Port of Melbourne model draws UN attention

Filed in archive Best practice on April 20, 2006

It seems that Port of Melbourne supply chain community is doing a good job coz UN is pretty interested in what they are doing.

According to Supply Chain Review, A model of the Port of Melbourne Supply Chain community is attracting interest from a peak international trade body for its contribution to supply chain efficiency.

Developed by the Victorian Government, Transport Minister Peter Batchelor says the Port of Melbourne Supply Chain Model is a first for the Australian freight and logistics sector and is now being considered by the United Nations - Center for Trade facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) - as a template for a global supply chain reference model.

"The Supply Chain Model was commissioned to aid Government and industry to find ways to improve efficiency and reduce congestion at the Port of Melbourne," says Batchelor.

"Such is the quality of the model, that it is now being nationally and internationally recognized as world's best practice."

The Australian Head of Delegation to UN/CEFACT, Ian Watt, says a Trade Business Group has been established to look at developing a global supply chain reference model. He says the group are so impressed with the Victorian model that they are now seeking permission to use it as a starting point for their own work.