Web-based NetFreight trebles user base
New member Air Sea Scotland Air Sea Scotland is the latest freight forwarder to adopt NetFreight, the internet-based forwarding and Customs software system from Impatex. The company joins 21 other NetFreight users, virtually trebling the product’s user base in the 18 months since Impatex first acquired the system, and then added Customs functionality. Scotland’s largest independent forwarder, Air Sea Scotland will use the software to replace Impatex’s Customs Manager and previous MCS products, and satisfy its demand for online bookings and track/trace facilities for its clients. Meanwhile Heathrow-based Meridian Freight, one of the first three launch customers for NetFreight, is set to switch its imports operations to the system, completing a gradual migration which began in 2005; the company will now use NetFreight for all its forwarding and Customs activities, enabling it to dispense with separate Customs software. Customers and overseas partner agents can also send pre-alerts via NetFreight’s track/trace facility, which are then easily converted to bookings, saving time and money. NetFreight also provides comprehensive, customisable management reports for monitoring of company performance. NetFreight is primarily aimed at small- and medium-sized multi-modal forwarders. It is joined by Impatex’s recently-launched ICE (Integrated Customs for Europe) system, which is aimed at larger, multi-outlet, multi-national freight agents. ICE is progressively replacing the company’s market-leading Customs Manager product, which is currently used by half of the UK’s top 30 forwarders, and which clears over 50% of all airfreight shipments. Impatex has supplied Customs processing systems since 1980, and pioneered ‘Intelligent’ DTI in 1983 to coincide with the introduction of FCP80 for the Felixstowe ocean community. Quelle: Impatex Computer Systems Ltd |