargo, is responsible for managing air freight and mail on the scheduled flights of Iberia Airlines, along with its dedicated cargo aircraft and fleet of ground vehicles. In 2011 Iberia carried 266,000 metric tons of freight, and Iberia Cargo posted sales of 312 million euros. Iberia Cargo is leader in air freight between Europe and Latin America. With its “Cool & Fast” service based at Iberia’s cargo terminal at Madrid-Barajas airport, Iberia Cargo has become world standard-bearer in the transport of perishable goods across the Atlantic.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

One of the new customers in Germany is the Honold Logistik Gruppe, which now manages its air and sea freight activities in its Neu-Ulm branch using Scope.

Scope continues to advance in other parts of Europe. For example, the Swiss company General Transport AG, based in Basel, has been using the Riege software product for its sea freight imports and exports as well as the air freight module since the beginning of the year. In General Transport’s Zurich office Scope will go live with an additional, specially-developed software package for e-dec, the centralized electronic cargo processing system of the Swiss customs authority.

In the Benelux, additional Scope installations have been undertaken this year by the new subsidiary Riege Software International BV, which was established last year. In Belgium, the logistics company Fast Forward Freight is now using the innovative software solution in its Antwerp (sea freight), Liege (air freight) and Brussels (air freight) branches. In Germany, the company uses Scope successfully since November 2011 in its branch office in Frankfurt. Two more branches will be opened in Germany during 2012 and equipped with Scope. The software will also be installed at the Dutch company’s branches in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Venlo. Scope’s full Dutch customs package, including DGVS and C-sum, will be used in these locations. Riege is currently developing a new AOG (Aircraft on Ground) module in cooperation with Fast Forward Freight in the Netherlands. This will be the basis for the introduction of a simple workflow management system in Scope.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, near Düsseldorf, Germany and is one of the leading providers of comprehensive software solutions for air and sea freight operations as well as customs services. With some 80 staff, more than 300 clients and branches in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia the family-owned company has been a trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies for the last 25 years. The list of long-term users of Riege software solutions includes Dachser, DB Schenker, Jet Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, Pan Asia Logistics, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

The new data center in Hong Kong boasts the highest international standards in terms of building and data security, is ISO-certified and is operated in line with ecological practices by Japanese telecommunications supplier NTT Com Asia together with Green Management. Riege is thus able to offer its clients in the Asian region the same services as in Europe. This includes hosting the new transport management system Scope and ensuring availability of all services round-the-clock 365 days a year.

Until recently, clients in the Far East were hosted in European computer centers. However, this was unsatisfactory in the long term, according to Johannes Riege, managing director of the software company. In Asia, Riege handles about 30 clients and their numerous branch offices, with increasing demand for these services. “We are growing strongly in Asia with our own offices in Hong Kong since 1994. The new data center was therefore a logical step, since we bear a heavy responsibility with our transport management solutions.”

The background to this development is a lack of sufficient broadband capacity available between Europe and Asia. This meant that speed and availability of data from the European data centers could not be permanently ensured. Riege’s IT department in Meerbusch who control European operations and IT infrastructure are now also responsible for the new data center. The initial contact person for regional clients is the branch office team in Hong Kong.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International, based in Meerbusch, near Düsseldorf, Germany is one of the leading providers of comprehensive software solutions for air and sea freight forwarding and customs applications. With some 80 staff, more than 300 clients and branches in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia, the family-owned company has been a trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing businesses for the last 25 years. The list of long-term users of Riege’s software solutions includes Dachser, DB Schenker, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, Pan Asia Logistics, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, October 18, 2011 — At present, 44 countries, 384 airports, 33 airlines and 1,658 freight forwarders are taking part in the e-freight initiative, according to IATA. The objective of the project, which started in 2007, is to replace the substantial quantity of accompanying freight documents with electronic data exchange. Regardless of the shipment size, up to 20 documents are required per shipment, and with the multitude of necessary copies this can add up to several kgs of weight. According to IATA, the equivalent of 80 B747 freighters could be saved each year with electronic data exchange.

“The topic of e-freight has a very high priority for us,” says Kay Uwe Gretsch, director of Globaltrans GmbH, which is based in Düsseldorf. In September 2011 the company’s air freight division received a ‘green light’ from Lufthansa Cargo and Air Canada. The two airlines each check the data quality and processes of freight forwarders before accepting them into the paperless handling scheme. The performance of the transport management system had a substantial share in the smooth admission process, according to Frank Bramer, consolidation manager at Globaltrans. “Scope is a very innovative user-friendly system that relieves our staff of significant workload and supplies excellent data quality. All the requirements for e-freight are contained within the software and make handling very easy.”

