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Trucking CDM
Working together
In the last edition of Cargo Magazine, we reported that the Trucking CDM platform had taken off. Research had been undertaken by students from Inholland University of Applied Sciences that had provided new insights and more and more parties in the cargo industry were getting involved. A year later we are once again speaking with Giovanni Douven, Project Manager and Research Fellow Inholland and Dennis Smit, Manager Wallenborn Schiphol. In addition, Business Development Manager, David Smorenburg and Business Information Analyst, Saskia Beukeveld, of Jan de Rijk Logistics give their opinion of their experience with the platform. Tekst Esther Kort-Boreas
Giovanni Douven
Cargo Magazine
“Version 1.0 of the Trucking CDM platform proved to be a success”, Giovanni Douven begins. “This laid the basis for an IT platform for local import and export land-side at airports. The keyword here is ‘connectivity’. Indeed, there are many parties involved in this part of the cargo process who, in order to ensure an optimal process flow, need to be connected with each other. In the past few months several airlines have also joined the platform. Although the airlines have no role on the operational level, they want transparency in the supply chain: what is happening land-side with consignments that they will carry?”
