#SRM University webinar

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SRM Institute of Science and Technology - Distance Education

SRM Institute of Science and Technology is a highly regarded educational organization that offers global academic exposure through international collaborations and exchange programs. The university has been recognized as a Deemed To Be University by UGC and has received an "A++" accreditation from NAAC.

The university's distance education arm, Directorate of Distance Education, provides industry-driven education through digital lectures, webinars, and discussion-based learning tools, as well as offering career counseling services to support students' career growth.

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Edward Packiaraj Resource Person International workshop on தமிழும் இணையமும் SRM and Teacher University by edward packiaraj Via Flickr: Edward Packiaraj Resource Person International workshop on தமிழும் இணையமும் SRM and Teacher University

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_*FLAT 40% Discount on Tamil Webinar*_ Use Coupon Code: RAMU40 *ட்ரெண்ட்லைன் நிபுணர் ஆவது எப்படி?* Speaker: *Mr. Santhosh S* [MBA (Finance and Marketing) from Gnanam School of Business, Thanjavur (One of the top business school in TAMILNADU) and BBA from SRM UNIVERSITY, Chennai. 5 years experience in trading] *What You Will Learn👇* 1) Basics of technical analysis 2) Types of charts 3) Trend analysis with suitable example 4) Types of trendline 5) Trendline support & Resistance 6) How to find false signal 7) Pattern analysis 8) Trend channel Date / Time: 05-Jan-2022 at 05:00 PM (IST) *Wednesday* Language: Tamil Duration: 3 Hours Actual Price (Incl GST): Rs 650 Discounted Price: *Rs 390* Link: https://www.elearnmarkets.com/webinars/how-to-become-a-trendline-specialist-in-tamil https://www.instagram.com/birbalcourses/p/CYTYeQgtpQB/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Students Ready to Accept New Trends In Education System– Sandeep Marwah

New Delhi: “The higher education system, like western world, already started feeling the problem of student’s attendance in India. On line education had to come, the only difference is that it had come much earlier than our own expectations,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah Chancellor of AAFT University of Media And Arts in the webinar titled ‘EDU- Leaders Virtual Conference’ organized by AITMC- All India Technical & Management Council, one of India’s paramount advisory bodies.

“The best part is that this new change has very well accepted by the students by all age groups and of all disciplines. There may be few weaknesses in the system but I am sure with little time we will over come all these problems being faced by the students as well as the authorities,” added Dr. Marwah.

“There is no package granted to educational institutions by the Government in this Covid 19 era and the fact is that we all have established with great efforts and there is a story of real struggle behind every institution. We are serious educators and never ever let our students go without proper education and training” expressed Dr. Marwah.

Anju Sharma IAS Principal Secretary, Higher & Technical Education (H&TE), Government of Gujarat, Aman Mittal Additional Director of Lovely Public University, Dr. Sandeep Sancheti Vice Chancellor SRM Institute of Science And Technology, Dr. Anoop Swaroop, Founder Vice Chancellor of Jagran Lakecity University, Dr. Aditya Malik Vice Chancellor of K.R. Manglam University and Deep Choudhary Advisor AITMC were the other participants. Taniya Tikoo Editor in Chief of Observer Now coordinated the discussion.

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As the impact of Covid-19 percolates around the world, students and teachers facing disrupted school semesters are forced to learn and teach without the benefits of proper facilities, or without in-person engagements. To help students across ages with continued access to learning during the ongoing pandemic, education partners in India have turned to the cloud to enable remote learning at scale.

Online school management

MasterSoft offers e-learning capabilities as part of its cloud-based e-Governance school management system for schools. To support educational institutes and help them deal with the sustained disruptions during the pandemic, MasterSoft launched an initiative to help schools to enable online registration and fee collection, as well as to access basic online assessments during this trying period.

Teachers are empowered by the cloud-based e-learning platform to conduct lessons. Students can assess course material, view learning and media content, submit their assignments, or take tests online. MasterSoft relies on AWS to scale quickly and deliver a high service level.

Hands-on-practice with virtual training labs

Hands-on practice doesn’t have to stop just because the computer lab is not accessible. Educators can quickly set up fully configured ready-to-use computer labs for student projects with Nuvepro Virtual Training Labs. Built on the AWS cloud for the training needs of colleges, universities, and other educational institutions, Nuvepro also offers a range of ready-to-use labs for immediate deployment.