Lufthansa Cargo, which has declared the IATA e-freight initiative as a strategic objective, was also very satisfied with the results of the test phase. “The data quality that Globaltrans delivered to us with Scope was excellent. That is why we were able to switch over quickly to real paperless shipping,” explains J. Florian Pfaff, Vice President Area Management Germany. Since 2010 Lufthansa Cargo has offered paperless air freight transport within Germany and also worldwide from all locations where e-freight is already available. The airline’s experts also carefully checked the transport management system that delivered this data. “My staff were very impressed by Scope. The Riege system is extremely user-friendly and offers smart functions,” Pfaff points out.

Globaltrans will now gain from numerous advantages created by paperless document handling. Alongside a lower environmental impact, the time and cost savings, improved shipment quality and reliability will be the key benefits. Johannes Riege, managing director of Riege Software International, is delighted at the positive feedback from forwarders and airlines. “We are very satisfied with the results at Globaltrans. Our joint know-how, built up over many years, has flown into the development of Scope. This has led to real innovations that support users in their daily work.”

After this good start Kay Uwe Gretsch would now like to move ahead even faster. “My aim was originally to handle half of our air freight shipments as paperless by the end of the year. But unfortunately most of the airlines are not yet ready,” the Globaltrans director emphasises.

With a transport volume of about 1.8 million tonnes of freight and mail and 8.9 billion revenue tonne-kilometres in 2010, Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world’s leading cargo carriers. The Company currently employs about 4,500 people, worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves some 300 destinations in more than 100 countries in a dense network spanning the globe. Aside from operating its own freighter aircraft, it utilises the belly space on passenger aircraft operated by Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines as well as the capacities available in an extensive road feeder service network. The bulk of the cargo business is routed through Frankfurt Airport. Lufthansa Cargo is a 100% subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG.

About Globaltrans

Founded in Frankfurt/Main in 2004, the logistics provider Globaltrans GmbH established itself from the start with the wide range of high-quality services. Within a few years, Globaltrans became one of the leading mid-sized logistics service providers and is now represented across Germany with branches in Hamburg, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, Stuttgart and Munich. In addition, Globaltrans uses Exclusive Partner Agencies at all important trading centres in Europe, Asia, Australia / New Zealand, Middle East, South Africa, North and South America.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, August 24, 2011 — The aim of the EZV is to offer customers the option of handling import, transit and export goods by electronic means in line with largely harmonized guidelines. This simplifies customs clearance and thus results above all in cost savings and greater efficiency when customers work with a powerful IT system.

Riege has therefore developed a module to connect the EZV customs procedure with its TMS Scope which is now available to all Scope users. The module covers the processes: e-dec Import (import customs clearance), e-dec Export (export customs clearance) and e-dec EVV (electronic customs receipt). In addition, Scope has been certified by the Swiss customs authority for the IT-based transit clearance NCTS, which is obligatory for international transit, as well as for handling as a Registered Shipper or Consignee (ZV/ZE).

“Switzerland is an important economic location. We have exact knowledge of the customs requirements of this non-EU country. This know-how has been used in the development of the Scope customs module,” explained Johannes Riege, Managing Director of Riege Software International, at the market launch of the new product. Andreas Fenner, formerly a customs declaration specialist with Swiss certification and now managing director of the Riege branch office at Nürensdorf, close to Zurich, played an important role in designing and developing the Swiss customs module. He explains: “We are responding to the strong demand from our customers with the new Scope module for Swiss customs. They can now benefit from much more efficient processes in customs clearance.”

The Scope transport management system is characterized above all by its logical, transparent structures and diverse intelligent functions such as the real-time plausibility check. All major customs regulations are stored within the software and can be displayed to the user according to the context. Moreover, the software includes an automatic freight transport cost calculation function and a comprehensive administration of article and tariff numbers.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, July 25, 2011 — In the past, small to medium-sized forwarders and industrial suppliers had to invest in special software and comprehensive internal IT infrastructure in order to handle transport orders and to take part in ATLAS customs procedures. Riege’s terminal solution comes as “software as a service” and this approach helps to minimize operational costs and optimizes processes. The software can be accessed from any location via the web. The solution also simplifies data collection and generating reports.

