We’re delighted that you have chosen to join us at the Total Supply Chain Summit – a unique event, tailor-made to meet your individual requirements. We have carefully planned out your itinerary to ensure your time here is worthwhile: Connect with businesses relevant to your current and forthcoming projects in our matchmade one-to-one meetings.
And let’s not forget the networking – we’ve created a relaxed environment for you to form new partnerships, with ample opportunities to mix with peers during the buffet lunch, coffee breaks and networking dinner!
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8 Itinerary
‘ Warehouse Management Software Month: Integrating robotics, AI and human workflows in e-commerce fulfilment ’
10 Seminars
14 ‘ Forecasting: Planning for disruption, volatility and geopolitical risk in e-commerce supply chains ’
16 Delegates
18
‘Across the Atlantic: The hidden structural differences shaping capacity in logistics ’
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Itinerary
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
08.45 - 09.30
Opening Presentation
‘ The connected supply chain: when collaboration becomes an advantage’ Carl McInerney
Connected Load Carrier
Deansgate 3
09.40 - 10.25
Seminar
‘Enhancing Supply Chain
Resilience with Technology ’ Tim Fawkes Solvares
Deansgate 3
10.30 - 13.05
Face to Face Meetings
Deansgate 1&2
13.05 - 14.05
Networking Buffet Lunch
Podium Restaurant
07.30 - 08.45
Breakfast
Podium Restaurant
09.00 - 09.45
Seminar
‘ When Delivery Fails, Retail Pays’
Richard Lim
Retail Economics
Deansgate 3
09.50 - 12.55
Face to Face Meetings Deansgate 1&2
12.55 - 13.55
Networking Buffet Lunch
Podium Restaurant
14.05 - 16.40
Face to Face Meetings Deansgate 1&2
16.45 - 17.30
Seminar
‘ Turning Cameras into Competitive Advantage in Supply Chains’ Nico Klingler & Sasha Gatselyuk Viso.ai Deansgate 3
19.30 - 20.00
Pre Dinner Drinks
Deansgate Foyer
20.00 - 23.00
Evening Dinner
Deansgate 3
WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE MONTH:
Integrating robotics, AI and human workflows in e-commerce fulfilment
E-commerce fulfilment operations are under constant pressure to deliver faster, cheaper and more accurately, often at peak volumes that can fluctuate dramatically. In response, many organisations at the Total Supply Chain Summit are investing in automation, from goods-to-person systems and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to AI-driven picking optimisation. However, the real differentiator is not automation alone, but how effectively it is orchestrated through Warehouse Management Software (WMS)…
From standalone systems to integrated ecosystems
Historically, automation technologies were often deployed as standalone solutions, operating alongside, rather than within, core warehouse systems. This created silos, inefficiencies and limited visibility. Modern WMS platforms are evolving into central orchestration layers, coordinating tasks across robotics, inventory, labour and order management systems. This enables a more synchronised operation, where work is dynamically allocated based on real-time conditions.
For example, a WMS can direct highpriority orders to automated picking systems, while routing lower-priority tasks to manual teams, optimising both speed and resource utilisation.
Balancing automation and human labour
Despite advances in robotics, human workers remain essential in e-commerce fulfilment, particularly
for exception handling, quality control and complex picking tasks. The challenge is to create hybrid workflows where automation and human labour complement each other. WMS platforms play a key role here, ensuring tasks are assigned to the most appropriate resource, whether that’s a robot, a picker or a packing station.
This requires intuitive interfaces and clear task management, so staff can interact with automated systems without disruption.
Leveraging AI for optimisation AI is increasingly embedded within WMS platforms to enhance decision-making. This includes:
• Dynamic slotting to optimise product placement based on demand patterns
• Order batching and wave planning to maximise picking efficiency
• Labour forecasting to align staffing with expected volumes
By continuously analysing data, AIdriven systems can adapt operations in real time, helping fulfilment centres respond to changing demand and minimise bottlenecks.
Integration
is critical
For automation to deliver full value, integration is essential. WMS must connect not only with robotics and warehouse control systems (WCS), but also with e-commerce platforms, transport management systems and inventory systems. Poor integration can lead to delays, errors and
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Seminars
TUESDAY 28TH APRIL
08.45 – 09.30
Carl McInerney
Regional Commercial Director UK&I
Connected Load Carrier
“The connected supply chain: when collaboration becomes an advantage”
Modern supply chains go beyond collaboration, requiring control and confidence. Carl explores why scaling often fails and how seamless handovers drive visibility, decision-making, and resilient, high-performing networks.