With hands-on practice as well as assessments, students get the real-world training to develop the skillsets they need, with zero capital expenditure. The labs can be accessed at students’ own time and from a web browser regardless of where they are for unhindered learning. Aside from learning new skills, the virtual lab environments can also be used to conduct hackathons, or as engineering sandboxes for more advanced learners.

Go to school from home

To help students keep learning during the lockdowns, India-based Extramarks offered its Go-To-School (GTS) for free till 30th April 2020. GTS is a learning platform for teachers to conduct virtual classes for students, empowering them with a variety of teaching tools in an online learning environment that mirrors a real classroom. Teachers can create classroom schedules, send out worksheets, field questions in real-time, assign homework, and even conduct tests.

On its part, School@Home sees teachers from Extramarks conduct curriculum-mapped live classes for students in Grade 6 to Grade 12. This allows students to proactively employ the lockdown period to continue their learning journey with the official syllabus. Extramarks delivers its digital education solutions for students and schools by leveraging various AWS services such as ) and Amazon CloudFront. Extramarks successfully onboarded more than two million new subscribers, managing prolonged app usage that saw increased traffic of more than 25 times the usual.

A video-based platform for learning

To ensure that students have access to live and interactive access during the pandemic, Bangalore-based Impartus hosted free live virtual video classrooms using AWS services for more than 1.2 million students and 25,000 teachers across India. This is the equivalent of more than 10,000 physical classroom sessions served by the video-based learning platform.

To deliver the lessons to as many students as possible, Impartus rapidly onboarded more than 200 educational institutions including the Indian Institute of Technology – Delhi (IIT Delhi), Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS, Pilani), Sri Ramaswamy Memorial (SRM) Institute of Science and Technology. As of end-April 2020, more than 1.5 million lectures were recorded.

Training teachers on virtual teaching techniques

To help train teachers on effective virtual teaching techniques and technologies, CareerLauncher uses its Aspiration.ai portal that is built on AWS.  The portal makes learning fun and interesting for students with a blend of educational games, rewards, and regular appraisals. A pilot program across 55 public schools in Delhi reaching 15,000 students was launched on March 26, 2020. The program has since rolled out to an additional 1,200 schools and 190,000 students in Delhi.

Educators transitioning to remote learning can visit our Webinar Series on Remote Learning for on-demand webinars put together by other educators. The AWS Educate site also offers additional resources to help you and your teams.

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Contship and SRM Release New Study on Italian Logistics Corridors

Contship Italia Group, in partnership with SRM - Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (The center for economic studies and research part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group), on 16th April published its second analysis on the efficiency of logistics corridors for containerized cargoes, with a goal to provide an updated data-set and valuable insights to supply chain operators and public authorities, to help them understand and interpret the expectations and level of satisfaction of cargo owners, as well as the opportunities to improve the performance of logistics corridors in times of disruption.

The 2020 edition of the report “Corridors and logistics efficiency of territories” continues to explore how (1) the point of origin and destination of trades, (2) the availability of maritime services and (3) logistics infrastructures determine the choice of specific corridors by the 400 Italian manufacturing companies of Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna – the three main Italian exporting regions that account for 40% of Italy’s GDP and 52.7% of Italy’s total export prior to the outbreak of Covid-19.

Satisfaction Level Slightly Increased in the Quality Logistics Italian Index

This year, the Quality Logistics Italian Index (QLI2) remains the core feature of the study to evaluate the preference and satisfaction level in 4 main categories – 1) Services, 2) Costs, 3) Infrastructures and 4) Sustainability.

The QLI2 index shows that manufacturers in Lombardy have the highest expectations for the performance of the logistics corridors they use, but at the same time seem to be quite satisfied with the overall quality of their logistics options. The disparity between the importance of the services and the level of companies’ satisfaction in Emilia Romagna narrowed, indicating that the overall quality of available services is improving. 

Among the three regions, the wider gap between preference and satisfaction is registered in Veneto region – indicating the urgent need to further improve the overall quality of the services provided to industrial clusters and manufacturing companies located in this region.

Externalizing logistics

Coming as a surprise this year is that, while 69% of companies are outsourcing their export logistics, more than half of the companies preferred managing their import logistics in-house. This is an interesting trend which might indicate an increasing awareness of the strategic role of inbound logistics; we look forward to further explore the cause behind this going forward.