With the Scope terminal solution, users benefit from all the logistics software features for air freight, sea freight and customs clearance, via secure customer access over the internet. The only prerequisite for the use of the SaaS software is a computer (minimum requirement is a Windows XP operating system) with an internet connection for remote access to the server. The user benefits from the experience and systems of the service provider and avoids the risks of maintaining local IT infrastructure and software. Master data and the purchased modules, for example the air freight export application, are instantly available to the user and are accessible from anywhere in the world using any computer connected to the Internet. With a terminal solution, even multi-user operations where several employees simultaneously handle customs clearance, will not incur high costs. Additionally, the users have access to all current and future customs regulations.

With our Scope terminal application companies can work globally. The solution can be adapted to changing business processes. That’s why small and medium-sized companies will especially benefit from it”, says Johannes Riege, General Manager of Riege Software International.

ince all data is stored at Riege Software International’s data center, customers are provided with additional security. In the case of local system failure, virus contamination or fraud, no data is lost since it is safely stored on systems in Frankfurt and Meerbusch, where Riege administrators perform regular backups and updates. This allows the user to cut down on the services of a local IT partner. All relevant code lists are automatically updated with fast and easy access to additional functions such as the electronic customs tariff (EZT).

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family-run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, June 21, 2011 — With offices in Europe, Asia, Australia and North America, Riege Software International has been present in the market for more than 25 years, providing comprehensive logistics software services and has over 850 installations of its software solutions in more than 120 countries. The new branch office in The Netherlands puts Riege in a position to serve small and medium-sized firms in particular but also forwarders, carriers and shippers in any of the Benelux countries. Henk Boorsma, 44, an industry professional with more than 20 years of experience in the logistics sector, heads a team of Dutch speaking experts. They serve local transport companies, forwarders, freight handlers and manufacturing companies.

Since its foundation in 1985, the family-owned company, based in Meerbusch, Germany, has offered innovative software solutions for air and sea freight, ground handling and customs clearance, and has extended its product range with country-specific modules. In particular, Scope, the new modular software solution for air and sea freight management, developed and implemented by Riege Software International, has recently been extended with specifications for the Dutch market. Country-specific components, such as a direct connection to the Dutch customs system Sagitta, enable ecustoms clearances for imports, exports and warehousing (including NCTS and C/sum and DGVS). These have been implemented along with interfaces to accounting software like Exact Online, Exact Globe and Account View.

Users in the Benelux countries thus benefit from a multi-functional software solution that offers a free choice of modules for all operational requirements in sea and air freight, customs clearance as well as for handling agents. Among the first clients of the new branch office are transport companies 2Achieve and Globcon Logistics who are currently using the Scope software solution. Henk Boorsma is very satisfied with the feedback from the markets so far: “With the fully integrated customs and interface to accounting packages, Scope is ready to serve the Dutch freight forwarders with a modern application. Currently we are talking to a lot of potential customers who are very interested in benefiting from Scope as well.”

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, May 18, 2011 – Riege Software International’s transport management system Scope represents a major innovation in logistics software due to the depth of its functions and its powerful performance. The Meerbusch-based software specialists developed it as a completely new successor to the Procars system over the course of several years. The result is a comprehensive new solution which covers the complete process chain of an international shipment and which connects all involved parties with each other in terms of information technology.

Better mood at trade fair than in 2009

As in 2009, Riege Software International again had its own stand in Hall B2 at transport logistic. Johannes Riege, managing director of the family-owned company, summed up this year’s participation positively. “The mood at the fair was better than in 2009 overall and the economic recovery is being felt by many companies. The quality of our discussions was very good as a result. There was very strong interest in Scope with its new functions and modules.”

New functions and modules

The new in-depth functions required for the various parties involved in the processes as well as numerous newly-developed modules make Scope into a universal solution that simplifies and makes air and sea freight transportation more efficient.

All data only has to be entered once. All necessary information and legal regulations are contained within the system. The user is automatically provided and supported with all the required information when dealing with a shipment. Moreover, the diverse reporting and documentation functions ensure that all steps are completely transparent and thus enable the transport chain to be optimized. Scope is permanently updated and new functions are integrated into the system in order to provide forwarders, carriers, handling agents and all other members of the supply chain with a universal platform for air and sea freight management.