• How connected carriers drive data-driven, adaptive supply chains
• How digital networks enable proactive collaboration and disruption management
• Strategies to integrate carriers and partners into a seamless digital ecosystem
Carl McInerney is the Regional Commercial Director UK & Ireland of Connected Load Carrier, dedicated to building a collaborative ecosystem and setting thestandard for digitising supply chains.
With over 30 years in the international FMCG and Food & Grocery sectors he is on a mission to help retailers, producers and service providers turn theirphysical supply chain into a digital advantage.
Carl understands that global supply chains are powered by an “unseen engine” of reusable assets and believes the time is right to implement affordabletechnology to automate the exchange of critical operational data between supply chain partners.
Ultimately, he is focused on leveraging the power of digital assets to drive resilience, productivity and profit for the good of the industry and CLC customers.
09.40 – 10.25
Tim Fawkes
UK Country Manager
Solvares
“Enhancing
Supply Chain Resilience with Technology”
In my presentation I will cover the challenges faced in today’s Global Supply Chains and how these might be managed through the introduction of technology.
• Overview of global Supply Chains
• Issues challenging Supply Chains today
• Counteractive measures to issue resolution
• Supply Chain Technology to enhance stability
• Where to start your technology journey
Tim Fawkes has over 30 years’ experience with the logistics industry, having worked for various 3PLs during the 90s, where he encountered a number of transportmanagement software solutions. Tim cofounded 3T Logistics in 2000. Formed as a 4PL and technology business, 3T developed software, taking advantage ofemerging technologies to automate and optimise the end-to-end transport management process. Tim joined Solvares in 2024 as the UK Country Manager,responsible for promoting Solvares’ state of the art Transport Management solutions in the UK market. Solvares solutions help companies manage transportmore efficiently, reduce transport cost and CO2 while improving visibility and control.
TUESDAY 28TH APRIL
16.45 - 17.30
Nico Klingler Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Sasha Gatselyuk Solutions Engineer
Viso.ai
“Turning
Cameras into Competitive Advantage in Supply Chains”
Discover how AI Vision transforms everyday cameras into real-time operational intelligence, enabling safer operations, higher OEE, and leaner, more resilient supply chains at scale.
• Why traditional safety and efficiency metrics fail without real-time, visual data
• Using AI vision to proactively prevent incidents and near misses in HSE-critical environments
• Improving OEE by uncovering hidden downtime, bottlenecks, and process deviations
• Enabling lean execution through objective, continuous visibility into standard work
• Scaling visual intelligence across sites to build resilient, data-forward supply chains
Nico Klingler is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of viso.ai, where he helps manufacturers and supply chain organizations achieve safer, leaner, and more resilientoperations through AI vision. Under his leadership, viso.ai delivers comprehensive solutions that turn existing camera infrastructure into real-time visibilityacross safety, quality, and operational performance.
As the driving force behind viso.ai’s strategy and growth, Nico ensures that innovations in computer vision directly advance HSE performance, OEE, andoperational excellence across complex industrial environments.
Sasha Gatselyuk is a Solutions Engineer at viso.ai, working at the intersection of industrial operations and computer vision. She collaborates directly with technical and operational teams to design and implement AI vision applications that address safety, quality, and process challenges.
Sasha translates business requirements into practical, deployable solutions. She supports organizations from initial validation through full-scale rollout. Her focus is on technical robustness, scalability, and secure integration with existing infrastructure. By bridging operational needs with engineering execution, Sasha helps organizations move from proof of concept to measurable results. She ensures computer vision is not just explored, but successfully implemented to deliver real operational impact.
Seminars
WEDNESDAY 29TH APRIL
09.00 – 09.45
Richard Lim CEO
Retail Economics
“ When Delivery Fails, Retail Pays”
Retail’s biggest problem isn’t demand; it’s delivery. Customers don’t forgive delivery failures anymore. We reveal new 2026 findings on the shocking impact of broken promises and reveal exactly where retailers are losing trust, money and loyalty, and what it takes to win the delivery game for good.
