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Wipro partners with IATA

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BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies, has announced a strategic partnership with International Air Transport Association (IATA) for its e-freight initiative.

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The IATA e-freight programme forms part of its strategic “Simplifying the Business” initiative, with the association committed to lead and support e-freight implementation for the air cargo industry. It also aims to align stakeholders to common goals and standards in order to facilitate the delivery of e-freight solutions.

By joining the IATA e-freight Preferred Partner programme, Wipro will commit to the development of e-freight solutions that will dramatically reduce complexity and paper-based processes, Wipro said in a statement.

Manoj Punja, senior vice president, Wipro Technologies, said, “IATA is spearheading an industry–wide initiative to optimize air cargo processes, by removing documentation and working with the IATA e-freight StB preferred partners to provide simple and efficient systems to global customers.”

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“IATA welcomes Wipro’s decision to become a StB Preferred Partner. We look forward to their participation in supporting the IATA e-freight Message Improvement Programme (MIP), supporting the pilots and supporting the e-freight vision,” said Aleks Popovich, global head of Cargo, IATA.

“As one of our partners, Wipro will help improve message quality, develop global standards and implement global systems for trading partners which, in turn, will lead to industry cost savings and add value to the e-freight solutions to be offered," he added.

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