Solution for handling agents

With the development of “Scope Handling Agent” last year, Riege Software International integrated another important player in the air freight transport chain. This module covers the special requirements of freight handling companies which work on behalf of forwarders. Transmission of shipment data and transportation orders or updates about the handling status of a shipment are often still made by fax or phone. With the help of Scope Handling Agent, mistakes can be avoided and the workload of manual data entry reduced. Agents thus save valuable time and costs.

Scope also incorporates special modules for the complex processes of customs clearance. All the formalities for imports and exports, invoicing and tax payments can be made on one single user interface. In addition to the German ATLAS system, Scope now also includes systems for Switzerland, the USA and (since spring 2011) the Netherlands which have been certified by the respective customs authorities.

Moreover, Scope incorporates all the requirements in the area of security, such as the import control system (ICS) which has been law since January 1, 2011. The quality and sustainability efforts of IATA (International Air Transport Association) such as the Cargo 2000 and e-freight initiatives are supported by Scope with special modules.

With these comprehensive functions, its easy usage and the option of adding further solutions such as ERP systems via interfaces, Scope is ideally positioned to provide an end-to-end flow of information for all partners in air and sea freight.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family-run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, May 9, 2011 — The ICS procedure was introduced punctually on January 1, 2011, in response to the developments and restrictions in the area of freight security. Importing carriers must give customs authorities an electronic ENS declaration before the freight arrives in the EU in order to prevent suspicious or even dangerous shipments reaching European countries. Customs officials analyze the shipments for import and, if necessary, can refuse their entry.

Carriers and transport operators rely on forwarders to send them the shipping information in order for them to electronically transmit the freight data to customs in good time. At present, this information frequently exists only in printed form on the freight documents. The implementation of this new law combined with the increasing speed in the flow of goods and he collection and forwarding of required information, demands an uninterrupted electronic data exchange between all partners involved in the process. Manufacturers, suppliers, forwarders, carriers and customs should be able to exchange relevant information about the shipment in electronic form.

With its specialized software for air freight, sea freight and customs clearance, Riege Software International offers efficient solutions to meet all the rules in good time. Electronic data exchange with Riege’s Procars and Scope systems, simplifies the workload for international freight forwarders and prevents goods from arriving late or from being denied entry at an EU border due to missing documents.

Logwin’s Air + Ocean business unit has been using the additional functions since mid-December 2010 when Riege Software International released them via an update of Logwin’s Procars software system. After the first few months in operation, Patrick Braun, team leader TMS Central IT for Logwin Air + Ocean, reports positive feedback. “The solution from Riege simplifies the procedure and gives us more process certainty. The users are shown the necessary and correct information, such as the HS codes and the goods’ tariff numbers, when the shipments are entered. These are then transmitted via an interface with all other data to the carriers.” The latter rely on the information from the forwarder and have to register the data with the EU customs branches. “With the Riege software we have a secure and efficient solution for this. We are very satisfied with it,” the Logwin manager confirms.

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, Germany, 1 February 2011. — During everyday handling processes in warehouses and at airports the priorities for air cargo service providers are controlled acceptance of goods, efficient management of internal warehouse processes and a punctual provision of the goods at the outbound distribution point. The internal warehouse processes in this sector include building up the ULD (Unit Load Device), checking the shipments and internal transportation. Among the other tasks of typical handling agents are providing local or feeder transportation for air freight forwarders and road feeder services. Scope Handling Agent thus incorporates a customised transport disposition programme for these requirements as well as programmes to manage handling processes.

To date, communications between forwarders and handling companies have often been prone to error and staff-intensive. In particular, transmission of shipment data and transport orders or responses regarding the current handling status of a shipment are often still carried out by fax or phone. With the help of a flexible interface to the Transport Management Systems of the forwarders errors can be avoided and the workload for manual data entry can be reduced. Agents thus save valuable time and money. Electronic interchange between all players in the air freight sector is becoming more and more important due to the further implementation of quality assurance systems such as the Cargo 2000 initiative or the European integration of customs systems.

Riege Software International cooperates closely with experts in air freight security and with Scope Handling Agent offers a solution that enables handling agents to carry out and to document their processes in accordance with the current EU security regulations and the recommendations of the Civil Aviation Authority.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, October 12, 2010 — Since 2009 the five branches of alpha trans have gradually introduced the Scope modules for air freight imports and exports as well as customs. After using the earlier version of Scope for all its freight forwarding orders, alpha trans issued a tender for a new TMS solution which Riege Software International successfully won. The new software was then developed in close cooperation with alpha trans, incorporating the requirements from head office and the branch offices in terms of forwarding, customs and book-keeping. Riege creates software solutions for its clients by using “private clouds”. Their use and access are exclusively available to one single client in order to guarantee data control, security and quality.

