Global IT Leader in Air Cargo Reached 80% Test Automation with Coforge’s AgileDriven Cargo Modernization Framework

Challenges

As part of its broader digital transformation initiative, the client sought to modernize its legacy cargo application suite into a scalable microservicesbased architecture. The goal was to enhance product agility, improve user experience, and reduce maintenance effort-ultimately supporting faster time-to-market and expanding market reach.

Solution

Coforge led a full-scale modernization program covering UI/UX enhancement, architectural redesign, functional upgrades, and reporting transformation. The solution included:

Architecture Redesign: Transitioned to newage microservices architecture

Module Modernization:

• Airline: Sales, Booking, Customer Management
• Cargo Handling: Acceptance, Import, Export, Warehouse, Manifest
• Revenue Accounting: Sales, Proration, GL, Interline
• Customer Portal: Quotes, Booking, and Management
• BI & Reporting: Migrated 300+ Crystal Reports to Jasper, and built a dynamic custom reporting framework
• Task Manager & Mobile Station

Delivery Approach

• Executed via Agile Autonomous Teams (AATs) using the SAFe® framework
• Project commenced in May 2023, with a 2-year roadmap in place
• L2 & L3 support included for global product maintenance and enhancement

Customer Implementations

• Japan Airlines: Multilingual booking portal (English, Japanese, Chinese) for shipment tracking, bookings, and reporting
• Swissport: Development of Customer Portal, Task Manager, and Mobile Station
• Saudi Cargo: Integration of MS Dynamics 365 Sales Module for quote management

Technologies Used

• Frontend/UI: Angular
• Backend: Java Spring Boot (Microservices)
• Database: MongoDB
• Reporting: Jasper Reports
• Testing Tools: WebDriver IO, JMeter
• Code Quality: SonarQube
• CI/CD: GitLab
• Engineering Framework: Co-Pilot for documentation and test cases

The Impact

• Development of Dynamic Reporting Framework used by end-users
• Parallel Run & Continuous real timedata sync
• Multiple Agile teams (AATs) working in parallel, accelerating development cycles