Lunch & Learn: Integration as the Missing Link Behind Digital Logistics

The Missing Link: Integration as the Engine Behind Digital Logistics

Across the logistics sector, many processes still rely on fragmented systems, manual handovers, and point-to-point integrations between parties. This complexity limits scalability, slows down operations, and increases both operational and security risks.

Integration is the strategic capability that makes digital transformation in logistics real and operational.

In this Lunch & Learn, we use Secure Container Release (SCR) as a concrete, living example of what integration can achieve. SCR replaces fragmented, PIN-based container pick-up processes with a secure, identity-based digital workflow connecting ocean carriers, freight forwarders, consignees, transporters, and terminals. It's a powerful illustration of how well-designed integration turns a complex, multi-party process into a streamlined digital flow.

We explore this from three angles:

• The operational reality of a logistics company implementing SCR,
• The platform layer that enables trusted collaboration across the ecosystem, and
• The integration layer that makes it all work in practice, connecting existing systems, automating handovers, and embedding the innovation into daily operations.

The key takeaway: integration is not a technical afterthought, but a strategic enabler that allows logistics organizations to scale, adapt, and collaborate in an increasingly interconnected supply chain.

🥪 Lunch is provided. Seats are limited.

PROGRAM

12:00 Welcome & lunch

12:15 Introduction — Setting the scene: why integration matters in logistics

12:30 Molenbergnatie (Joris Verbert) — Operational experience: implementing SCR and embedding it into daily logistics processes

12:55 T-Mining (Nico Wauters) — The platform layer: enabling standardized, trusted collaboration across a multi-party logistics ecosystem

13:20 Integration.team (Bart Scheurweghs) — The integration layer: how connecting TMS to SCR turned innovation into operational reality

13:45 Q&A & open discussion

14:00 Close

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