Tomorrows Warehouse Coventry
Seminar Programme
Headline Sponsor
The 2024 agenda
If you'd like to speak at Tomorrow's Warehouse 2024 please contact our conference chair Simon Duddy at sduddy@westernbusiness.media
Times & sessions are preliminary and subject to change.
Seminar Programme
08:30 - 09:20
Registration, teas & coffees, table-top exhibition opens
09:20 - 09:30
Introduction
Simon Duddy (Editor, Logistics Matters)
Session 1 : Boosting Engagement
09:30 - 09:50
What can be learned from going back to the floor
Sarah Booth (Logistics Director, Martin Brower)
Martin Brower’s senior leadership team carried out a back to the floor exercise, working shifts in demanding warehouse roles in a bid to better understand and empathise with the challenges faced by colleagues. Logistics Director Sarah Booth shares her experiences and learnings on how the exercise has helped inform strategy on key industry topics such as working conditions, efficiency, and staff retention.
09:50 - 10:10
Automation: a force for good?
Kirsten Tisdale (Spokesperson, Women In Logistics)
How automation is changing the gender mix and pay gap in logistics.
10:10 - 10:30
Boost engagement on the warehouse floor
Mirela Ongari Veizi (Logistics Manager and NDC Inclusion Champion, Co-op Food)
Mirela Ongari Veizi outlines her journey from entering logistics as a warehouse operative with limited English to working her way up to logistics manager, and what she has learned along the way to help improve warehouse engagement between management and operatives.
10:30 - 11:00
Discussion Panel Q & A
Sarah Booth (Logistics Director, Martin Brower)
Kirsten Tisdale (Spokesperson, Women In Logistics)
Mirela Ongari Veizi (Logistics Manager and NDC Inclusion Champion, Co-op Food)
Jonathon Buckby (Head of Sales UK, SSI Schaefer)
11:00 - 11:30
Break
Session 2 : Warehouse Automation
11:30 - 11:50
Get the most out of your automation
Adrian Ancliff ( Head of Operations, Bilstein Group UK)
Bilstein Group is a leading automotive aftermarket player and invested in a highly automated warehouse in Markham Vale in 2018. Bilstein Group UK Head of Operations Adrian Ancliff tells us how the firm is trying to optimise the automated warehouse, while also looking to new technology to take the facility to the next level with a new expansion.
11:50 - 12:10
Humans vs Machines – The Eight Myths of Warehouse Automation
Gavin Harrison (Sales Director, Element Logic UK)
Gavin will talk about how to tackle the industry’s preconceptions of automated warehousing and how to make the most of your operation.
12:10 - 12:30
Toolstation talks us through the recent opening of its highly automated new warehouse
Lakhvir Sanghera (Finance, Property & Distribution Director, Toolstation)
The Pineham facility has been built to enhance Toolstation’s service offer, delivering accuracy and efficiency through automation with capacity for future growth. Lakhvir talks us through the rationale for this innovative site, which points the way to the warehouse of tomorrow.
12:30 - 13:00
Discussion Panel Q&A
Adrian Ancliff (Head of Operations, Bilstein Group UK)
Lakhvir Sanghera (Finance, Property & Distribution Director, Toolstation)
Gavin Harrison (Sales Director, Element Logic UK)
Simon Jones (Senior Sales Executive, Exotec)
Craig Mitchell (Sales Project Manager, TGW Logistics)
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Session 3 : The warehouse of the future
14:00 - 14:20
Stay on top of fulfillment trends
John Gallemore (Chief Operating Officer, The Hut Group (THG))
Tom Killeen (Chief Operating Officer, THG Brands)
The Hut Group (THG) will share its thoughts on the future of fulfillment. Don’t miss this great opportunity for an inside view on the fast-changing world of fulfilment and how the warehouse must adapt to meet these challenges. THG is a global digital brand builder operating ecommerce brands including Myprotein and Lookfantastic supported by their global operations infrastructure.
14:20 - 14:40
The Power of Collaboration
Claire Charlton (Head of W2, Wincanton)
Openness and collaboration are essential in bringing Innovation to life. Claire Charlton shares her experiences as Head of Wincanton’s W2 programme, with a specific spotlight on W2 Labs - a warehousing and logistics focused ‘Dragon’s Den’ for tech start-ups.
14:40 - 15:00
Discussion Panel Q & A
John Gallemore (Chief Operating Officer, The Hut Group (THG))
Tom Killeen (Chief Operating Officer, THG Brands)
Claire Charlton (Head of W2, Wincanton)
Kane Edwards (Business Development Manager UK and Ireland, Locus Robotics)
Mathieu Scampini (Sales Manager UK, Dematic)
15:00 - 15:15
Break
Session 4 : Warehouse Property
Hosted by Logistics Matters Property Editor Liza Helps
15:15 - 15:35
State of the Market Review
Andrea Ferranti (Heaad of Industrial and Logistics Research, Colliers)
In a year of great uncertainty, Andrea Ferranti will shine a spotlight on market trends and challenges, as well as exploring the key opportunities for warehouse occupiers.
15:35 - 15:55
Warehouse Development and ESG
Stuart McCallion (Head of Technical Development UK, SEGRO)
The logistics industry has undoubtedly focused heavily on green transport, but has it got to grips with the real estate side in terms of ESG? Stuart McCallion explores how occupiers can push the ESG envelope and how it may not be as expensive as you think.
15:55 - 16:15
Discussion Panel Q & A
Liza Helps (Property Editor, Logistics Matters)
Andrea Ferranti (Head of Industrial and Logistics Research, Colliers)
Stuart McCallion (Head of Technical Development UK, SEGRO)
Joshua Slack (Commercial Director, Promat - part of the Etex Group)
16:15 - 16:20
Closing comments
Simon Duddy (Editor, Logistics Matters)
16:20