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

The Airlines, Equipment Leasing and Shipping industry is facing some of its greatest challenges. The recent volatility in trade, ongoing structural changes in the liner shipping sector, continuing pressure on rental rates and uncertainty in the all-important secondary market have combined to depress revenues and raise costs. Nonetheless, Drewry Shipping Consultants' latest report, Container Leasing - Seeking out the Opportunities, reveals that it is not all doom and gloom. It also faces another challenge of transforming their businesses into information service providers to meet the demand for additional supply chain information and services from their customers. To stay competitive in today’s environment, Transportation and logistics providers and their agents need to add functionality to reflect best practices and capitalize on new opportunity. In the past, that generally meant a heavy capital investment in expensive custom programming and IT support staff.

Since Shipping Lines (Lessee) & Intermodal companies operates in the intermodal environment, it faces an acute problem of the inefficient usage of containers resulting into reduced revenues. This happens largely due to information lying in islands and hence the all Trading partners need a way for design and operation teams to have real-time access to their Assets.

As customer and regulatory conditions change, Lessors need a technology infrastructure that is highly flexible and can be quickly deployed to meet new challenges. The technology must be open and collaborative to include all Trading Partners including Manufacturers, Shipping Lines, Depots, Surveyors, Agents & and financial institutions.

Airlines, Leasing and Shipping are fundamentally an information business. AMS is a comprehensive Asset Management package aimed at Airlines, Leasing and Shipping Business. It is meant for companies interested in Maximizing return on their IT costs and reducing overall operating expenses. A highly integrated, component-based platform that combines procurement, marketing, contracts, finance, credit management, operations, depot management, equipment sales, invoicing, M&R, repositioning and more under one system with one database. The web capabilities allow for both internal users and customers to access a wide range of functions, and the ability to enter and retrieve any information from any browser, based on a highly flexible separate security module. This software covers the entire logistics of the Business from Purchase Order till Sale of containers, all trade partners from Investors to Depots.