OLF and IATA to develop air cargo’s open-source solutions

The Open Logistics Foundation (OLF) and IATA are collaborating to build an independent expert community dedicated to developing open-source digital solutions for standardising and automating freight processes in the air cargo industry, said Henk Mulder, Head, Digital Cargo, IATA. The two organisations will discuss the digital transformation in air cargo despite limited IT resources at the upcoming World Cargo Symposium. “Open-source solutions based on IATA’s ONE Record standard are indispensable for our sector, especially organisations with fewer IT staff and hardly any developer capacities need to act to remain competitive. The foundation contributes valuable experience here and has been able to launch large-scale open-source projects in the areas of eCMR, track & trace and emissions reporting.