• The Delivery Expectation Gap and Why It’s Getting Dangerous
• What Customers REALLY Value in Delivery (Not What Retailers Think)
• The Cost of Friction: The Untold Story Behind Basket Abandonment
• The Fair Value Equation: What Customers Will (and Won’t) Pay For
• Shopper Missions & Delivery Moments: Why One Speed Doesn’t Fit All
• Levelling the Playing Field: How Mid-Market Retailers Can Compete With Giants
Richard Lim is Chief Executive Officer of Retail Economics, an independent economics research consultancy focused on the consumer and retail industry. He also sits on the Strategic Advisory Board at the University of East Anglia’s School of Economics, ranked in the top 10 departments in Economics in the UK. Previously, Richard held the position of Chief Economist at the British Retail Consortium before heading up the Retail Insight and Analytics team. Richard was voted as a Top Ten Voice for Linked for sharing his insights on the retail industry, has been recognised as a top retail influencer by RETHINK RETAIL in 2023 and also appeared in the final of The Apprentice as one of Lord Sugar’s advisors.
Across the Atlantic: The hidden structural differences shaping capacity in logistics
The road transport markets in Europe and the United States have shown clearly divergent developments since 2024. And while both regions experienced similar capacity movements in 2022, they have taken distinctly different courses in recent years. Christian Dolderer, Lead Research Analyst at Transporeon, a Trimble Company, analyses the market and explains the reasons behind these trends looking ahead to 2026…
The capacity index, based on transactional data, reflects overall market sentiment regarding available road freight capacity. Comparing developments across both regions provides deeper insight into the underlying dynamics of supply and demand.
In 2022, both Europe and the US experienced expected capacity constraints, followed by a rebound a few months later. However, the US market experienced this cycle approximately four months earlier than Europe. In 2023, available capacity in both regions reached its highest level in years, after which the markets began to diverge in the first quarter of 2024.
In the US, available capacity remained high through the fourth quarter of 2025, creating a favourable market environment for shippers and brokers. In contrast, capacity in Europe steadily declined,
a trend that, after a brief stabilisation in 2025, has continued into 2026.
According to Dolderer, this development can largely be explained by differences in market response on the supply side: “European carriers reacted relatively quickly to declining margins and sharply rising operational costs by reducing their fleets. The increasing number of bankruptcies in the sector accelerated this process. Combined with declining transport demand in 2024 and the first half of 2025, this explains the continued capacity contraction in Europe. As a result, the market climate for shippers and brokers is significantly less favourable than in the US.”
In the US, a recent decline in capacity has also become visible. In addition to increased transport demand, Dolderer points to external factors: “Severe weather conditions have had temporary impacts, but we also see clear signals on the supply side. New heavy truck registrations fell sharply in 2025, making it clear that the decline is continuing. Reduced investment in fleet expansion and modernisation could indicate a structural shift toward consolidation after years of overcapacity.”
Despite the recent decline, trucking capacity in the US remains historically abundant. Dolderer therefore, describes the trend as
more of a psychological correction than a fundamental shift: “After years in which demand exceeded supply, markets react strongly to signs of tightness, even when actual capacity remains relatively high.”
Over the coming weeks, Dolderer expects a slight easing of capacity in both regions due to seasonal factors. However, he anticipates different dynamics for 2026: “In the US, capacity is expected to decline further. This development is driven less by demand growth and more by carriers’ reactions and bankruptcies. In Europe on the other hand, I expect that a recovery in transport demand will put further pressure on capacity.”
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FORECASTING: Planning for disruption, volatility and geopolitical risk in e-commerce supply chains
For supply chain and logistics leaders in e-commerce and retail, forecasting has become significantly more complex. Traditional demand planning models built on historical trends and predictable patterns are being tested by ongoing disruption, geopolitical instability and rapidly shifting consumer behaviour. From trade policy changes and shipping delays to inflationary pressures and demand volatility, organisations must now plan for a wider range of scenarios, often with less certainty…
Moving beyond historical models
Historically, forecasting has relied heavily on past sales data to predict future demand. While still important, this approach is increasingly insufficient in a landscape shaped by external shocks and non-linear demand patterns.