Starting a business with a sustainability goal

Although only 16% of respondents stated they managed the issue of sustainability through a model of governance and continuous engagement with stakeholders, over half of these companies said they have done so since starting the business. Metrics are still focused on "choice of materials of the packaging" and only to a lesser extent on energy consumption. 36% of the companies stressed however that within the next two years their own customers will have increased the awareness towards sustainability factors as part of their purchasing choices.

The district of the Prosecco of Conegliano Valdobbiadene 

Among the novelties of the 2020 edition, in addition to a panel re-modelling with an increase in representation of the chemical-pharmaceutical sector, the study also features Prosecco of Conegliano Valdobbiaden district, one of the most famous “Made in Italy” districts in the country. Interestingly, the area shows a greater propensity to the intermodal transport mode. Meanwhile, among different QLI2 factors, customers also value sustainability more.

Two polls were conducted during a presentation webinar today with a wide range of participants spanning from logistics operators and shippers, to intermodal companies and port authorities, to institutions and universities. Around 35% of respondents believe that during the post-Covid19 recovery phase, the Italian government should step up and invest in infrastructure (railway and intermodal centers) to increase capacity and movement on logistics corridors in order to simplify and facilitate the movement of goods in import and export. On the other hand, just 9% think the Italian government should invest in customs to streamline and speed up checks. 

As regards Italian shippers’ predilection for the use of the Ex Works clause in exports trade, the majority of survey respondents, 37%, believed the root cause is to be found in the desire to avoid managing transport risks. 33% believes instead that this predilection is due to habit and a lack of knowledge of the alternatives. Only 8% of respondents believed this is due to wanting to keep the price of goods low and be more competitive. 

"We are positively surprised by the interest and dialogue generated by this report over the past two years. This project was initiated to build up a monitoring centre that helps examine and track how market sentiments evolve by conducting detailed interviews of manufacturing companies.” - Daniele Testi, Marketing and Communication Director of the Contship Italia Group commented.

“This goal remains as our focus in the second edition of the study in collaboration with our partners SRM. We believe it can also inspire us to focus our energies and investments needed for Italy’s economy to restore its competitiveness. It is necessary and I also believe that by sharing the study with different but related parties, manufacturing companies and logistics operators can put their heads together on access modalities and development of the logistics corridors. Strong collaboration among manufacturing, logistics, research and credit organizations are much needed to rebuild value-added logistics for “Made in Italy” products,” Testi added.   Alessandro Panaro, Head of the Maritime & Mediterranean Economy research area for SRM, added : “The fruitful collaboration continues between SRM and the Contship Group. We are proud of this work, which represents the constructive dialogue among research, manufacture and logistics operators.”

The report was presented on Thursday 16th April 2020, through an online webinar. Please click here to download the full presentation. Full video recording presentation is also available for view.

from Storage Containers https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/contship-and-srm-release-new-study-on-italian-logistics-corridors via http://www.rssmix.com/

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_*FLAT 40% Discount on Tamil Webinar*_ Use Coupon Code: RAMU40 *ட்ரெண்ட்லைன் நிபுணர் ஆவது எப்படி?* Speaker: *Mr. Santhosh S* [MBA (Finance and Marketing) from Gnanam School of Business, Thanjavur (One of the top business school in TAMILNADU) and BBA from SRM UNIVERSITY, Chennai. 5 years experience in trading] *What You Will Learn👇* 1) Basics of technical analysis 2) Types of charts 3) Trend analysis with suitable example 4) Types of trendline 5) Trendline support & Resistance 6) How to find false signal 7) Pattern analysis 8) Trend channel Date / Time: 05-Jan-2022 at 05:00 PM (IST) *Wednesday* Language: Tamil Duration: 3 Hours Actual Price (Incl GST): Rs 650 Discounted Price: *Rs 390* Link: https://www.elearnmarkets.com/webinars/how-to-become-a-trendline-specialist-in-tamil https://www.instagram.com/p/CYTYIPHIP_F/?utm_medium=tumblr

