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Inmarsat launches initiative to harness industrial IoT

Posted on by Keith McKinley

With more businesses recognising the impact of IoT technologies on their operations and on the world, and the number of global satellite IoT connections set to continue growing at a 25% CAGR in the coming years, the need for a ‘one stop shop’ for IoT solutions has never been greater.

To accelerate these IoT opportunities for businesses around the world, Inmarsat, a world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, is announcing Inmarsat ELEVATE, a new partner programme offering three key pillars to support businesses throughout the IoT ecosystem and to cement the industry’s future growth.

The first pillar is a development programme for IoT solution providers, system integrators, machinery manufacturers, and OEMs looking to scale, who will be able to take advantage of Inmarsat’s ELERA satellite network and footprint.

The second pillar is a partner ecosystem, enabling organisations to access each other’s knowledge and collaborate with other organisations within the satellite IoT sector.

The third pillar is an online marketplace to promote IoT solutions that work seamlessly anywhere in the world, no matter how remote – to ensure every business can benefit.

In the next five years, the goal of Inmarsat ELEVATE is to help partners achieve double digit growth – as well as establishing Inmarsat ELEVATE as the leading IoT marketplace for solutions that work anywhere in the world.

Mike Carter, President at Inmarsat Enterprise, said: “The satellite IoT market has been steadily growing for years – and now is the time to up the ante and kickstart its next stage of more rapid growth. Inmarsat ELEVATE will help our customers realise the promise of IoT anywhere, while empowering the wider satellite IoT ecosystem to make it a reality. The ELEVATE community will play an active role in addressing the planet’s really big challenges, helping build a more sustainable, efficient and safe global supply chain.

“Inmarsat’s ELERA network provides an essential backbone to IoT innovation, so our development partners will be able to scale and grow their operations backed by its reliability and seamless global connectivity. Our partner ecosystem will enable knowledge-sharing and collaboration at an unprecedented scale, between parties of all sizes, in all geographies and industries, while our online marketplace will promote IoT solutions for any and every business need.

“Launching a programme like Inmarsat ELEVATE is about using our expertise and technological strength for the good of our customers – and we’re confident that it will have a huge impact on the organisations that need it most. We’re excited to work with as many new partners as possible, and to see what we can achieve together – as individual businesses, and as an innovative, game-changing industry.”

Partners will benefit from Inmarsat’s global footprint, empowering them to take advantage of opportunities beyond their existing operational regions. Inmarsat will also support building customised growth plans for each partner, and help businesses make sense of global regulations and market access.

ELEVATE partners will be able to harness these new commercial opportunities and scale faster than ever thanks to Inmarsat’s ELERA network, the world’s most reliable satellite network for IoT and secure narrowband connectivity. ELERA offers more global spectrum than any L-band provider, with Inmarsat’s recently launched I-6 F1 satellite (and I-6 F2 launching in Q1 2023) making the best use of the available spectrum and providing 50% more capacity per beam.

What’s more, dedicated technical teams will be on hand to help new partners test, integrate and optimise their satellite connectivity investments, to ensure their success. For those struggling to access the capital they need to support this growth, the ecosystem will also offer smaller companies new opportunities to access funding through its financial community – further strengthening the industry’s growth.

AAH automates pharma supply chain processes

Posted on by David Priestman

AAH Pharmaceuticals, a leader in the wholesale distribution of medicines in the UK, will partner with RELEX Solutions, provider of unified retail planning solutions to improve supply chain planning and processes across the wholesale business, trading under the AAH, Enterprise, and Trident brands.

AAH is a distributor of pharmaceutical and healthcare products and services in the UK and works with manufacturers to supply pharmacies, hospitals, and dispensing doctors across the country. AAH provides a twice per day delivery service to more than 14,000 customer locations, enabling access to more than 20,000 products.

Prior to RELEX, AAH Pharmaceuticals used manual processes to manage their supply chain and needed a centralised system to automate stock supply and enable effective data-driven decision making across their supply chain.

AAH Pharmaceuticals will use RELEX to manage its forecasting and replenishment with over 1,000 vendors, support demand and supply planning across multiple product categories and characteristics such as seasonality and promotional activity, and improve efficiency through delivery flow smoothing.

“RELEX’s AI-driven solution gives us the accuracy and visibility we need to ensure our customers have the products they need while optimising our inventory investment,” says Steve Wilson, Head of Supply and Inventory. “Implementing the solution across our UK business is an exciting next step in our mission to improve both customer outcomes and the efficiency of  our supply chain.”

