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Business View Australia - November-December 2015
changes in the transportation schedule
can be tackled quickly and effectively.
“In our business there are two types of
air freight clients,” says Kelvin Mason,
“We have customers who use airfreight
as an integral part of their supply chain.
For example, we have customers in
Hong Kong who have closed their
warehouses inAustralia, sowereplenish
their stores all around the country from
our warehouse in Hong Kong.
“When the customer’s stores place an
order, our warehouse is informed. We
then arrange to pick the order and send
it overnight by airfreight direct to the
store. This is an example of a customer
using airfreight as an integral part of its
supply chain.
“Other customers don’t need airfreight
unless it is an emergency. For example,
a retail store may require stock in
time for a launch. Then they would
use airfreight. Airfreight is more of a
backstop for these companies and is a
necessary evil.”
Damco has developed several
categories of services to meet transit
time requirements of customers.
Priority despatches consignments on
the first available flight using partner
airlines’ dedicated services. If goods
are sent to a major destination, the
transit time does not exceed two days.
Sending air cargo by Economy, is a
cost-effective option as it uses one
or more consolidations per week,
depending on the point of origin.