Operational Opportunities With Advance Export Declaration (AED)

With Advance Export Declaration (AED) requirement, there are many uses for data collected in advance.

1. one can use the advance declaration information to decide how much manpower to allocate as the type of processing required is now known before-hand. Of course, the assumption here is that the time taken to do certain jobs is known.

2. An extension of the above idea is to split services to different counters so that both counters are balanced. This means maximum jobs processed in minimum possible time and resources.

3. Schedules can then be given to freight forwarders to send in their cargo with the minimal wait time.

4. In addition, loads on comtainers/ airline unit loading devices (ULD) can be pretty much optimized in advance, which can coincide with send in schedules. Space is saved this way and a higher throughput is achieved.

5. An extension of this is of course the ability for freight forwarders and shippers to obtain dimension and weight measurements in advance to flow through opportunities, increasing the overall supply chain velocity