13th March 2024 – Model Form of Contract MF/1 Training Day
AMHSA were delighted to once again be able to offer a Legal Training – Model Form of Contract MF/1 event with a full update in relation to Revision 7 on Wednesday 13th March 2024.
Tony Ventrella, Principal Adviser at Ventrella Associates, who has an LL.B (Hons) in Law and MA in Business Law was on hand to guide delegates through the principals and practices of contract design applicable to contracts relevant to the Automated Material Handling Systems sector. Particular emphasis was placed on how the model contract is used for the logistics automation industry.
Tony is a key member of the MF/1 Model Contract Drafting Committee and is an expert in both the legal and practical application of this contract in our industry. He is also able to support the application of the MF/1 contracts internationally.
The training course was delivered to a very senior level of delegates from around the AMHSA member companies and suitably tailored to all those responsible for the negotiation and execution of commercial supply and installation contracts in the materials handling industry.
The course was delivered to a small group allowing focus and concentration for each individual and their training expectations. The training provided excellent learning for for both Commercial teams and also provided superb overviews of MF/1 for Sales, Projects and Engineering teams involved in commercial discussions with customers and suppliers.
Tony shared his commercial and legal expertise in relation to automated handling projects using MF/1 and other forms of contract demonstrating his knowledge and being able to quote statue, case and legal studies. The course introduced updated considerations of some typical amendments commonly made by customers.
Thursday 7th March 2024
Model Form Of Contract MF/1 – Revision 7 Update
In January (2024), The Institution of Engineering and Technology updated the Model Form of Contract, commonly known as MF/1. This trusted document has been perfect for projects for the design, supply and installation of electrical, electronic and mechanical plant and is recognised throughout the Automated Material Handling industry.
Tony Ventrella recently provided clarity and helped attendees understand the specific details of the recent amendments made as part of Revision 7.
This online session for AMHSA Members was provided free of charge. Members who attended this session, were given the latest information about the material, practical and technical changes and the updates to the language used in the form. Attendees were given succinct online description within two hours. Attendees responded favourably to the session.
Wednesday 24th January 2024
Digital Marketing Strategies – It’s not about budget, it’s about relevance.
This was our first event of 2024
Digital Marketing has been around for some time and whilst most medium to large scale businesses are able to employ large scale Social Media Campaigns to promote their businesses, it might be the envy of many smaller companies with limited resources and budgets to be able to replicate the sizable efforts made by larger competitors, their use and cost does not have to hamper aspiration.
AMHSA member Interroll, provided a 90 minute online session to help AMHSA members identify marketing, traditional and digital, strategies including social media platforms, including “X” and LinkedIn, that could be used to great effect boosting awareness and giving businesses a wider exposure to audiences using techniques to help the development of strategies for success.
The session was broken into two 30 minute sessions with question and answers sessions and a generous break in between. Irina Schatorjé, Marketing Director – Interroll and her colleague Christopher Grassow – Marketing Manager EMEA shared their experiences, tips, advice and the do’s and dont’s of digital marketing and social media campaigns. They explained their own use of traditional and digital approaches to develop strategies that had worked for Interroll, and wow they were very financially varied but very successful.
8th November – AMHSA Autumn Conference 2023
The AMHSA Autumn Conference Meeting was held at the Harborough Innovation Centre on Wednesday 8th November 2023.
AMHSA members attended this meeting and heard the latest updates about the direction of the association and membership structure as well as the programme of events for the coming year. Information about continuing representations and efforts made by the secretariat team with the DBT and the successes made agreeing, on behalf of our industry, reciprocal arrangements in order to maintain operational relations with the EU were also featured.
Other speakers included exhibition organisers, IMHX and IWLEX, and we also heard from Rueben Scriven, Interact Analysis, about the current market trends and forecasts and successes.
We would like to thanks everybody for their continued support again this year and hope to develop this event for 2024 with new features and opportunities. Watch this space!!