E-commerce businesses are now incorporating a broader range of inputs into their forecasting models, including macroeconomic indicators, promotional activity, supplier lead times and even geopolitical developments that may impact supply routes or costs.
This shift allows organisations to build a more dynamic and responsive view of demand.
Scenario planning and flexibility
Rather than relying on a single forecast, many organisations are adopting scenario-based planning.
This involves modelling multiple potential outcomes, such as supply delays, cost increases or sudden demand spikes, and preparing contingency plans for each.
For example, retailers may plan for best-case, expected and worst-case demand scenarios, aligning inventory, warehousing and transport strategies accordingly.
This approach enables faster decision-making when conditions change and helps reduce the risk of overstocking or stockouts.
Integrating supply and demand signals
A key challenge in e-commerce is aligning demand forecasts with supply realities. Disruptions to shipping routes, port congestion or supplier constraints can quickly invalidate even the most accurate demand predictions.
To address this, organisations are improving end-to-end visibility, integrating supplier data, logistics updates and inventory levels into forecasting processes. This allows planners to adjust forecasts in real time based on what is actually achievable.
Leveraging advanced analytics
Advanced analytics and AI are playing an increasingly important role in modern forecasting. Machine learning models can analyse large volumes of data, identify patterns
and adjust forecasts dynamically as new information becomes available.
However, technology alone is not a silver bullet. Human oversight remains critical to interpret results, challenge assumptions and incorporate context that algorithms may not fully capture.
Building resilience into planning
Ultimately, forecasting in today’s environment is less about predicting a single outcome and more about building resilience into the supply chain.
For e-commerce logistics leaders, success lies in combining better data, flexible planning and closer collaboration with suppliers and partners. In an uncertain world, the organisations that can adapt their forecasts quickly (and act on them decisively) will be best positioned to maintain service levels and protect margins.
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Crescent Industrial is the UK’s leading supplier of industrial floor cleaning equipment to trade customers. Since 1975, we’ve built our reputation on understanding what actually works in demanding environments - and backing it up with the right equipment and support. We work with warehouses, distribution centres, manufacturing plants, construction sites, bakeries, and food production facilities across the UK. Sites where cleaning must happen reliably, meet compliance standards, and keep pace with operations. Our approach is straightforward: match the equipment to the floor, the soils, and how you work. Our range includes ride-on and walkbehind sweepers, scrubber-dryers, industrial vacuums, robotic cleaners, and specialist equipment like the StairVac system. Available for hire, purchase, or as refurbished units, with nationwide delivery and service support. We help industrial operations reduce cleaning time, improve standards, and keep uptime high.
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fulfilmentcrowd is a tech-first, global fulfilment provider supporting high-growth omnichannel brands as they scale across markets, channels and peak demand. We support over 250 brands worldwide, delivering fulfilment through a ‘one partner, one platform’ approach, no matter how fast or far our customers grow. Our proprietary platform unifies order management, warehouse management, inventory planning, forecasting, returns and more into one fully integrated system. Built to enable true omnichannel fulfilment, our platform supports DTC, B2B, marketplace and retail operations under one roof with complete, end-to-end visibility. We support brands across several sectors, including beauty and cosmetics, fashion, health and lifestyle, sport, alcohol and beverages, food, homewares, and tech and electrical, tailoring fulfilment to the unique demands of each category. With in-house developed technology, leading channel integrations and a global fulfilment network operating via our platform, we help brands scale efficiently, protect margins and deliver consistently excellent customer experiences worldwide.
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Get ready to buckle up and see delivery differently with GFS! We simplify shipping and returns management for eCommerce retailers looking for seamless parcel shipping solutions in the UK, Europe and worldwide. GFS offers single access to a whopping 1000+ services across multiple carriers, countries and channels for domestic and international shipments in 220+ countries. As the UK’s first and leading managed multi-carrier service, we ship over 30 million parcels a year, and this has bagged us the buying power to offer competitive rates and optimise costs for our customers, which include retailers such as Mamas & Papas, Hampers.com, Dune, etc. Our proprietary Enterprise Carrier Management technology, topnotch expertise and pro-active support give you the flexibility to grow and scale your business. With GFS it’s one partner, one contract, one invoice and one IT integration offering a world of limitless possibilities. Delivery doesn’t have to be complicated; you just need to see it differently.
