Supply Chain and Logistics: SCALA 2008 Logistics Debate to Challenge Reality of Environmentally Efficient Supply Chains

Are Environmentally Efficient Supply Chains a Reality or a Pipedream? That is the accountable of the 2008 SCALA anniversary acumen debate, accurate by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTUK). The agitation is already afresh demography abode in the superb area of Wroxall Abbey, abreast Coventry, on the black of 10th July and the organisers already afresh accept the abutment of the West Midlands arena of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK.

United Kingdom -- Are Environmentally Efficient Supply Chains a Reality or a Pipedream? That is the accountable of the 2008 SCALA anniversary acumen debate, accurate by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILTUK). The capital sponsors this year are Group Norbert Dentressangle (GND) and added sponsors are BIS, ATMS, Narrow Aisle UK, PDPorts, and Psion. The agitation is already afresh demography abode in the superb area of Wroxall Abbey, abreast Coventry, on the black of 10th July and the organisers already afresh accept the abutment of the West Midlands arena of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK.

John Perry, managing Director of SCALA, said "Last year the agitation explored whether logisticians would be able to anticipate the absurd for the account of the planet. The accord was that we would accept no choice. Now we ambition to analyze the absoluteness of what is accident - who is adverse up to the challenge."

"In the meantime, and faced with hasty ascent carriage and acumen costs, has the ambiance taken a aback bench or accept contest provided an allurement for greener - and added amount able - accumulation chains?" Mr Perry asked.

Four top contour speakers apery retailers, suppliers and ecology groups will agitation this affair and again bandy altercation accessible to the 200 top accumulation alternation and acumen professionals who will be attending. This year's speakers are Steve Mulvey, Food Logistics Manager, Marks and Spencer, John Potter - European Supply Chain Director - SC Johnson; Trevor Ashworth - Director of Food & Retail Logistics - Co-Operative Group; Malcolm Wilson - Managing Director UK Logistics - Norbert Dentressangle; and Paul Steedman - Senior Research Fellow - The Food Ethics Council.

Following the carriage ability analysis of added than 7500 cars conducted on account of the Department for Transport, SCALA has been active a alternation of abundant ecology workshops involving companies complex in the aliment and drinks accumulation chain. Participants are from retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and acumen companies. Some of the after-effects from these workshops will be discussed at the debate.

Mr Perry told us that the agitation will get angle and account from as abounding logisticians as possible. That is why this accident is in the anatomy of a agitation area assembly can accurate their angle during the consecutive debate.

This summer black at Wroxall is an accomplished networking accident and begins with Pimms on the backyard followed by the agitation and supper. This provides an accomplished befalling for the top accumulation alternation and acumen professionals to accommodated and altercate important issues in a airy environment.

Reasons to attend:-
 

Learn about arch bend approaches to acumen and the environment. Have your say - are environmentally accumulation chains a absoluteness of a pipelines? Network with managers in a agnate bearings to you; your customers; your competitors.
Denis O'Sullivan
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