CHAMP Cargosystems has signed an agreement with Deloitte, the world’s largest professional services firm, to forge a long-term, strategic business relationship focusing on air cargo. The deal was announced at a signing ceremony in Hong Kong during the IATA World Cargo Symposium.

Deloitte and CHAMP bring complementary strengths to the relationship and view the collaboration as an ideal way of addressing some of the industry’s strategic challenges far more effectively. This collaboration will focus on creating a solid return on investment (ROI) in formulating business cases and ensuring that solutions deliver the necessary process improvements and benefits realisation.

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Deloitte serves over 100 airlines worldwide, including 100% of the top 20 airlines by revenue. CHAMP is dedicated to air cargo and has some of the most widely used systems in the industry, with a formidable range of innovative solutions. The combined strengths and expertise of both organizations will create new offerings that are unique in the market.

David De Grandpré, a Global Mobility leader at Deloitte, said, “Our collaboration with CHAMP is a key strategic relationship that allows us to leverage some of the air cargo industry, wry’s leading minds and better serve our large airline customer base. We selected CHAMP because of their continuous dedication to pioneering state-of-the-art air cargo software solutions, and our clients will be impressed with their offerings.”

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CHAMP CEO Chris McDermott said, “We have been greatly impressed with Deloitte’s knowledge and expertise as a strategic relationship that breaks new ground in the air cargo industry. It is built on a shared commitment to innovative approaches that will deliver business benefits and excellence to our customers.”