“Expanding the use of RELEX in our business supports our strategy to deliver significant value through digitising our processes with cloud-based technology, and introduces a platform that allows us to scale and adapt over time,” adds Ranjit Gill, CIO.

“At RELEX, we are proud to expand our partnership with AAH Pharmaceuticals and support them as an essential services distributor across the country,” says Jason Berry, VP Sales for Central Europe and South Africa at RELEX. “We understand the importance of product availability in this market, and our relationship with AAH Pharmaceuticals is a clear sign of our expanding strength and presence in the pharmacy wholesale and retail sector.”

 

£9bn per year: the “real cost of Brexit”

Posted on by David Priestman

ParcelHero has weighed up the cost of EU membership versus lost EU exports since Brexit. Forget extra money for the NHS. It says Brexit has cost the UK 9bn a year.

Remember the Brexit bus promise: ‘We send the EU £350 million a week. Let’s fund our NHS instead. Vote leave’? The truth is that quitting the EU means there is £173m a week less to spend on the NHS, says the international delivery expert ParcelHero.

ParcelHero’s Head of Consumer Research, David Jinks M.I.L.T., says: “Far from saving money, the UK is poorer by £9bn a year, or £173 million a week, after leaving the European Union. Comparing the cost of membership to lost EU export trade, Britain is considerably worse off post-Brexit.

“ParcelHero has studied the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data and compared the UK Government’s annual contributions to the EU versus lost EU exports. Examining data for 2018, the last year before pre-Brexit preparations skewed data, and comparing it with 2021 figures, far from bringing in £350m a week to lavish on the NHS, the UK as a whole is £9bn out of pocket.

“The UK Government was scheduled to pay £20bn for its membership contribution to the EU in 2018. However, the UK’s negotiated annual rebate (officially known as the ‘Fontainbleau abatement’) of £4.5bn reduced the cost to £15.5bn.

“Additionally, £4.5bn came back to the UK in credits for programmes such as the EU Agricultural Guarantee Fund (£2.2bn) and the EU European Regional Development Fund (£0.7bn).  Given these figures, the ONS says that the UK Government’s net contribution to the EU – that is, the difference between the money it paid to the EU and the money it received – was £11bn in 2018.

“Compare this to the loss in exports to the EU. The ONS reported that UK exports of goods to the EU fell by £20bn in 2021, compared with 2018, the last period of stable trade.

“Even if we subtract the true (£11bn) cost of EU membership for 2018, from the £20bn drop in EU export earnings, UK plc is still £9bn poorer than it was in 2018.

“In January 2021 alone (the first month of Brexit), the value of goods exported to the European Union fell from £14.3bn in the previous month to £7.8bn.

“The Brexit Opportunities Minister, Jacob Rees-Mogg, said in February that Brexit is ‘already a success’ and ‘the evidence that Brexit has caused trade drops is few and far between’. If the Brexit Opportunities Minister wishes to retain credibility with the business leaders he is supposed to serve, he could do worse than read ParcelHero’s in-depth analysis of the ongoing UK-EU trade problems and, in particular, the Northern Ireland Protocol agreement, which he can read by CLICKING HERE.

 

 

 

FourKites awarded ISO 27001 certification

Posted on by David Priestman

FourKites, a leading real-time supply chain visibility platform, has met the standards set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) for ISO 27017 for cloud service security and ISO 27018 for data privacy as part of its ISO 27001 certification. The achievement represents FourKites’ ongoing pursuit of the most recent and stringent security standards in the industry.

To qualify, an independent audit committee confirmed that FourKites meets a stringent set of requirements around security and privacy. ISO 27017 provides guidelines for information security controls applicable to and specific to the provisioning and use of cloud services, while ISO 27018 establishes commonly accepted controls and guidelines for implementing measures to protect personally identifiable information (PII) for the public cloud computing environment. Meanwhile, ISO 27001 mandates controls for the establishment, maintenance and certification of an information security management system (ISMS).

“Meeting these standards is a testament to FourKites’ ongoing commitment to go above and beyond when it comes to securing our platform, which ingests more than 250 terabytes of data each month,” said Mathew Elenjickal, FourKites Founder and CEO. “Safe and secure data sharing has tremendous benefits across the supply chain, including more accurate business planning and risk mitigation, higher customer satisfaction and retention, and improved employee morale.”

