The Irish Exporters Association (IEA), the voice of the export industry in Ireland, held a seminar to inform exporters with multimodal supply chain, logistics and customs issues on a number of regulatory changes taking place in 2016. The event brought over 70 industry specialists from the air, road, sea and rail sectors together with government and key stakeholders to the Radisson, Little Island, Cork. The Supply Chain Ireland events are sponsored by Aer Lingus Cargo, Crowe Horwath and Irish Rail to grow and promote Ireland as a leading player in the global supply chain.
Highlights of the event:
- What to expect of the upcoming SOLAS VI Container Weight Verification rules and requirement
- How SOLAS may affect various companies
- Falsified medicines and the supply chain
- New Good Distribution Practices (GDPs) and what the manufacturers should be aware of
- How to increase efficiencies in the supply chain
- Best practice when exporting goods
- Best practice when importing goods
- Networking with regional supply chain professionals
Expert speakers
- Alan Fehily, Chairman, Irish Exporters Association’s Cork Regional Council and Indirect Procurement Lead of DePuySynthes
- Declan Black (Capt.), Nautical Surveyor, Marine Survey Office, Irish Maritime Administration, Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- George O’Kelly Sales Manager – UK & Ireland, Crest Solutions, an industry leader in the provision of machine vision solution systems to highly regulated, high-volume manufacturing and packaging environments
- Ciaran Brady, Director PLS Pharma, a leading pharmaceutical consultancy and training organisation
Howard Knott, Trade Facilitation Director, Irish Exporters Association commented: “In discussing some of the unique strengths and weaknesses of the Munster region, in particular Cork and Kerry’s international Supply Chain, considerable progress has been made in the provision of services over recent years. The Region’s Ports, large and small have grabbed the opportunity to develop new business, Air Cargo development opportunities, both in Cork and Shannon, though more remains to be done to progress the development of the road infrastructure servicing the main manufacturing hubs and Ports. Rail freight is currently underdeveloped in the region, though the increase in freight train size now being trialled by Iarnrod Eireann is a positive development.”
Alan Fehily, Chairman, Irish Exporters Association’s Cork Regional Council commented: “`The Irish Exporters Association is positioned at the forefront of the transport and logistics sectors and facilitates collaboration between private industry and the public sector. Ireland’s competitiveness is dependent on an efficient supply chain and through our Supply Chain Ireland initiative, we strive to facilitate companies based on the island of Ireland, across all sectors, to grow, develop and become educated and compete as a leading player in the global supply chain.”
