Danzas AEI, the leader in air freight forwarding with about 6.5 percent of the market, originates roughly 1 million of the total 15 million metric tons of shipments per year, according to MergeGlobal. Company officials and industry watchers say AEI's IT and applications infrastructure was a jewel of the acquisition. Indeed, that infrastructure is now the corporate standard. All of these systems, accessible over a VPN, are managed in Darien, so customers get uniform data and interfaces regardless of where they're located. That's key for multinational customers.
Some companies have different systems.
Danzas AEI has effected these e-business results with an investment that's relatively paltry.