Adherence to ISO 27017 and 27018 is the latest validation of FourKites’ rigorous security efforts, including its comprehensive General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy program, which even applies in regions where it is not required and incorporates the Schrems II ruling.

“Our supply chain customers and partners around the globe can rest assured that FourKites uses the strongest and most secure standards in the industry to protect their valuable data,” added Elenjickal.

FourKites delivers real-time insights to customers around the globe, leveraging patented artificial intelligence based on 150 factors, including ​​weather, traffic and real-time data from GPS, ELD telematics networks, mobile devices, AIS and more. The company offers out-of-the-box dashboards and reports, automated and customisable notifications that leverage geofencing and temperature tracking, and SKU-level visibility to track multimodal shipments, even when they’re split across multiple carriers.

In Spring 2021, FourKites was awarded a patent for its groundbreaking Smart Forecasted Arrival (SFA) solution, which provides companies with highly frequent and accurate estimated times of arrival for over-the-road freight in transit — even when a truck lacks any technology to transmit location data. SFA is now available to FourKites customers globally, extending the benefits of real-time visibility to freight that would otherwise be invisible to modern supply chain management solutions.

How big and bulky retailers can improve the final mile

Posted on by David Priestman

The retail of big and bulky goods is often fraught with logistical issues and delays, writes Danny Hudson, Director of Retail & CPG at FarEye. The last mile stage of delivery is often the most difficult and expensive part of the process and can lead to frustrations for both suppliers and customers.

While this stage is considered to be the most problematic by carriers, technological innovation has progressed to offer solutions. Smart technology is taking the logistics industry by storm and specially developed software now offers full traceability and visibility across the last mile. Functionality such as automated item tracking mean that all stakeholders can gain the visibility they need during the last mile. But one aspect that visibility This, among other things, can ensure that bulky and bulky items are delivered in line with ever-heightening consumer expectations.

The rise and rise of customer experience

The delivery of large and unwieldy items is often frustrating for customers. They place an order and expect the same level of service they receive with a smaller parcel. While we know that larger items may take longer to arrive, we have become impatient with these longer timeframes.

Consumers are now used to next-day, if not same-day, delivery. So waiting for weeks or even months for an order can not only be frustrating, but can significantly influence their decision on which retailer to shop with.

Stakeholders across the supply chain are trying to meet these needs by providing faster delivery when it comes to larger items. Creating or using tools that allow for quick, efficient, and on-time delivery can make this process much simpler. It also allows retailers to gain visibility of and easily connect with any third parties that are required during the last mile process.

As a customer, most will need to work from home, or take time off, thus why use of technology is so important. Softwares which can trace parcels and communicate directly with the customer is essential for success in this case. It reduces administrative work, as it is updated in real time, and customers have a clear understanding of when their package will be arriving.

Order Delays, ETAs & Visibility

Order delays are another potential hindrance to customer experience in big and bulky goods delivery. Having an accurate timeframe for delivery can prove difficult due to a range of factors including traffic delays, fleet availability, and driver availability, not to mention that most companies often outsource this process.

All these factors lead to reduced traceability, visibility, and transparency. Overall, this process comes with a lack of overview for customers. ETAs aren’t updated in real time, resulting in confusion overall. Windows for these can often be very non-specific with delays not updated. Use of tools such as AI, or even our driver app, can help mitigate these effects. These tools work in tandem to update the customer in real time as to where their package is, meaning no upset customers and no stressed drivers.

Facilitation of this process through use of automation, ML, or AI can make the whole process, from first mile to last, much easier. These technologies can be used on both big and small packages. Things like IoT, RFID, and blockchain tracking can all be implemented for general admin. These same things can also be used to provide stakeholders with live updates. These items can also easily be traced, so if anything does happen these items can be easily found. Importantly, all these systems should be able to talk to one another. Integration throughout the whole process, from warehouse to driver to customer, makes communication much easier.

Tools of the Trade: Resources and Cost reduction

The hardest part of the big and bulky delivery process is the last mile. It’s often the most expensive and time consuming. A special fleet and team is needed, and particular equipment along with packaging. It is also important to mention that these deliveries require additional safety protocols, meaning they can be more time consuming. Finding processes which make this more seamless can make all the difference in preventing delays, which in turn results in happier customers. It also allows for time sensitivity during last mile delivery, and an overall better experience.

