Anacomp Announces Digital Services Agreement with Delta Air Lines For Online Management of Air-Cargo Flight Records
Anacomp's Internet Document Services Will Provide Delta
With Web-Based Storage and Access for Cargo Air Waybills
SAN DIEGO, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Anacomp(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: ANCO), a world leader in digital document-management services, today announced a five-year service agreement with Delta Air Lines(R) to provide online, web-based storage and delivery of cargo air waybills for Delta's domestic and international flights.
Under this agreement, Anacomp will capture, index, and transform the original air waybills and deliver the electronic images to Delta personnel throughout the company via standard web browsers and a specialized web site built and maintained by Anacomp. The images will be available on line for an initial 180 days then Anacomp will migrate the waybill images to CD for audit purposes and store the images on magnetic tape for disaster recovery and longer-term archive. The system will be operational for Delta domestic cargo locations by September 1, 1999.
"Anacomp's service offers valuable benefits," added Jeff Hoening, Delta Air Lines' project leader for air waybill imaging, "through quick, widespread access to air waybills and their attachments which will provide even better service to our customers. We are always looking for ways to improve service and timely information is critical."
"Anacomp's Internet Document Services help companies like Delta leverage the power of the Internet without the concerns of major capital investment and technology obsolescence," said Donald W. Thurman, executive vice president of Anacomp, Inc. "As Delta's business partner, Anacomp provides a complete delivery and storage solution that is both quickly implemented and scalable. We are pleased to be working with Delta and believe the agreement is another important step in the ongoing development of Anacomp's strategic digital- services business."
Delta Air Lines was named Airline of the Year by Air Transport World magazine and "Best-Managed Major Airline" for 1999 by Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. Delta, Delta Express, the Delta Shuttle, the Delta Connection carriers, and Delta's Worldwide Partners operate 5,358 flights each day transporting passengers and air cargo to 350 cities in 58 countries.
Anacomp images more customer documents than anyone else in the world. The company is a leading provider of digital document-management outsource services, field maintenance services and document-management systems and supplies. For more information, visit Anacomp's web site at www.anacomp.com. |