Since the end of 2009 all the alpha trans branches have been using the Scope modules for air cargo imports and exports as well as customs. Some 70 employees process about 3,000 forwarding orders every month with the new software. Staff are able to access directly all the relevant information which is stored on servers in the Riege computing centre.

“Thanks to the new Scope solution, we can evaluate information better, have more transparency and less manual workload,” commented Friedemann Eichenseher, managing director of alpha trans. The Scope system enables forwarding staff to administer all types of documents and has open interfaces, such as for book-keeping or customer-specific systems. Customers are thus able to generate substantial productivity improvements, even though these cannot be calculated precisely in advance. Moreover, there are cost savings by eliminating the use of in-house server capacity. Alpha trans is saving 25,000 euros a year just by eliminating the hardware, according to Eichenseher.

Johannes Riege, managing director of Riege Software International, is delighted with the results for pilot customer alpha trans. “Scope is a real quantum leap for transport management systems,” he explains. “The completely new graphical user interface, the user-friendly intelligent functionality and the compatibility result in significant improvements in efficiency and reduce costs substantially, as the case of alpha trans shows.”

About alpha trans

The alpha trans Luft- und Seefrachtspedition GmbH & Co. KG was founded 30 years ago in Munich. It is a subsidiary of the textile logistics service provider Barth+Co. KG, Hallbergmoos. Alpha trans employs 70 staff at its head office and at five branches. In 2009 it generated revenues of about 30 million euros.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 70 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 250 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, September 13, 2010 — Riege Software International has to date run its own data center at the company headquarters in Meerbusch, Germany. The provider of software solutions for air and sea freight handling, special solutions for handling agents as well as customs applications decided to expand its constantly growing IT infrastructure with a secure external ITENOS data center in Frankfurt Main in order to provide improved hosting facilities for existing logistics customers and to meet anticipated future demand.

Riege Software International retains full control of all externally stored data to ensure security of all customer information. In addition to improved data security and higher fire protection the new location‘s high performance servers guarantee a highly integrated, consistent architecture, based entirely on virtualization. Experienced Riege Software International staff control the operation, maintenance and backup of all software services that have been transferred to the new data center.

In order to quickly and optimally adjust the capacities for variable data volumes the new server solutions are individually scalable according to customer requirements. The network offers guaranteed availability and reliability via additional backup connections. Further features of the network include “Quality of Service” (QoS) which provides better service to selected traffic over various technologies. Customers of the software provider who have limited technological capability available to them or who suffer from outdated hardware components, low data bandwidth or insufficient scalability, will benefit from the new external data center. The new facility offers cost-effective storage of even very large amounts of data, which is permanently available worldwide through secure access.

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. The trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies employs as family-run business approximately 70 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 250 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, June 2, 2010 – Despite the international economic crisis the Asian economy is still growing and acting as a driver for the international transport industry. German logistics service providers such as Riege Software International see further great potential in China and are presenting their innovations at the fair, which takes place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SCNIEC). “The fair is an important meeting point, especially to acquire new customers and maintain existing contacts. Personal relationships play a vital role in Asia’s business world,” explains Johannes Riege, managing director of Riege Software International.

The IT provider from Germany, which operates its own office in Hong Kong, is a regular exhibitor at the Asian trade show. This year it is showing the modular logistics software Scope at North Rhine-Westphalia’s joint stand in the German pavilion. Riege Software International has developed a Chinese language version of Scope particularly for Asian markets and which is being introduced at the fair. The implementation in simplified Chinese adds to the already existing German and English versions. As a solution which is used worldwide for sea and air freight as well as customs, Scope combines various functionalities with modern software architecture and technology on the basis of standardized middleware and database solutions (MySQL or Oracle).

The innovative IT solution also provides a special module for handling agents. International forwarders as well as exporting and importing companies appreciate the advantages of the system which was already introduced to German customers last year. Scope can be efficiently integrated in a user-friendly manner into existing and customer-specific applications such as ERP systems or other eSolutions. Accordingly the intuitive user interface optimally meets customized requirements. It is also suitable for Asian companies or European enterprises with subsidiaries and branch offices in Asia.

At transport logistic China 2010 Riege Software International can be found in hall E2 at stand 415.