As well as using third-party suppliers to deliver big and bulky goods, retailers or consumers may also need their services to install items such as large TVs, home gym equipment and kitchen appliances. All of which will add further delays and require consumers to put time aside to be at home to accept delivery. Oftentimes, these costs either need to be paid by the supplier or the customer, which results in higher costs for all involved. By using integrated technology, these processes can be streamlined and automatically shared with the customer, resulting in more transparency during the delivery process. This also allows for a more sustainable approach to last mile delivery, as it makes the whole experience more efficient for all stakeholders.

While big and bulky parcels have a reputation, there are easy tools to mitigate the normal hassles which come during delivery. Customer experience is integral to keeping these businesses afloat, and to keep these customers coming back. While delays may be inevitable, by using processes or tools to keep things visible and transparent to all stakeholders, companies can achieve good results.

 

One Stop benefits from machine learning

Posted on by David Priestman

One Stop, the UK convenience retailer with over 900 company and franchise neighbourhood stores nationwide, has benefited from more accurate stock forecast and higher availability, without increased spoilage, thanks to its implementation of RELEX Solutions’ machine learning-based demand forecasting solution to effectively manage supply chain complexities across its entire product range.

One Stop has been a customer of Helsinki, Finland-based RELEX Solutions since 2010. In March 2019, the retailer expanded its partnership with RELEX when it implemented the RELEX supply chain planning and management solution in its UK stores and distribution centres.

The RELEX solution delivered a range of positive results for One Stop – including a 1.9% increase in in-store availability, a 4% reduction in fresh spoilage value, and an overall increase in sales. Based on these results, One Stop added the RELEX machine learning-based demand forecasting solution to manage its more specific forecasting challenges.

The RELEX demand forecasting solution uses machine learning to manage One Stop’s broad selection of product offerings – ranging from ultra-fresh products with short spoiling times to more ambient inventory with longer shelf life. It also assesses the demand for products that are sensitive to external factors such as weather. In addition, the solution identifies sales for products that are easily cannibalised by promotions on similar items.

Richard Turton, Head of Supply Chain at One Stop, said: “RELEX’s machine learning-based forecasting is critical to our ability to accurately forecast our most challenging categories, whether short shelf-life items or those with weather-driven demand.”

In the four months since going live with the RELEX forecasting solution, One Stop has seen major improvements including:

  • 3.17% increase in forecast accuracy at a product-week level
  • 1.82% increase in forecast accuracy at a product-store-week level
  • 1.5% in in-store availability across One Stop’s entire range, which contributed to a significant sales increase
  • 8.5% increased availability for ultra-fresh products with shelf life under three days with no corresponding rise in spoilage

“You simply can’t overstate the value that AI-based forecasting brings to the retail environment. RELEX’s machine learning drove an immediate improvement to forecast accuracy that we felt throughout the supply chain and store and DC operations,” concluded Turton.

Open pallet pooling drives efficiency amid margin pressure

Posted on by David Priestman

Businesses across the world are struggling with a series of major crises in their supply chains, which are restricting availability and pushing costs up. Companies that supply goods, from food and drink to pharmaceuticals, can make savings and increase efficiency by making the right choice of pallet system.

In the wake of COVID, supply chains around the world are facing an unparalleled challenge caused by a combination of several issues. These include a shipping crisis, which has severely restricted availability of containers in many regions and pushed prices up to unprecedented levels around the world; intense post-lockdown competition for resources to service pent-up demand; raw material price hikes and volatility; marked energy price rises; and, in Europe, increased admin, time and cost following the completion of Brexit at the beginning of 2021. The war in Ukraine has intensified these issues further.

The situation has caused extreme pressure for businesses, requiring them to develop more adaptable and responsive strategies to cope with the changeable marketplace and, amid severe competition, squeezing their margins.

Against this background, most companies are examining their operations to make them as efficient and straightforward as possible. This means looking for transparency and reliability from their supplier partners, seeking new approaches that allow them to maintain quality, while reducing costs and increasing their all-round efficiency.

With logistics costs a major squeeze point, many businesses are investigating more financially effective ways of organising this part of their operations. This includes considering alternative supply chain models to buying pallets for transporting goods.

Maximising efficiency in pallet use is an important cornerstone in a well-run supply chain – and closed and open pooling systems both create advantages for companies using them over outright purchase of the pallets.

Closed pallet pooling is run by independent companies that own and manage a ‘pool’ of pallets, renting them to supply chain users and collecting, and maintaining and repairing them for continual reuse.

In open pallet pooling, meanwhile, companies buy pallets, and they then remain an asset until they are resold to their customer as part of the transactions for the goods they are purchasing – or exchanged for an empty pallet of equivalent value on arrival at their destination.

