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EDI connected to our customers, but we have no EDI connection with our logistics providers. We are going back to telefax – that is not the future! Where is the platform?” he asked.

He also urged the industry to be more proactive with information: “It cannot be, for example, that three containers have been left in the port and nobody knows about it - we need proactive information.”

Lastly, he encouraged the room to “keep the experts.” “In the audience, I see experts I have known for years. Let them pass their expertise to the younger generation because you need a really wide range of expertise and a wide range of experience and knowledge to get projects done.

“We are all going into retirement in the next 10 years, and we have to find a way to pass our knowledge to the next generation, otherwise we are screwed.”