Seven years since it first hit the market, Wiremind’s flagship product – the market leading space optimization and palletization tool for airlines, GSAs, charter brokers, and even forwarders – SKYPALLET is set to get even better. SKYPALLET 2.0 will be launched this summer and is currently undergoing beta-testing. Airline feedback has been incorporated in the upgrade which will see the software offer an even more intuitive interface, greater processing speeds, and more workflow automation thanks to SKYPALLET’s integration in CARGOSTACK. The release points out that, with its 2.0 improvements, the tool will cover the entire cargo lifecycle from quotation to booking acceptance, capacity control, flight release, through to operations. This will enable users to optimize space at all points of the journey, and therefore maximize their revenues. Version 2.0 will be progressively rolled out to new and existing customers over the coming 12-18 months, following a detailed change management plan.
Nathanaël de Tarade, Wiremind Cargo CEO, said: “Various improvements to SKYPALLET over the years means it is now used at multiple touchpoints and processes in the air cargo lifecycle by our customers. While SKYPALLET has already been integrated to customer systems through its API, it has remained a stateless application relying on external systems to provide shipment and capacity inputs per calculation. By incorporating it into CARGOSTACK as part of our version 2.0, we now have the architecture to retrieve and hold all the relevant inputs consumed by the palletization algorithm, through what we call a stateful or deep integration with a customer’s core reservation system. This enables different automated workflows such as running SKYPALLET autonomously in the background using the booking, flight and aircraft data to recommend outputs back to the airline system such as the remaining available volume, suggest offloads and significantly automate the flight release process. We are also excited because SKYPALLET 2.0 is unlocking a number of new use cases which we are actively exploring with early adopter customers. This includes a new module to manage end-to-end special loads processes, its use in-warehouse for build planning and execution, and aircraft weight & balance capabilities.”
