MARCH 2007

Understanding the Future of Transport and Logistics
User Steering Group (USG)

Retail Logistics Code of Conduct
Promotional activities continued after public launch 14 November 2006 in Melbourne

• Code has been signed by CEOs of Coles, Woolworths, Metcash, Linfox and Toll.
• Audit arrangements are now finalised
• Call for expressions of interest from auditors to be made early in February 2007
• Assessment tool and audit guides have been drafted
• Strong interest from other companies interested in signing on to the Code
• Swires Cold Storage has signed the Code.
• Ingilby Dickson is now leading the Code Management Committee.  Ingilby is VP Logistics Blue Scope Steel, chairs the ALC User group and is a member of the ALC Executive.

Leadership of Logistics

• Dr Gary Saliba has followed up the first full day workshop with the Futures Working Group and interviews are well advanced
• Working group met by teleconference on 11 December 2006
• Future dates are
• Working Group workshop in Melbourne 10am – 5pm, 2 February 2007
• ALC Executive Workshop in SEQ 10am-1pm 15 February 2007
• Key questions to be answered have now been identified. These are
• What will be the new Transport and Logistics paradigm?
• What impact will climate change have on Transport and Logistics?
• What are the three key issues that will require, demand or force the Transport and Logistics Industry to work together in a collaborative way?
• The outcomes of this work will be launched at the Smart Freight Logistics Conference in Sydney on 21 June 2007.

Data Working Group

• Apelbaum Consulting Group, through John Apelbaum has been appointed to complete the next stage of this project.
• His progress report is ready for presentation to the 2007 Annual Forum on 16 February 2007

Chairman National Logistics Data Working Group – Margaret Milne
Chairman Data Project - Len Harper