Press Report

Well-trained employees are missing in the logistics sector. Job initiatives in the logistics field stood in the spotlight of the 24th German Logistics Congress in Berlin

(Verkehr 10.2007) Training and further education belong to the future focal points of the German Logistics Association (BVL). This was also stressed by Professor Raimund Klinkner, the new chairman of the BVL. He pointed out that the German logistics sector lacks 5,000 academically trained professionals each year.

With key issues such as "Added value in Europe", "Challenges within new European markets", "Europe’s lighthouses in the supply chain management" and "Investments in Europe’s markets and locations" European topics wound their way like a red thread through the plenary events, discussions and more than 100 lectures at the 20 parallel specialised events. More than 40% of the people came from the foreign countries of Europe, the United States, Australia and Asia.

The available space for the accompanying trade exhibition was fully booked again this year. More than 180 companies presented their products. Amongst them were software developers, for example. They offered programmes which let data flow continuously from the order receipt up to the invoice. One of the exhibitors was inet-logistics. The company’s CEO Oswald Werle pointed out that his company provides continuous solutions for tasks which are related to the planning, control and execution of cross-company logistics processes. The solution which inet-logistics offers is the so-called solution suite logistics-server® which is modularly designed, web-based and uses components. By means of standardised and certified interfaces the logistics-server® can be seamlessly integrated in IT application landscapes. "Our activities are directed at the German-speaking area in particular,” says Werle.