Great Bear: Your Trusted Partner for FMCG Contract Logistics As part of the Culina Group, Great Bear is the UK’s leading provider of end-to-end logistics solutions for the FMCG sector. We offer a seamless “one-stop-shop” service, tailored to your business needs: - Flexible Warehousing & Transport: Dedicated and multi-user B2B solutions, plus B2C pick, pack, and final mile delivery. - Value-Added Services: Market-leading co-packing, gift pack assembly, multipacks, display units, and promotional labelling. - Comprehensive UK Network: Full and part load transport, retailer consolidation, and pallet network expertise. Partner with Great Bear for reliable, scalable, and innovative logistics that help your business grow.
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At ID8 Global, we recognize that no two organizations are alike, which is why our flexible solutions are designed to tackle the real-world challenges faced by procurement and supply chain professionals. Our AI-powered applications are built by practitioners to transform procurement and supply chain operations, ensuring you can adapt swiftly to today’s dynamic business landscape.
Iron Mountain is a trusted and agile third-party logistics (3PL) partner delivering secure, scalable warehousing and logistics solutions across the UK and Ireland. With more than 2.2 million sq. ft. of modern warehouse space across nine strategically located facilities, we support organisations in sectors including retail, FMCG, food, industrial, and electronics. Our operations combine the strength of a publicly listed REIT with a flexible, customer-led delivery model, enabling businesses to scale quickly, manage peak demand, and maintain resilient supply chains. Services span contract logistics, warehousing and fulfilment, on-demand warehousing, and transportation, supported by best-inclass technology including the Manhattan WMS platform and advanced inventory automation. With 10 million sq. ft. of global logistics operations, strong investment in modern facilities, and a partnership mindset built on long-term relationships, Iron Mountain helps customers improve efficiency, visibility, and performance across their supply chains while preparing for future growth.
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Kardex is a leading global partner for intralogistics solutions in an attractive and growing market. The Group offers premium automated products, standardised systems, and life cycle services that guarantee high availability and low total cost of ownership. Kardex provides an intelligent entry into automation with its dynamic storage and retrieval systems, offers integrated material handling systems, small parts storage systems including multi-shuttle technology, and automated high-bay warehouses. Additionally, Kardex acts as a global AutoStore™ partner, offering flexible and modular storage and order fulfilment solutions. The Group employs around 2’900 people in over 30 countries. Kardex Holding AG has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 1989.
Locus Robotics is a global leader in autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for warehouse fulfillment and distribution. Founded in 2014, the company provides scalable, AI-driven robotics solutions that help warehouses increase productivity, reduce labor constraints, and adapt quickly to changing demand. Through its Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, Locus enables rapid deployment and continuous optimization without heavy upfront investment. Its collaborative AMRs work safely alongside warehouse associates, supporting high-volume picking, replenishment, and material handling across retail, e-commerce, healthcare, and 3PL operations. With proven deployments worldwide, Locus Robotics is recognized for delivering flexible automation that improves speed, accuracy, and operational resilience.
Markem-Imaje delivers innovative product identification, packaging intelligence and connected product solutions to leading brands across the globe. We combine decades of advanced marking and coding experience with proven software and services to unlock the power of intelligence in codes.
Miebach Consulting helps businesses transform their supply chains efficiently, sustainably, and intelligently. While we are recognised experts in automation, our capabilities extend far beyond. From strategic network design and facility planning to determining the right level of automation and managing implementation, we support clients across the entire project lifecycle. We don’t just deliver solutions, we help identify the right one. With a rapidly evolving landscape of technologies and vendors, selecting the optimal solution is more challenging than ever. Miebach cuts through the complexity, combining decades of experience with a collaborative approach to assess unique needs, identify opportunities, and design future-ready, sustainable solutions. Whether modernising brownfield sites, upgrading existing infrastructure, or building new facilities, we provide data-driven insights and tailored strategies that create long-term value and unlock untapped operational potential.
