A new 'Cargo Dashboard' service will show real-time incoming cargo volumes and processes at Frankfurt Airport (FRA), marking a significant milestone in optimizing cargo processes through digitization.

FRA — Europe's busiest cargo hub — said the dashboard aims to provide participating companies in the cargo community with a comprehensive overview of current operating conditions.

It added that companies can use this data to assess these conditions realistically, allowing them to adjust their processes if necessary. 

"The Cargo Dashboard supplies at-a-glance information about the entire process chain to all participants. This includes the distribution of cargo volumes across the day, current throughput times, infrastructure utilization, as well as the overall process performance," commented Martina Schikorr, managing director at allivate GmbH.

"The system allows bottlenecks to be identified and for resources to be more efficiently allocated. It also provides customers with reliable insights into performance."

FRA said in the announcement that the dashboard will be integrated into the existing FAIR@Link platform as part of the digital Cargo Community System to provide cargo community decision-makers, in particular, with valuable insights into current on-site process quality and efficiency. 

FRA noted the high level of cooperation from companies at the site which provided their data for the dashboard.

"The innovation from allivate has been made possible thanks to comprehensive data from the systems of a large number of companies, matched with the combined expertise of airport operator Fraport and IT firm DAKOSY," it said.

FRA added that this data transparency underlines the close and trusting cooperation within the cargo community, which played a key role in the development.

"Unlike conventional Business Intelligence (BI) dashboards, allivate's solution integrates data from a range of sources to provide a comprehensive and overarching state-of-play for all participants," FRA said.