Albert Willem Veenstra
Albert Willem Veenstra is a professor of Trade and Logistics at Rotterdam School of Management. He also works at the Erasmus University Center for Urban, Port and Transport Economics. In previous years, he has worked for the Dutch Institute for Applied Sciences, TNO, and for a funding agency for the Dutch Topsector Logistics, TKI Dinalog. In those years, he has been heavily involved in large scale European research projects on container security (INTEGRITY), and customs supervision innovation (CASSANDRA). He is currently (2024) the academic director of the Master of Science in Customs and Supply Chain Compliance. One of his main research interests is to innovate customs supervision approaches. His team is working on a new approach for large scale e-commerce supervision, based on advanced data analytics methods.
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Customs in the age of data: new challenges for customs professionals
“We are continually adding new competences and skills to the role of the compliance professional. This raises the question of how we ought to prioritise what is essential to learn,” says Albert Veenstra. Read Enrika Naujokė’s interview with the professor to learn more about the growing importance of data quality...
AI & Customs Series. Episode 4: on the future of customs professionals
In the fourth instalment of the "AI & Customs Series", CustomsClear's Enrika Naujokė speaks with Professor Albert Veenstra (Rotterdam School of Management) about how rising data requirements and new digital tools are reshaping what it means to be a customs professional - essential viewing for anyone planning training, hiring or...
Future of customs professionals
Professor Albert Veenstra (Rotterdam School of Management) looks at how the customs profession needs to change, arguing that tomorrow's customs professionals cannot succeed without a much deeper grasp of supply chains and logistics than the classic training curriculum currently provides. Topics covered: Gaps in current customs education against the EU...
EU Deforestation Regulation: impact on customs
Note from the CCRM editors: What can we expect from customs in the future? Professor Albert Willem Veenstra addressed this question together with other authors in the article ‘The changing role of Customs: Customs aligning with supply chain and information management’ (World Customs Journal). After participating in a webinar on...
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Customs in the age of data: new challenges for customs professionals
“We are continually adding new competences and skills to the role of the compliance professional. This raises the question of how we ought to prioritise what is essential to learn,” says Albert Veenstra. Read Enrika Naujokė’s interview with the professor to learn more about the growing importance of data quality...
EU Deforestation Regulation: impact on customs
Note from the CCRM editors: What can we expect from customs in the future? Professor Albert Willem Veenstra addressed this question together with other authors in the article ‘The changing role of Customs: Customs aligning with supply chain and information management’ (World Customs Journal). After participating in a webinar on...
AI & Customs Series. Episode 4: on the future of customs professionals
In the fourth instalment of the "AI & Customs Series", CustomsClear's Enrika Naujokė speaks with Professor Albert Veenstra (Rotterdam School of Management) about how rising data requirements and new digital tools are reshaping what it means to be a customs professional - essential viewing for anyone planning training, hiring or...