Agenda
The conference is a one-day face-to-face event where delegates can hear directly from industry-leading speakers how business sustainability can influence their bottom line.
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Chair's Opening Remarks
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Automation's role in optimising warehouse performance
- Using automated systems and robotics to optimise goods storage
- Automating tasks within a warehouse for greater efficiency
- Optimising warehouse performance to meet ESG targets
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How digital twins are changing the logistics industry
- What are digital twins?
- How digital twins are able to provide a real-time picture of inventory
- Reducing error rates and maximising storage efficiency
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PANEL: Are cobots improving supply-chain productivity?
- How cobots provide the benefits of industrial solutions at a lower cost
- How to address the skills gap when adopting cobots
- Safety benefits of cobots vs industrial robots
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Break
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Drones: the key to a more sustainable future
- How drones are changing the face of intralogistics and last-mile delivery
- The economic and efficiency benefits of Drone-as-a-Service
- Freeing up time for workers in manual processes
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CASE STUDY: How ERPs can provide greater operational efficiency through centralisation
- The benefits of managing all core business processes in an integrated system
- Achieving instant insight across all business operations
- Industry case study
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How AI can aid in forecasting and modern demand planning
- Understanding how AI algorithms can help make predictions and forecast trend
- Addressing the lack of human insight within AI and where intervention is needed
- How AI can support rather than replace data and analyst roles
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Lunch & Networking
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Automation in the packaging industry
- How to optimise processes and meet packaging and sustainability standards using robotics arms, automated guided vehicles, machine vision, automated conveyors and more
- How robotics can help reduce labour costs while meeting increasing demand
- Reducing waste through right-sized automated packaging
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CASE STUDY: Improving manufacturing processes with robotics
- Challenges of working within the manufacturing industry
- Benefits of using advanced technology to reduce and simplify the manufacturing process
- Case study: How to ensure safety while using robotics on the shopfloor
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Dark factories: are they in your supply chain future?
- What are dark factories?
- The cost and environmental benefits of dark factories
- Maximising efficiency with round-the-clock production
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Break
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Industry 5.0 - looking to the future
- Improving human-machine collaboration to better meet customer needs
- A humancentric approach to automation and deploying AI
- How Industry 5.0 might look for your facility
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PANEL: Self-driving technology: the future of logistics?
- How can self-driving technology increase productivity throughout the supply chain?
- The challenges of implementing self-driving technology
- Processes and regulations on accountability for self-driving vehicles
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Chair's Closing Speech