bestLog Quick Poll 2

In the current economic climate, will sustainability issues have to wait?

yes no

If transport continues to grow at the same rate as the economy this will become both an economic and an environmental problem. Increasingly congested roads are as much a disadvantage to European business as they are to society at large. The bestLog project, initiated by the European Commission, will establish an exchange platform for the improvement of supply chain management practice across Europe.

bestLog aims to:

• Improve logistics practice
• Improve logistics education
• Reduce differences across Europe
• Set standards for logistics education and practice
• Create growth and jobs
• Achieve a better match between EC policy and business decisions

To achieve these aims, bestLog will

• Collect and disseminate logistics best practice knowledge across Europe
• Create a platform for an ongoing exchange on logistics best practice (beyond the duration of the project)
• Develop a certificate for European best practice in logistics
• Regularly publish a report on the state-of-the-art in logistics education
• Develop training packages

Communication is key to the bestLog project. bestLog will therefore engage in an active communication with stakeholders from all European countries and from all industries. An advisory and communications board will be set up consisting of 58 members from politics and industry.

It is recognised that logistics decisions regarding Europe are not necessarily made within Europe. Partners from the U.S. and from Asia will therefore be included in the information exchange for mutual learning.

bestLog started in February 2006 and will end in early 2010. The bestLog project team consists of 9 partners from 9 European countries. Partners in the consortium are:

• Technische Universität Berlin, Logistics Department
• University of St. Gallen, Chair of Logistics Management
• METTLE Groupe
• Reliant s.r.l.
• Warsaw School of Economics, Logistics Department
• Packaging, Transport and Logistics Institute (ITENE)
• Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
• Chalmers University of Technology
• European Logistics Association

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