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany and provides mul-ti-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, handling agents as well as customs services. A trusted partner of forwarders, car-riers and manufacturing companies, the company has an annual turnover of 5.9 million Euros and 68 qualified employees. Profound industry experience and IT know-how characterize the family-run business. The company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software Interna-tional supports more than 250 customers world-wide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, February 22, 2010 — The aim of the EZV is to offer customers the option of handling import, transit and export goods by electronic means in line with largely harmonized guidelines. This simplifies customs clearance and thus results above all in cost savings and greater efficiency when customers work with a powerful IT system.

The requirements for e-booking differ from airline to airline, for example Lufthansa Cargo and Air France Cargo-KLM Cargo. In addition, not all airlines even offer e-booking yet. Therefore it’s important for the forwarder’s e-booking system to seamlessly manage the differences during the booking process.

Riege Software International has recently incorporated the product and service requirements of Air France Cargo-KLM Cargo into the forwarding software package Procars. Using the e-booking system ensures the airline complies with the standards and demands set by the airfreight association IATA. The forwarder also benefits since all relevant data for the shipment of the goods as well as the respective booking confirmations are immediately available to the user. Various customers of the logistics software provider are currently using the solution, among them Logwin, DB Schenker, Emotrans and Geis SDV.

“It’s in the interest of our forwarding customers that further airlines offer electronic booking systems in the future. We’ve already established the technical prerequisites for this,” explains Johannes Riege, managing director of the IT provider based in Meerbusch, Germany.

The developers have also integrated an automated booking system for advanced scheduled shipments into the Procars software solution. This transfers the booking data directly to the supporting airline, either by IATA Cargo IMP messages or automatically via fax message. Moreover, an electronic ad hoc booking is possible. The complete integration and electronic data transfer directly from the registration of goods not only reduces errors and streamlines the process, it also reduces disruptions for the user. With the introduction of product and service code tables by Air France Cargo-KLM Cargo, a further major airline is now available for e-booking with Procars.

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations as well as customs services. A trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies with an annual turnover of 5.9 million Euros and 68 qualified employees. Profound industry experience and IT know-how characterize the family-run business. The company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 250 customers world-wide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, den 23. November 2009 - The latest release of Global Connect software includes detailed information about arrival and status of a shipment making processes within the air freight industry more effective and transparent. Airlines provide forwarders with status reports for every shipment through “Cargo Interchange Message Procedures” (Cargo IMP): the exact time of receipt, departure, arrival, discharge and ready for pick-up. Often forwarders lack the exact arrival time data at the destination because this information is generally not provided by the airline. Riege Software International now bridges this gap by analyzing additional information from other status messages contained in the airline’s Cargo IMP messages. After analyzing the data the software creates an artificial “arrival status”. This additional status is based on real airline data included within the transmitted “discharge status” but which was previously not analyzed. Global Connect identifies the date and the time within this data and subsequently generates an additional data-set. Forwarders are thus able to monitor shipments and attain complete transport chain documentation.

“Integrated and transparent process documentation is a core customer demand for air freight forwarders. The additional application of Global Connect allows forwarders to monitor data without additional costs and make it easily available to their customers,” explains Johannes Riege, managing director of Riege Software International in Meerbusch, Germany. To improve operations further it is simple possible to integrate the software into existing transport management structures. Integrated tracking and tracing is therefore no longer a problem for air freight forwarders.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, October 6, 2009 — With the new Procars Cargo 2000 module Riege Software International has created a platform that enables companies involved in the transportation chain to plan, monitor and improve the quality of shipments in line with Cargo 2000. Airlines, air freight forwarders, handling agents and other logistics companies around the world participate in Cargo 2000. The aim of the initiative is to make the transport processes in the air freight industry more reliable and to achieve local improvements through exact process analyses and harmonised quality standards. For example, transit times, punctuality and availability of freight at the arrival location should become measurable. The accompanying documents of each shipment will serve as the data basis. With the help of electronic reporting not only can costs be optimised but the performance of the entire supply chain can be improved.

DB Schenker, as a Cargo 2000 member, monitors its air freight shipments with the new Cargo 2000 module integrated into the Procars solution from Riege Software International. With the web-based platform, the performance can be evaluated and controlled, and the required monthly reports can be generated.

Max Sauberschwarz, Product Management Air Freight at DB Schenker, sums up the first few months of using the software positively. “Reliability and punctuality are important factors in the forwarding business. With the software from Riege Software International we can plan and monitor our shipments and produce reports every month that help us to improve our service for customers even further. We need an automatic and secure system that alarms us straight away when there are delays to a shipment. Riege Software International has given us just the right instrument to do that.”