EPAL runs the largest open pallet pool in the world, which was founded in 1991 and now has more than 600 million EPAL Euro pallets and 20 million EPAL box pallets in circulation. Pallets are shared and reused within a network that consists of producers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and other receiving locations, transporters, logistics service providers (LSPs) and service centres.

The size of the pool underpins its success – as this drives efficiency and means that at most delivery locations in Europe, there will be empty EPAL pallets to exchange for those bringing in the goods. The system works by exchanging pallets between the goods recipient and EPAL load carrier, reducing the costs associated with reloading. EPAL supports this process with practical handling advice.

The pool also gives companies using it access to an international network of more than 1,500 licenced pallet repairers in more than 30 countries; so damaged pallets can be collected and reconditioned/repaired before they are returned for reuse in the supply chain.

EPAL specifies repaired pallets ‘as new’, so a repaired, reused pallet guarantees the same strength – safe for loads of up to 1.25 tonnes -as a new one on its first trip. This is essential, particularly to users in high value supply chains, such as pharmaceuticals or alcoholic drinks.

All new and reconditioned EPAL pallets are manufactured from sustainable timber sources and treated to ISPM15 certified plant heath levels as standard, making them legally compliant for post-Brexit movement between the EU and UK markets, and across all international borders.

The simplicity of this open pooling allows logistics companies to focus on their core business and keep logistics low cost and straightforward. Meanwhile, the fact the open system has repair and reuse at its core make using it an important addition to companies’ sustainability efforts as they seek meet new regulatory requirements that encourage circular economic activity. These include the Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations (2024), and the UK 2050 net zero target and interim target of a 78% reduction on 1990 levels by 2035.

Added to these, pallets that are manufactured from wood are still the most economic option. While the current climate has pushed the price of timber up, other raw materials have seen price rises, too. This, together with the above advantages of the open pooling model will be a decisive factor for many goods businesses as they seek to drive efficiency and cost savings in the post-pandemic world.

 

Lithuanian startup GoRamp attracts investment to expand

Posted on by David Priestman

 

GoRamp has attracted an investment of €1.5m from international venture capital funds and the community of business angels/founders from companies including UPS, Shopify, Infoscout. The investment will be used mainly to expand its sales and marketing team for the Western Europe and US markets.

GoRamp, which has been actively operating for three years in the market, has a SaaS solution, which enables manufacturing, retail and production companies digitise their logistics operations through sourcing, planning and monitoring transportation shipments. According to the data provided by GoRamp clients, the system eliminates 70% of operational work, increases 20% of warehouse loading efficiency and decreases logistics costs by up to 25%.

Its CEO/CoFounder Jevgenij Polonis says that the quarantine reality has prompted the scale of the business to Western European markets. “Transportation volumes of production and trade companies have grown drastically during the lockdown and the resources required to meet customer needs had shrunk and continue to shrink. Carrier costs are rising, and warehousing capacities are being exceeded.

“We hear continuously that manufacturing and trading companies experience a never-ending Christmas rush. When capacity expansion is no longer possible, then operations have to be streamlined and more has to be done with the same resources. Digital solutions are irreplaceable and our solution helps customers eliminate more than two-thirds of operational manual labour, save time, streamline supply chain operations and do up to twice as much work with the available resources.

“We see that the demand for our product in the is growing because of more attention to sustainability and digitalisation of manufacturing companies. That’s why timing for aggressive expansion being first-movers is more than perfect.”

In 2021, GoRamp’s business volumes tripled. Now the Lithuanian company operates in 18 different countries not only in Europe, but also US, Canada and Australia. The number of GoRamp customers grew by 250% and the company is already trusted by leading worldwide names including Pfizer, Thermofisher Scientific, Continental, Mondelez, Storenso, and others.

Among GoRamp customers, there are businesses operating in the sectors of manufacturing, pharmaceutical, automotive, wood, furniture, metal, energy, and plastics.

The investment will be targeted to increase business volumes in Europe , where product sales are already showing promising results (the UK, Benelux, Poland, Germany) and to enter new markets (France, Spain, Italy) and gain more traction in US region.

 

Descartes acquires machine-learning provider

Posted on by David Priestman

Descartes Systems Group, a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, has acquired Foxtrot, a leading provider of machine learning-based mobile route execution solutions.