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_*FLAT 40% Discount on Tamil Webinar*_ Use Coupon Code: RAMU40 *ட்ரெண்ட்லைன் நிபுணர் ஆவது எப்படி?* Speaker: *Mr. Santhosh S* [MBA (Finance and Marketing) from Gnanam School of Business, Thanjavur (One of the top business school in TAMILNADU) and BBA from SRM UNIVERSITY, Chennai. 5 years experience in trading] *What You Will Learn👇* 1) Basics of technical analysis 2) Types of charts 3) Trend analysis with suitable example 4) Types of trendline 5) Trendline support & Resistance 6) How to find false signal 7) Pattern analysis 8) Trend channel Date / Time: 05-Jan-2022 at 05:00 PM (IST) *Wednesday* Language: Tamil Duration: 3 Hours Actual Price (Incl GST): Rs 650 Discounted Price: *Rs 390* Link: https://www.elearnmarkets.com/webinars/how-to-become-a-trendline-specialist-in-tamil https://www.instagram.com/p/CYTYDXaIx6C/?utm_medium=tumblr

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_*FLAT 40% Discount on Tamil Webinar*_ Use Coupon Code: RAMU40 *ட்ரெண்ட்லைன் நிபுணர் ஆவது எப்படி?* Speaker: *Mr. Santhosh S* [MBA (Finance and Marketing) from Gnanam School of Business, Thanjavur (One of the top business school in TAMILNADU) and BBA from SRM UNIVERSITY, Chennai. 5 years experience in trading] *What You Will Learn👇* 1) Basics of technical analysis 2) Types of charts 3) Trend analysis with suitable example 4) Types of trendline 5) Trendline support & Resistance 6) How to find false signal 7) Pattern analysis 8) Trend channel Date / Time: 05-Jan-2022 at 05:00 PM (IST) *Wednesday* Language: Tamil Duration: 3 Hours Actual Price (Incl GST): Rs 650 Discounted Price: *Rs 390* Link: https://www.elearnmarkets.com/webinars/how-to-become-a-trendline-specialist-in-tamil https://www.instagram.com/p/CYTMWpctRxo/?utm_medium=tumblr

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_*FLAT 40% Discount on Tamil Webinar*_ Use Coupon Code: RAMU40 *ட்ரெண்ட்லைன் நிபுணர் ஆவது எப்படி?* Speaker: *Mr. Santhosh S* [MBA (Finance and Marketing) from Gnanam School of Business, Thanjavur (One of the top business school in TAMILNADU) and BBA from SRM UNIVERSITY, Chennai. 5 years experience in trading] *What You Will Learn👇* 1) Basics of technical analysis 2) Types of charts 3) Trend analysis with suitable example 4) Types of trendline 5) Trendline support & Resistance 6) How to find false signal 7) Pattern analysis 8) Trend channel Date / Time: 05-Jan-2022 at 05:00 PM (IST) *Wednesday* Language: Tamil Duration: 3 Hours Actual Price (Incl GST): Rs 650 Discounted Price: *Rs 390* Link: https://www.elearnmarkets.com/webinars/how-to-become-a-trendline-specialist-in-tamil https://www.instagram.com/p/CYTMMH_D1hV/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Contship and SRM Release New Study on Italian Logistics Corridors

Contship Italia Group, in partnership with SRM - Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (The center for economic studies and research part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group), on 16th April published its second analysis on the efficiency of logistics corridors for containerized cargoes, with a goal to provide an updated data-set and valuable insights to supply chain operators and public authorities, to help them understand and interpret the expectations and level of satisfaction of cargo owners, as well as the opportunities to improve the performance of logistics corridors in times of disruption.

The 2020 edition of the report “Corridors and logistics efficiency of territories” continues to explore how (1) the point of origin and destination of trades, (2) the availability of maritime services and (3) logistics infrastructures determine the choice of specific corridors by the 400 Italian manufacturing companies of Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna – the three main Italian exporting regions that account for 40% of Italy’s GDP and 52.7% of Italy’s total export prior to the outbreak of Covid-19.

Satisfaction Level Slightly Increased in the Quality Logistics Italian Index

This year, the Quality Logistics Italian Index (QLI2) remains the core feature of the study to evaluate the preference and satisfaction level in 4 main categories – 1) Services, 2) Costs, 3) Infrastructures and 4) Sustainability.

The QLI2 index shows that manufacturers in Lombardy have the highest expectations for the performance of the logistics corridors they use, but at the same time seem to be quite satisfied with the overall quality of their logistics options. The disparity between the importance of the services and the level of companies’ satisfaction in Emilia Romagna narrowed, indicating that the overall quality of available services is improving. 

