Valencia defines the first European standard of best logistics practices

The presentation of the project was entrusted to the Director of the Department of logistics of the Institute of technology of Berlin (TU), Peter Franke. The meeting was a special mention to the scope of the certification of personnel in the sector of transport and logistics, with the intervention of Graham Ewer, representative of the European Logistics Association (ELA), most significant entity in the logistics sector in Europe. At this point have been detected deficiencies and regulatory gaps at European level, especially in aspects such as the efficient driving and the safety and health.

To talk about the current status of standardization in the field of logistics and transport both in Spain and in Europe, was the intervention of the Chief of service of AENOR, Elena Ordozgoiti, standardisation and technical director of the ICIL FoundationJaume Mira. By ITENE, the researchers Ramón Alonso and Patricia Bellver will deal with the benefits of the implementation of management systems in transport companies and the results obtained in the survey Bestlog, respectively.