Isle d'Abeau's specific approach to logistics is leading to a new phase of development based on "logistical intelligence" and a determination to attract private and public sector services in this field, notably in respect of:

· Professional training and higher education, in conjunction with Isle d'Abeau's university facilities. The aim is to facilitate access to jobs in the New Town and to key training programmes into local business activity.

· Logistical engineering : increasing recourse by business to logistical outsourcing, and the need to adapt today's exigencies, means boosting the logistical engineering skills required by shippers, logisticians and transporters.

· Financial and administrative services : the platform's international character is already generating considerable international activity at company and customs level. This means the related skills have to be enhanced and made available to shippers and logisticians.

· Development of information-related professions : logistical flows go hand in hand with information flows. Expertise in and development of these procedures is playing an increasingly important part in this field.

· "New business practices" : there is a real place for such developments as e-commerce, distance selling and call centres in the Isle d'Abeau skills hub.

· Logistics equipment : already represented in Isle d'Abeau, this sector covers computers, handling equipment and packaging. The present local market structure leaves ample room for new developments.