Enhancing logistics safety and efficiency with Motorola Solutions Motorola Solutions delivers business-critical communication and integrated video security for a safer, more efficient logistics environment, from warehouse to highway. Our advanced technology ecosystem ensures seamless operations and better customer service. For instant team communications, our WAVE PTXTM carrier independent broadband PTT offers nationwide connectivity, real-time location tracking and multimedia messaging, connecting every part of your logistics chain. Crucially, our integrated body worn cameras act as an independent witness, transforming accountability and loss prevention. These cameras help de-escalate confrontational situations, document inbound supply inspections and outbound shipment authorizations. By providing transparent, recorded evidence, they help resolve complaints, settle disputes, and ensure cargo integrity, mitigating costly loss and damage from mishandling. Partner with Motorola Solutions to elevate safety, drive operational efficiencies, and bolster performance across your supply chain and logistics operation.
Nippon Express is a global logistics and supply chain solutions provider, delivering seamless transportation and logistics services across air, sea, rail, and road. With a strong heritage rooted in Japan and an extensive international network, we support businesses of all sizes in moving goods efficiently, securely, and on time. Our expertise spans end-to-end logistics, including freight forwarding, warehousing, distribution, project logistics, and specialized industry solutions. Whether it’s managing complex global supply chains or providing tailored local support, we combine precision, reliability, and innovation to meet our clients’ evolving needs. At Nippon Express, we pride ourselves on our commitment to operational excellence, customer-centric service, and sustainable logistics practices. By leveraging advanced technology and deep industry knowledge, we help our partners optimize their supply chains, reduce costs, and achieve greater resilience in a fast-changing world.
North Star Projects is a UK-based project and programme management consultancy focused on delivering change in supply chain environments. We help businesses turn plans into reality. Whether that’s a new warehouse, a systems implementation, or a complex multi-site transformation. We bring experienced project leaders who provide structure, pace and control, cutting through noise and making sure things actually get done. Our roots in operational excellence mean we don’t just manage timelines and budgets; we make sure solutions work on the ground, in real operations, with real people. From targeted project support to full PMO setup and programme delivery, we give organisations the capability and confidence to deliver properly. No overcomplication, just clear plans, strong governance and delivery that sticks.
Sage (UK)
07557 380 328 / juuso.santti@mysoftx3.com /
Sage X3 is a powerful, flexible ERP solution designed to help mid-sized and enterprise businesses streamline operations, reduce costs, and drive growth. Built for manufacturers, distributors, and service organisations, Sage X3 delivers real-time visibility across finance, inventory, production, and supply chain—enabling smarter decisions and faster responses. With multi-company, multi-site, and multi-currency capabilities, it supports global operations while remaining agile and scalable. Sage X3 integrates seamlessly with industry-specific applications and offers advanced automation, AI-powered insights, and customisable workflows to meet complex business needs. Whether you’re managing compliance, optimising procurement, or enhancing customer satisfaction, Sage X3 empowers teams to work smarter and adapt quickly in a fast-changing market. Trusted by thousands of organisations worldwide, Sage X3 is the ERP of choice for businesses ready to elevate performance and future-proof their operations.
842 999 / andy.melvin@sbh.co.uk / sbh.co.uk
A specialist warehouse and industrial property consultancy for the logistics sector. For over 30 years, we have established long-term relationships with major retailers, manufacturers, 3PLs and the property trade. Since 1994, we have completed over 150 major construction and fit-out projects, covering 30,000,000ft² globally.
sofco is a leading provider of integrated and collaborative End-to-End Planning Solutions for the Consumer Goods, Manufacturing & Retail sectors. The applications cover planning, intelligence and execution, and support strategic business processes including Sales & Operations Planning, Trade Promotion Management, Supply Planning, Production Planning and Scheduling. sofco serves leading global organisations including Greencore, Signet Jewelers, Young’s Seafood, Liz Earle, and many more household brands, providing an End-to-End Planning and Supply Chain Visibility solution which fully supports ‘Operational Analytics’ including ‘What If’ scenario-based planning and supply chain financial view. Whether on site or in the Cloud, our customers have seen significant benefits from reduction in inventory, reduction in stock-outs for fastmoving goods, increased product availability and a reduction in working capital.
