FSDF - Food Storage &  Distribution Federation

fsdf_logo.pngThe FSDF is the sole UK trade body that focuses on representing and supporting the interests of the entire food and drink logistics industry.

This major industry sector is pivotal to the UK economy and to the population as a whole.

The FSDF specialises in providing services specifically designed for food and drink logistics operators. The organisation's profile with Government, academia and other allied trade bodies ensures that the industry's interests are represented at the highest levels.

The FSDF also prides itself on providing individual support and advice to its members and responding promptly to member needs, whatever they may be.

As well as its Board of Members the FSDF has three other committees:

  • Technical and Safety Committee - Drawn from Technical and Health and Safety Managers of FSDF Members;
  • Business Affairs Committee - Drawn from Senior Industry managers including specialists such as HR;
  • Operations Management Committee - Drawn from Logistics Specialists including some Manufacturers and Retailers.

 

For more information visit: www.fsdf.org.uk

FTA – Freight Transport Association

Ensuring compliance and advancing performance

Freight Transport Association represents the transport interests of companies moving goods by road, rail, sea and air. FTA members operate over 200,000 goods vehicles - almost half the UK fleet. In addition, they consign over 90% of the freight moved by rail and over 70% of sea and air freight.

FTA is dedicated to its members, helping ensure their compliance and advancing their performance.

Ensuring compliance

With all the information needed via telephone, paper, on-line and seminars, FTA ensures members meet compliance requirements today and have advance warnings and support for planning for compliance in the future. A special product O-licence Compliance Information Service (OLCIS), is specifically designed to assist operators.

FTA also empowers members through training to ensure knowledge of compliance issues, standards and requirements. We provide auditing services to assess drivers' hours and vehicle maintenance processes to ensure compliance to the operator licence regulations.

Advancing performance

FTA campaigns for the legal, cost and structural infrastructure most conducive for efficient freight movement.

Establishing performance standards and facilitating development of best practice, FTA raises the profile of the freight movement industry.

With training services, FTA empowers and advances the skills of the drivers and managers in the industry. It's also provides auditing and consultancy to give a benchmark for performance improvement planning and suggestions for future enchancement of operations.

For more information visit: http://www.fta.co.uk

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA)

The LEEA is a globally recognised trade association for all those involved in the design, manufacture, hire, repair, refurbishment, maintenance and use of lifting equipment.

For more information visit: www.leea.co.uk

UKWA – United Kingdom Warehousing Association

ukwalogo_thumb.pngUKWA is a well-respected Association which represents nearly 700 member companies who, between them, operate around 100 million sq ft of warehouse and distribution centre space from some 2000 locations across the UK.

Originally established as a trade body for the third party warehousing and logistics sector, the Association now embraces all companies that provide warehousing or other logistics support services in the supply chain.  In other words, companies that undertake warehousing and logistics tasks but for whom such operations do not represent their core business can now apply for membership of UKWA.

Of course, the overwhelming majority of UKWA's members remain third party warehousing and logistics services companies, or 3PLs as they are perhaps better known, but the move to widen the Association's membership eligibility means that UKWA is now truly representative of the wider supply chain community.

UKWA's aims are succinctly laid out in the Association's Mission Statement which reads: "The UKWA offers a service to logistics service companies and any organisations that provide warehousing and other logistics support services in the supply chain.  It does this by helping to establish a favourable operating environment, by providing a forum for discussion on non-competitive issues and by disseminating information to assist them in their business.

For more information visit: http://www.ukwa.co.uk

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