Manufacturers and cargo owners organise trade mission to Netherlands

By Ben Kinyanjui

Teampro in conjunction with Kenya Shippers Council and Kenya Association of Manufacturers is organizing a trade and investment mission from Kenya to the Netherlands in September. Trade logisitcs is critical for EAC region

The mission is supported by The Dutch Government through its agency, NL EVD International, under the Ministry of economic affairs through the CPA programme.

The focus of the mission will be ICT solutions for the transport and logistics sector while the goal of the mission is to expose the stakeholders of the transport and logistics sector in Kenya.

These traders who include transporters, manufacturers, importers and exporters will witness how the Dutch have utilized ICT in enhancing efficiency in the Dutch logistics sector.

“Through this mission we hope to match Dutch and Kenyan companies based on their specific interests to develop and implement tailor made ICT solutions in their businesses and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the logistics sector in Kenya,” says KAM in a statement.

“This will be done through promotion of trade [business] and investments in ICT solutions as a result of cooperation with Dutch companies.”

It will also seek to promote transfer of knowledge and technology from the Dutch expertise and to highlight opportunities in the logistic sector in Kenya.

Some of the IT mobility solutions available in The Netherlands and are proposed as focus of this mission includes mobility systems such as fuel efficiency and efficient route choice, platooning, trip-departure planning and automatic engine shutdown, fleet management systems and human behaviour in traffic.

Others are E-logistics that include information flow management, information on goods in the warehouses as well as information on shipments on their way to customers, E-shipment, tracking and tracing, data collection software and customer application systems.

It also includes warehouse management systems (WMS) to support the warehouse activities, software custom application development, and middleware and bar coding mobile printing software.