Floriday lately mouth to Guido Zwart of Mount Elgon / Rose Handling Services about digitalisation in the floriculture industriousness , the start of Floriday , and the current working method acting .
Mount Elgon cultivates 43 hectares of roses , 200 hectares of avocados , and 2 hectare of summer flower at the pes of Mount Elgon in Kenya . It is a genuine family business , where the fourth generation is currently in direction and the fifth coevals is being readied . Mount Elgon has its own processing ship’s company in the Netherlands , Rose Handling Services , located on the Royal FloraHolland positioning in Rijnsburg . The incoming shipments from Kenya are processed day by day at Rose Handling Services . It then makes all the preparations for the auction and handles the logistics of interior and outside orders .
Besides its passion for flower , Mount Elgon is also focused on civic society in Kenya . Years ago , Mount Elgon lay down its own reliance with which it sustain civil society in Kenya , including its own orphanage and infirmary , HIV testing centers , and a school day for child with disabilities . It also attaches great grandness to the climate - neutral yield of its pink wine , by means of solar panels and a hydroelectric power station .
Digitization in the floriculture industry“Of course something had to happen . The diligence was work with outdated systems and more and more small systems were being developed around us . Which is of course not efficient for anyone . Sometimes you have to jointly move in a sure direction and it takes a deadline to get people on plug-in . With the comer of Floriday , we can function together as a cooperative which , hopefully , will ultimately beef up the diligence . But , get to the detail where we are now has been a farseeing journey . Working towards a totally young way of working in a difficult ( Saint Elmo’s light ) year with a very tight deadline was not always pleasant . At Mount Elgon , we have need this unconscious process very seriously from the start and we have done everything possible to comply with digital trading and the associated workings methods . In the end , we are very glad with the excellent link between FreshPortal and Floriday and the functionality that were developed lately , though it has not been without struggle . ”
“ We are ready for it”“I suppose that there are still big steps to be taken on the purchaser ' side . On the provision side , a big part of it is somewhat under mastery and well organized . In our middle , the buyers are not very tortuous yet . We see this in simple thing such as the acceptance of correction by vendee , while only one button take to be pressed in Floriday . Fortunately , we can still arrange many matter the “ onetime ” way if a client is not yet quick for it . multitude tend to stick to old ways and practices , but it will help us all if we all move forward together . This will enable us to sincerely speed up and take the next step . Whatever happens , we are ready for it . "
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