Solvares Logistics Software
Solvares Logistics Software provide Transport Management Software solutions to automate companies transport process, reduce transport cost and enhance visibility and service across the supply chain. Whether you operate a fleet of your own vehicles or with carriers we have a solution that will meet your needs. Originating in Germany, Solvares have provided transport software expertise with many customers across all industry sectors for over 20 years. Solvares provide route scheduling and delivery app technology using our Opheo software solution, a proven best in class solution used by 90+customers, 10,000 vehicles across 400 operating centres. Solvares provide multi carrier management systems and workflows using our LP2 software solutions, used by over 50 customers, managing circa £1billion of transport spend, across inbound and outbound supply chains with complex freight invoice management requirements. Solvares also operate a freight audit service, combining software and expertise to manage and assure invoice compliance.
Staci, Staci Create, Radial and Active Ants together provide end to end fulfilment and brand experience solutions, supporting businesses at every stage of growth. Staci delivers complex B2B and B2C fulfilment, specialising in kitting, co packing, promotional logistics and multi component orders where flexibility and precision matter. Staci Create focuses on packaging, print and POS, helping brands design and produce packaging and physical assets that enhance the customer and retail experience. Radial supports enterprise level e commerce and omnichannel fulfilment, offering scale, resilience and advanced technology for high volume operations and peak demand. Active Ants provides highly automated e commerce fulfilment, optimised for fast growing brands needing speed, accuracy and cost efficiency. Together, they allow brands to combine automation with bespoke services, align packaging and fulfilment, and scale without changing partners.
TranslogiX is a specialist consultancy firm with over 20 years of proven experience in the logistics and third-party logistics (3PL) industry. We partner with Haulage firms and logistics companies to drive sustainable growth, strengthen sales performance, and ensure full regulatory and operational compliance in an increasingly complex market. Our deep industry knowledge comes from decades of hands-on experience working within logistics, freight, and 3PL operations. 07935 394
Viso.ai UK
viso.ai enables organizations to transform existing camera infrastructure into real-time operational and safety intelligence across the supply chain, powered by advanced AI vision. As a comprehensive solution, viso.ai connects health & safety, operational performance, and continuous improvement to help industrial, logistics, and manufacturing teams operate more safely, efficiently, and predictably. In HSE, viso.ai proactively identifies unsafe conditions, behaviors, and near-miss risks, supporting prevention, compliance, and safer workplaces. For operations, the solution improves OEE and throughput by revealing bottlenecks, downtime drivers, and deviations from standard work directly from visual data. These insights reinforce lean principles, enabling teams to reduce waste, standardize processes, and sustain performance gains. By delivering consistent, real-time visibility across sites, viso.ai strengthens operational resilience and decision-making, helping organizations build safer, leaner, and more reliable end-to-end supply chains.
Leading next generation transport and logistics. At Walkers Transport, we go beyond simply moving goods—we’re transforming logistics with a comprehensive range of next-generation transport solutions. Whether it’s optimising your supply chain with expert pallet distribution or driving business growth through our specialised 3PL & 4PL contract logistics, we provide seamless pallet storage, drop shipping, pick and pack, and cutting-edge technology to ensure precision at every stage. Our services span everything from Amazon fulfilment to hazardous material handling, while our international logistics team expertly manages global imports and exports. Across the UK, our reliable transport network guarantees nationwide coverage. For businesses that demand efficiency and excellence in palletised freight, Walkers Transport is your trusted partner.
Global freight forwarding built around your goals. Our experts optimise your supply chain for speed, cost and sustainability, whilst delivering full visibility throughout. Throughout our 110+ year history, WTA has remained a leader in freight management and customs brokerage services transporting all kinds of goods anywhere in the world. We give all our clients a completely personalised experience, streamlining their supply chain and reducing their overall costs. With air, sea, overland and warehousing capabilities, we develop solutions that perfectly fit individual business needs. We combine this expertise with cutting-edge visibility technology. The WTA platform offers real-time tracking, invoicing and analytics, so you have complete supply chain transparency. When you partner with WTA, you partner with a socially conscious business, determined to make a positive impact on the world. What makes us special is our approach to people. Both our customers and colleagues build long-term relationships with WTA.
HELD TWICE YEARLY
1st & 2nd June 2026 - Manchester
23rd & 24th November 2026 - London
The Fleet Summit is a two day event specifically created for senior professionals who are directly responsible for their organisations fleet requirements, and those who provide products and services to the sector.
The summit consists of one-to-one business meetings, interactive seminars and valuable networking opportunities.