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 70 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 250 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, September 21, 2009 — Logwin carries out an average of 40,000 to 50,000 export registrations each year in Frankfurt with the Scope ATLAS Export programme. Wilhelm Hülpüsch, Head of Aircargo Solutions Media for Logwin in Frankfurt, explains what is really vital for the logistics company: “Our most important software requirements for ATLAS Exports are flexibility, reliability and the option to integrate it into our processes and existing IT structure. We need an individual and suitable solution that is specially designed for systemised freight.”

Riege Software International has therefore adapted data entry with a special interface for Logwin. As soon as Logwin receives data for an export order from its customer, these are displayed in Scope ATLAS Export ready for processing since the data are automatically forwarded from external ERP systems directly into the Riege system. This guarantees Logwin and its customers, which include large German publishing groups, optimal process connections.

The Scope ATLAS Export user can always link the data from a trading invoice to an MRN (Movement Reference Number), deal with the export registration, delivery or transport information and rapidly forward the appropriate registration to the customs authorities. The export process is completed with the sent confirmation and the following sent record.

The logistics company handles customs formalities itself since the time factor is especially decisive for its industry solution and shipments must be exactly planned in terms of time. Scope ATLAS Export helps the user with a simple-to-use user interface, integrated help functions, specific customs terms and code lists automatically recorded in the system as well as an integrated plausibility check (validation) so that the export registrations can be sent technically correct to the customs authorities.

About Riege Software International GmbH

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations as well as customs services. A trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies with an annual turnover of 5.9 million Euros and 68 qualified employees. Profound industry experience and IT know-how characterize the family-run business. The company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 250 customers world-wide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, August 19, 2009 — In 2010 worldwide air freight traffic is supposed to be handled as paper-free as possible. With Procars all the necessary processes for freight transport can be managed easily. Paperless air waybills can be quickly created with the new software solution and electronically transmitted through the IATA CargoIMP Standard to air cargo carriers. According to the airline association IATA, $1.2 billion a year could be saved in the air cargo industry by working without paper. Around the world an average of 38 freight documents are created per shipment. This mass of paperwork could fill 39 freighters every year. By reducing paper usage the air cargo industry can make an important contribution to environmental protection.

The following countries are so far taking part in the IATA e-freight project: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Luxemburg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Great Britain, Switzerland, Malaysia and the USA. Shippers, airlines and recipients want to handle all shipments from and to these countries electronically-only from 2010 onwards wherever possible.

The logistics provider DB Schenker has already used the freight transport management system of Riege Software International for many years. Moreover, the company is also using the extension of the comprehensive Procars system with success. “DB Schenker will roll out the IATA e-freight project worldwide. With Riege Software International we have a reliable partner which is supporting us with a programme extension for this project. The IATA e-freight project helps to speed up customs clearance, to save costs and to reduce sustainably the environmental impact,” declared Thomas Mack, Vice President Air Freight at DB Schenker.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations as well as customs services. The experienced partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies achieves an annual turnover of 5.5 million euros with 60 qualified employees. Profound industry experience as well as IT knowhow characterizes the family-run business. The company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 200 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. Long-standing customers who benefit from Riege software solutions include Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, August 3, 2009 — With the new Procars Cargo 2000 module Riege Software International has created a web-based platform that enables companies involved in the transportation chain to plan, monitor and improve the quality of shipments in line with Cargo 2000. Airlines, air freight forwarders, handling agents and other logistics companies around the world participate in Cargo 2000. The aim of the initiative is to make the transport processes in the air freight industry more reliable and to achieve local improvements through exact process analyses and harmonised quality standards.

Implementation of Cargo 2000 is divided into three phases. Phase 1, the monitoring of airport-to-airport transportation, and Phase 2, the interactive planning and steering of the entire door-to-door process chain, are already integrated into Riege Software International‘s IT platform. Phase 3 will in future enable real-time management at an individual consignment level. The transit times, punctuality and availability of freight at the arrival location will thus become measurable. The accompanying documents of each shipment will serve as the data basis. With the help of electronic reporting not only can costs be optimised but the performance of the entire supply chain can be improved.

