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One hundred professionals involved in the campaign 'Together we do SIL'

23/02/2011

February 23, 2011

International exhibition logistics and maintenance (SIL), which held its thirteenth Edition from 7 to 10 June 2011 at the fairground of Gran Vía of Fira de Barcelona, It has closed its campaign 'Together we do SIL' with a great success of participation. More than a hundred of professionals in the sector have sent to the Organization of the Hall its contributions, concerns and proposals in order to find answers in the various technical conferences that will take place in the 2011 SIL.

The topics most requested by the various professionals involved in this campaign include those related to the competitiveness of the sector of transport and the difficulties which is going through due to the high price of fuel, the loss of jobs in the sector, the waning of activity… In this chapter several professionals agree to call for a meeting devoted to the 2011 Incoterms, where they explain and discuss the current commercial terms of international sales in the hiring of freight transport services.

Aspects related to human resources also concern particularly in the logistics sector. In this regard, the Organization of the international logistics and maintenance has been the concern of knowing was where the figure of the director of logistics will evolve over the next 10 years, what training must have different logistics professionals, the development of a guidance guide on wage standards of the logistic staff, have a space where they are the supply and the demand for labour in the sector, etc.

Among the numerous contributions received also is noteworthy aspects related to the transport of dangerous goods and its regulations, sustainability and environmental practices, urban logistics, the evolution of rail transport, pharmaceutical, intralogistics traceability or warehouses and supply chain management.