The transportation industry is directly impacted by the changing dynamics of the global economy. With expectations of lower costs and increased volumes, the drive for cheaper global sourcing has prompted a greater interest in international transportation. Global corporations are demanding that transportation and logistics providers provide more information, visibility and services at lower costs. In turn, transportation providers are under pressure to integrate processes which introduce automation and provide value added services to their customers.

Airports or airlines industry faces a challenge reach the service levels that they promise their customers. In order to do so they need software system that would help to eliminate human error by automatically prioritizing work according to the various services levels demanded by the different airlines. In addition to this system should send out alerts or notify staff on SLA breach or based on critical success factors. A challenge to integrate information with other in-house software system remains critical factor for cargo handling departments.

Cargo Handling System (CHS) is a comprehensive next generation airline cargo and logistics management solution. CHS is an end-to-end Cargo Management System that help the air cargo industry to respond quickly and effectively to changing customer demands and market conditions. CHS is developed as an integrated, multi-hosting system that comprehensively automates Revenue Planning, Schedule Management, Capacity Management, Reservations, Cargo Optimization & Load Planning, Shipment Tracking, Tariff and Rating, Products & Services, Stock Control, Cargo Terminal Operations, Ground Handling, Warehouse Management, Courier and Mail Management, Customer Management, ULD Management and Cargo Revenue Accounting of commercial cargo carrier airlines. CHS is built as a multi-tiered application based on J2EE technology. It’s modular and component-based architecture makes it easily adaptable to existing systems/functionality, easy to introduce new functionality and easy to maintain. The system is flexible, scalable and easily adaptable to changes in technology. The functional coverage and packaging of the product is such that it will address the current and future needs of commercial cargo carrier airlines.