Among the three regions, the wider gap between preference and satisfaction is registered in Veneto region – indicating the urgent need to further improve the overall quality of the services provided to industrial clusters and manufacturing companies located in this region.

Externalizing logistics

Coming as a surprise this year is that, while 69% of companies are outsourcing their export logistics, more than half of the companies preferred managing their import logistics in-house. This is an interesting trend which might indicate an increasing awareness of the strategic role of inbound logistics; we look forward to further explore the cause behind this going forward.

Starting a business with a sustainability goal

Although only 16% of respondents stated they managed the issue of sustainability through a model of governance and continuous engagement with stakeholders, over half of these companies said they have done so since starting the business. Metrics are still focused on "choice of materials of the packaging" and only to a lesser extent on energy consumption. 36% of the companies stressed however that within the next two years their own customers will have increased the awareness towards sustainability factors as part of their purchasing choices.

The district of the Prosecco of Conegliano Valdobbiadene 

Among the novelties of the 2020 edition, in addition to a panel re-modelling with an increase in representation of the chemical-pharmaceutical sector, the study also features Prosecco of Conegliano Valdobbiaden district, one of the most famous “Made in Italy” districts in the country. Interestingly, the area shows a greater propensity to the intermodal transport mode. Meanwhile, among different QLI2 factors, customers also value sustainability more.

Two polls were conducted during a presentation webinar today with a wide range of participants spanning from logistics operators and shippers, to intermodal companies and port authorities, to institutions and universities. Around 35% of respondents believe that during the post-Covid19 recovery phase, the Italian government should step up and invest in infrastructure (railway and intermodal centers) to increase capacity and movement on logistics corridors in order to simplify and facilitate the movement of goods in import and export. On the other hand, just 9% think the Italian government should invest in customs to streamline and speed up checks. 

As regards Italian shippers’ predilection for the use of the Ex Works clause in exports trade, the majority of survey respondents, 37%, believed the root cause is to be found in the desire to avoid managing transport risks. 33% believes instead that this predilection is due to habit and a lack of knowledge of the alternatives. Only 8% of respondents believed this is due to wanting to keep the price of goods low and be more competitive. 

"We are positively surprised by the interest and dialogue generated by this report over the past two years. This project was initiated to build up a monitoring centre that helps examine and track how market sentiments evolve by conducting detailed interviews of manufacturing companies.” - Daniele Testi, Marketing and Communication Director of the Contship Italia Group commented.

“This goal remains as our focus in the second edition of the study in collaboration with our partners SRM. We believe it can also inspire us to focus our energies and investments needed for Italy’s economy to restore its competitiveness. It is necessary and I also believe that by sharing the study with different but related parties, manufacturing companies and logistics operators can put their heads together on access modalities and development of the logistics corridors. Strong collaboration among manufacturing, logistics, research and credit organizations are much needed to rebuild value-added logistics for “Made in Italy” products,” Testi added.   Alessandro Panaro, Head of the Maritime & Mediterranean Economy research area for SRM, added : “The fruitful collaboration continues between SRM and the Contship Group. We are proud of this work, which represents the constructive dialogue among research, manufacture and logistics operators.”

The report was presented on Thursday 16th April 2020, through an online webinar. Please click here to download the full presentation. Full video recording presentation is also available for view.

from Storage Containers https://maritime-executive.com/article/contship-and-srm-release-new-study-on-italian-logistics-corridors via http://www.rssmix.com/

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Contship and SRM Release New Study on Italian Logistics Corridors

Contship Italia Group, in partnership with SRM - Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (The center for economic studies and research part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group), on 16th April published its second analysis on the efficiency of logistics corridors for containerized cargoes, with a goal to provide an updated data-set and valuable insights to supply chain operators and public authorities, to help them understand and interpret the expectations and level of satisfaction of cargo owners, as well as the opportunities to improve the performance of logistics corridors in times of disruption.

The 2020 edition of the report “Corridors and logistics efficiency of territories” continues to explore how (1) the point of origin and destination of trades, (2) the availability of maritime services and (3) logistics infrastructures determine the choice of specific corridors by the 400 Italian manufacturing companies of Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna – the three main Italian exporting regions that account for 40% of Italy’s GDP and 52.7% of Italy’s total export prior to the outbreak of Covid-19.