Airlines and forwarders can achieve substantial improvements in their performance with Cargo 2000 at very low investment costs. With Procars IT provider Riege Software International offers a harmonised platform on which all the processes can be made available to all participants on a bundled basis. This enables faster comparison of all processes which can then be optimised on an ongoing basis. Alongside the reliable exchange of information Procars users can also not only monitor all processes but also respond quickly as soon as any problems occur. The Cargo 2000 module can be connected to other Transport Management Systems (TMS) through an interface.

In addition to the official Cargo 2000 requirements, the Riege Software International solution offers complete transparency of the Cargo 2000 status of every shipment in real time. Through the complete integrate of shipment monitoring in the freight management software Procars can offer true added-value compared to other systems.

Integrated logistics is the keyword when it comes to the organisation of worldwide trade flows. Forwarders and airlines which use a harmonised CDMP like Procars benefit from the necessary quality standards and can expand their customer base worldwide. More and more customers rely exclusively on partners meeting the Cargo 2000 quality standards for the transportation of their goods. With the air and ocean freight management system from Riege Software International companies involved in the transportation chain are ideally positioned to meet these requirements and can steer and measure the processes appropriately.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations as well as customs services. The experienced partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies achieves an annual turnover of 5.5 million euros with 60 qualified employees. Profound industry experience as well as IT knowhow characterizes the family-run business. The company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 200 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. Long-standing customers who benefit from Riege software solutions include Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, July 6, 2009 — With Global Connect from industry supplier Riege Software International air freight forwarders can close their dataflow gap with airlines. For example, the application forwards IATA Cargo IMP messages (Cargo Interchange Message Procedures) and status updates via the Cargo Community System through which the air cargo carrier can best be reached. “With some airlines, data exchange has not been possible to the desired extent,” explained Johannes Riege, CEO of Riege Software International. “Global Connect now enables the exchange of data not only with certain airlines, but fundamentally creates a parallel connection to different cargo community systems,” he said.

In contrast to conventional data exchange through just one CCS (Single-CCS), Global Connect supplies forwarders with data from many more airlines (Multi-CCS). Major transport documents and messages, such as air waybills (AWB), manifest data for the transmission of loading data to the US Customs Service (AMS) and automatic status updates can thus be sent to more airlines. Forwarders also benefit in the transmission of their documents from the transparency and user friendliness of the processes as the implementation of the data takes place automatically with the Global Connect software.

The use of Global Connect also ensures a significant increase in the efficiency of processes between the air cargo partners. This is because the connection of only one other CCS allows the forwarder to communicate with about 30-65 percent more airlines.

The company Astracon Air Sea Transport Concept GmbH already successfully uses the solution of Riege Software International to communicate with airlines. Frank Wannenmacher, CEO of Astracon confirms: “We rely on data exchange with all airlines for the transmission of AMS data and provision of status reports. No other provider could yet offer this service to this extent. For Astracon the use of Global Connect means cost savings without any administrative workload.”

More information about the software is available at www.riege.com.

About Riege Software International

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 70 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 250 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Geis SDV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, UTi and Zufall.

Meerbusch, January 12, 2009 — The family owned company provides comprehensive software solutions for the freight forwarding industry. Riege Software International already has a local presence in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. From January 2009 onwards the new branch office in Switzerland will offer local support and services to Swiss customers. Riege Software International is proud to serve some of the most prominent forwarders, including Apextrans, Dachser, DB Schenker and Logwin amongst others, in the Swiss market.

Andreas Fenner has been named Regional Director of Riege Software International AG in Switzerland. Mr. Fenner brings with him twenty years of experience with the Swiss forwarding industry especially with Swiss customs. “Riege Software International has already been working with Swiss customers since 1985. Opening an office in Switzerland enables Riege Software International to provide localized support to existing clients and to expand our existing client base.” said Mr. Fenner.

To further facilitate growth in the Swiss market, Riege Software International will offer an application for handling Swiss Customs. The application is built on Riege Software International’s modular Scope framework and will be available to customers by spring 2009.

Riege Software International is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and provides multi-functional and integrated software solutions for air and sea freight operations, ground handling as well as customs services. A family run business and trusted partner of forwarders, carriers and manufacturing companies, Riege Software employs approximately 80 qualified staff. With profound industry experience and IT know-how the company implements and supports customer-specific projects in all aspects of standard and value-added services, offering a wide range of service and support. Riege Software International supports more than 300 customers worldwide with offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia. The list of long-term customers who benefit from Riege software solutions includes Astracon, Dachser, DB Schenker, DSV, Jet-Speed, Kerry Logistics, Logwin, SDV Geis, UTi and Zufall.