The supply chains, a tool for competitiveness and innovation

In Lombardy the supply chains recognized by the region are about 40 and involve more than 700 among companies (about 600), universities, research centers and credit institutes present in the 12 provinces of Lombardy.

They cover all areas of manufacturing: from industrial metalworking to digital applications, from energy and sustainable fuels to construction, from aerospace to automotive, from mobility to tourism, from cosmetics to food and sports, health and wellness up to the textile.

Lombardy leads the way both in the number of supply chains (15% of the national total of enterprises organized in this way) and in support measures, including initiatives to promote new ones.

And a new tender for accredited supply chains arrives from the Region: around thirty million euros which will reward business combinations that aim to innovate or have specific sustainability and circular economy projects.

“The idea, explained Lombardy Region's Councillor for Productive Activities, Guido Guidesi, is to accompany the supply chains with some work progress tables by sector so as to collaborate more with the productive realities and to be able to give them targeted answers as well as to make the supply chains dialogue with the territory and with the entire supply chain".

With international competition and the various difficulties in the supply chain, supply chains are a concrete response to help the competitiveness of companies, which are thus able both to be more innovative and to develop those interconnections with all the strategic players in the area, such as research institutions, training institutions, financial intermediaries, associations and other players, that are useful for the strengthening, resilience and competitiveness of industrial ecosystems.

 Source: Il Sole 24 Ore / Radiocor - Regione Lombardia