Satisfaction Level Slightly Increased in the Quality Logistics Italian Index

This year, the Quality Logistics Italian Index (QLI2) remains the core feature of the study to evaluate the preference and satisfaction level in 4 main categories – 1) Services, 2) Costs, 3) Infrastructures and 4) Sustainability.

The QLI2 index shows that manufacturers in Lombardy have the highest expectations for the performance of the logistics corridors they use, but at the same time seem to be quite satisfied with the overall quality of their logistics options. The disparity between the importance of the services and the level of companies’ satisfaction in Emilia Romagna narrowed, indicating that the overall quality of available services is improving. 

Among the three regions, the wider gap between preference and satisfaction is registered in Veneto region – indicating the urgent need to further improve the overall quality of the services provided to industrial clusters and manufacturing companies located in this region.

Externalizing logistics

Coming as a surprise this year is that, while 69% of companies are outsourcing their export logistics, more than half of the companies preferred managing their import logistics in-house. This is an interesting trend which might indicate an increasing awareness of the strategic role of inbound logistics; we look forward to further explore the cause behind this going forward.

Starting a business with a sustainability goal

Although only 16% of respondents stated they managed the issue of sustainability through a model of governance and continuous engagement with stakeholders, over half of these companies said they have done so since starting the business. Metrics are still focused on "choice of materials of the packaging" and only to a lesser extent on energy consumption. 36% of the companies stressed however that within the next two years their own customers will have increased the awareness towards sustainability factors as part of their purchasing choices.

The district of the Prosecco of Conegliano Valdobbiadene 

Among the novelties of the 2020 edition, in addition to a panel re-modelling with an increase in representation of the chemical-pharmaceutical sector, the study also features Prosecco of Conegliano Valdobbiaden district, one of the most famous “Made in Italy” districts in the country. Interestingly, the area shows a greater propensity to the intermodal transport mode. Meanwhile, among different QLI2 factors, customers also value sustainability more.

Two polls were conducted during a presentation webinar today with a wide range of participants spanning from logistics operators and shippers, to intermodal companies and port authorities, to institutions and universities. Around 35% of respondents believe that during the post-Covid19 recovery phase, the Italian government should step up and invest in infrastructure (railway and intermodal centers) to increase capacity and movement on logistics corridors in order to simplify and facilitate the movement of goods in import and export. On the other hand, just 9% think the Italian government should invest in customs to streamline and speed up checks. 

As regards Italian shippers’ predilection for the use of the Ex Works clause in exports trade, the majority of survey respondents, 37%, believed the root cause is to be found in the desire to avoid managing transport risks. 33% believes instead that this predilection is due to habit and a lack of knowledge of the alternatives. Only 8% of respondents believed this is due to wanting to keep the price of goods low and be more competitive. 

"We are positively surprised by the interest and dialogue generated by this report over the past two years. This project was initiated to build up a monitoring centre that helps examine and track how market sentiments evolve by conducting detailed interviews of manufacturing companies.” - Daniele Testi, Marketing and Communication Director of the Contship Italia Group commented.

“This goal remains as our focus in the second edition of the study in collaboration with our partners SRM. We believe it can also inspire us to focus our energies and investments needed for Italy’s economy to restore its competitiveness. It is necessary and I also believe that by sharing the study with different but related parties, manufacturing companies and logistics operators can put their heads together on access modalities and development of the logistics corridors. Strong collaboration among manufacturing, logistics, research and credit organizations are much needed to rebuild value-added logistics for “Made in Italy” products,” Testi added.   Alessandro Panaro, Head of the Maritime & Mediterranean Economy research area for SRM, added : “The fruitful collaboration continues between SRM and the Contship Group. We are proud of this work, which represents the constructive dialogue among research, manufacture and logistics operators.”

The report was presented on Thursday 16th April 2020, through an online webinar. Please click here to download the full presentation. Full video recording presentation is also available for view.

from Storage Containers https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/contship-and-srm-release-new-study-on-italian-logistics-corridors via http://www.rssmix.com/

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Contship and SRM Release New Study on Italian Logistics Corridors

Contship Italia Group, in partnership with SRM - Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (The center for economic studies and research part of Intesa Sanpaolo Group), on 16th April published its second analysis on the efficiency of logistics corridors for containerized cargoes, with a goal to provide an updated data-set and valuable insights to supply chain operators and public authorities, to help them understand and interpret the expectations and level of satisfaction of cargo owners, as well as the opportunities to improve the performance of logistics corridors in times of disruption.

