VAP becomes a member of SWISS SUPPLY

VAP as new competence partner

With the SWISS SUPPLY asso­cia­ti­on, the most important logi­stics, sup­p­ly and trans­port orga­ni­sa­ti­ons in Switz­er­land want to pro­mo­te the image of logi­stics, sup­p­ly chain and trans­port and carry out public edu­ca­ti­on work. The VAP, as the repre­sen­ta­ti­ve of the ship­per indus­try in rail freight trans­port, joi­n­ed the sup­port orga­ni­sa­ti­on in August 2021 to con­tri­bu­te to these objec­ti­ves. In this way, we crea­te the best con­di­ti­ons for our mem­bers for an eco­no­mic­al­ly fruitful envi­ron­ment and a broad public under­stan­ding for a well-func­tio­ning sup­p­ly. In future, we will coor­di­na­te our trans­port poli­cy acti­vi­ties in Cargo Forum Switz­er­land with the initia­ti­ves of Swiss Sup­p­ly in order to deve­lop even more clout together.

How it came about

The idea for SWISS SUPPLY came about at the begin­ning of 2020 as part of the new focus exhi­bi­ti­on “Expe­ri­ence Logi­stics!” at the Swiss Muse­um of Trans­port. The inten­ti­on was to rea­li­se such image pro­jects and cor­re­spon­ding initia­ti­ves in the future under the umbrel­la of a natio­nal non-pro­fit orga­ni­sa­ti­on and with com­bi­ned forces in a sus­tainable man­ner. Thus, the Swiss Asso­cia­ti­on for Voca­tio­nal Trai­ning in Logi­stics (ASFL SVBL), the Swiss Com­mer­cial Vehic­le Asso­cia­ti­on ASTAG, the value crea­ti­on net­work GS1 Switz­er­land, the pro­fes­sio­nal asso­cia­ti­on for purcha­sing and sup­p­ly manage­ment procure.ch, the asso­cia­ti­on of Swiss for­war­ding and logi­stics com­pa­nies SPEDLOGSWISS, the logi­stics net­work VNL Switz­er­land and the Swiss Logi­stics Foun­da­ti­on foun­ded the new asso­cia­ti­on SWISS SUPPLY on 26 March 2021. The orga­ni­sa­ti­on will be chai­red by Jörg Mathis, CEO of GS1 Switz­er­land. The mem­bers of the orga­ni­sa­ti­on also form the spon­so­ring body and repre­sent well over 10,000 members.

Strengthening supply, logistics and transport in Switzerland

Many peo­p­le do not know: The natio­nal sup­p­ly with the areas of pro­cu­re­ment, logi­stics, sto­rage, trans­port, for­war­ding, pack­a­ging, dis­po­sal and recy­cling form a sys­tem-rele­vant back­bone of the Swiss eco­no­my. The initia­tors of SWISS SUPPLY want to impro­ve the repu­ta­ti­on of these sec­tors in Switz­er­land in the long term and arou­se inte­rest and under­stan­ding for them among the public. To this end, exis­ting initia­ti­ves are being inten­si­fied and new acti­vi­ties laun­ched. In addi­ti­on, the asso­cia­ti­on wants to gene­ra­te enthu­si­asm for the indus­try among young peo­p­le at an early stage. SWISS SUPPLY shows stu­dents and care­er chan­gers com­pre­hen­si­ve care­er oppor­tu­ni­ties with deve­lo­p­ment pos­si­bi­li­ties in various directions.