The 2020 edition of the report “Corridors and logistics efficiency of territories” continues to explore how (1) the point of origin and destination of trades, (2) the availability of maritime services and (3) logistics infrastructures determine the choice of specific corridors by the 400 Italian manufacturing companies of Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia Romagna – the three main Italian exporting regions that account for 40% of Italy’s GDP and 52.7% of Italy’s total export prior to the outbreak of Covid-19.

Satisfaction Level Slightly Increased in the Quality Logistics Italian Index

This year, the Quality Logistics Italian Index (QLI2) remains the core feature of the study to evaluate the preference and satisfaction level in 4 main categories – 1) Services, 2) Costs, 3) Infrastructures and 4) Sustainability.

The QLI2 index shows that manufacturers in Lombardy have the highest expectations for the performance of the logistics corridors they use, but at the same time seem to be quite satisfied with the overall quality of their logistics options. The disparity between the importance of the services and the level of companies’ satisfaction in Emilia Romagna narrowed, indicating that the overall quality of available services is improving. 

Among the three regions, the wider gap between preference and satisfaction is registered in Veneto region – indicating the urgent need to further improve the overall quality of the services provided to industrial clusters and manufacturing companies located in this region.

Externalizing logistics

Coming as a surprise this year is that, while 69% of companies are outsourcing their export logistics, more than half of the companies preferred managing their import logistics in-house. This is an interesting trend which might indicate an increasing awareness of the strategic role of inbound logistics; we look forward to further explore the cause behind this going forward.

Starting a business with a sustainability goal

Although only 16% of respondents stated they managed the issue of sustainability through a model of governance and continuous engagement with stakeholders, over half of these companies said they have done so since starting the business. Metrics are still focused on "choice of materials of the packaging" and only to a lesser extent on energy consumption. 36% of the companies stressed however that within the next two years their own customers will have increased the awareness towards sustainability factors as part of their purchasing choices.

The district of the Prosecco of Conegliano Valdobbiadene 

Among the novelties of the 2020 edition, in addition to a panel re-modelling with an increase in representation of the chemical-pharmaceutical sector, the study also features Prosecco of Conegliano Valdobbiaden district, one of the most famous “Made in Italy” districts in the country. Interestingly, the area shows a greater propensity to the intermodal transport mode. Meanwhile, among different QLI2 factors, customers also value sustainability more.

Two polls were conducted during a presentation webinar today with a wide range of participants spanning from logistics operators and shippers, to intermodal companies and port authorities, to institutions and universities. Around 35% of respondents believe that during the post-Covid19 recovery phase, the Italian government should step up and invest in infrastructure (railway and intermodal centers) to increase capacity and movement on logistics corridors in order to simplify and facilitate the movement of goods in import and export. On the other hand, just 9% think the Italian government should invest in customs to streamline and speed up checks. 

As regards Italian shippers’ predilection for the use of the Ex Works clause in exports trade, the majority of survey respondents, 37%, believed the root cause is to be found in the desire to avoid managing transport risks. 33% believes instead that this predilection is due to habit and a lack of knowledge of the alternatives. Only 8% of respondents believed this is due to wanting to keep the price of goods low and be more competitive. 

"We are positively surprised by the interest and dialogue generated by this report over the past two years. This project was initiated to build up a monitoring centre that helps examine and track how market sentiments evolve by conducting detailed interviews of manufacturing companies.” - Daniele Testi, Marketing and Communication Director of the Contship Italia Group commented.

“This goal remains as our focus in the second edition of the study in collaboration with our partners SRM. We believe it can also inspire us to focus our energies and investments needed for Italy’s economy to restore its competitiveness. It is necessary and I also believe that by sharing the study with different but related parties, manufacturing companies and logistics operators can put their heads together on access modalities and development of the logistics corridors. Strong collaboration among manufacturing, logistics, research and credit organizations are much needed to rebuild value-added logistics for “Made in Italy” products,” Testi added.   Alessandro Panaro, Head of the Maritime & Mediterranean Economy research area for SRM, added : “The fruitful collaboration continues between SRM and the Contship Group. We are proud of this work, which represents the constructive dialogue among research, manufacture and logistics operators.”

The report was presented on Thursday 16th April 2020, through an online webinar. Please click here to download the full presentation. Full video recording presentation is also available for view.

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