Foxtrot’s advanced machine learning algorithms leverage millions of data points collected from vehicles in the field, helping customers reduce last-mile costs, improve customer service and learn service factors that improve route efficiency and on-time performance. The company’s technology complements existing route planning and execution solutions.

“Descartes has been a leader in using advanced technology to extend its world-class route planning and execution solutions for more than 20 years,” said Ken Wood, EVP of Product Management at Descartes. “Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning are making it possible for us to leverage increasing amounts of ‘real world data’ to better inform our route planning and execution solutions. By combining with Foxtrot, we’re adding a team with deep domain expertise and proven technology that will help accelerate our efforts in this area.”

“Foxtrot enhances our recent investment in GreenMile, as both companies have extensive experience in the retail food and beverage distribution vertical,” said Edward J Ryan, Descartes’ CEO. “We also see an immediate opportunity to leverage Foxtrot’s capabilities across our wider route planning and execution solution suite. We’re thrilled to welcome the Foxtrot employees, customers and partners into the Descartes family.”

Foxtrot is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Descartes acquired Foxtrot for approximately $US4m, satisfied from cash on hand.

WOF Summit promises latest market trends

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Ahead of the WOF SUMMIT, which takes place in Vienna on 4th-5th May, we caught up with Chief Commercial Officer of the WOF Group Christoph Grasl and asked him about this inaugural event.

Christoph Grasl has more than 25 years of experience in freight and logistics. He started his carrier in freight forwarding at Vienna Airport in 1996. In the year 2000, he switched from Austria to Hungary and developed an SMB forwarding company within nine years to one of the top players in the Hungarian logistics market. During this period he also finished his MBA in logistics and supply chain at Danube University.

From 2009 he became MD of one of the leading air and sea cargo forwarders in Austria and had the Regional Director role for Central Eastern Europe. Finally, he was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer on the global corporate level. In a short break from the logistics industry, he did his second master’s studies in real estate management and started a property development company. From 2022 he is back in the logistics industry as Chief Commercial Officer of the WOF Group following his passion to connect people.

Logistics Business (LB): Tell us about the WOF SUMMIT and the whole idea behind it.

Christoph Grasl  (CG): It all started with the vision of a handful of logistics experts from all over the world to create a new innovative platform for the logistics and supply chain industry. Our slogan ‘Explore The World Of Freight In The Heart Of Europe’ is a perfect description of what we create and where our focus lies. With the WOF EXPO in Bratislava last year, we set our first milestone and out of this experience and the valuable customer feedback we designed the WOF SUMMIT Vienna 2022.

Even that is not just another logistics congress in Austria, but the first-ever with a truly regional approach for Central Eastern Europe. We have top industry speakers not only from Austria, Germany and the CEE countries but even from overseas like India and the United States. Furthermore, the optimal networking atmosphere for all our visitors is essential for us.

LB: What is innovative about your event and how does it differ from rivals?

CG: At WOF SUMMIT, networking is not just having a coffee with another interesting participant but is powered by the innovative 1to1 Meeting Scheduler. So, all our visitors can pre-arrange their most valuable networking meetings already online two weeks before the event. As we set it up as a hybrid event, this is also valid for our virtual guests from all over the world.

Furthermore, as mentioned earlier, the WOF SUMMIT Vienna 2022 is the only logistics and supply chain event in Austria with a truly regional approach and covers the whole Central Eastern Europe. This combined with an exclusive exhibition area, a VIP networking area, the top keynotes and panel discussions and the evening gala WOF Connect & Charity, make our summit a unique experience for all logistics and supply chain friends.

LB: Why should companies come to WOF SUMMIT? How will WOF SUMMIT Vienna 2022 help businesses to thrive in current unpredictable times?

CG: Everybody who deals with transport, logistics and supply chain will find personal value at the WOF SUMMIT. We have the latest market insights, trends and best practice examples in digitalisation, e-commerce and green deals. You can touch base with sustainability trends in logistics real estate, be part of the digital air cargo revolution and feel the resilience of global supply chains in the actual shaky ocean freight markets. We have a deep dive in e-commerce also for business start-ups and offer solutions in the last mile distribution.

Last but not least, logistics is still a people’s business, so we teamed up with leading Universities in CEE and discuss with high potential the logistics leadership roles of the future. This and much more you can experience at the WOF SUMMIT Vienna 2022.

LB: The inevitable part of WOF SUMMIT Vienna 2022 will be the gala night WOF Connect & Charity, please tell us more about it.

CG: WOF Connect & Charity festive evening will be an absolute highlight of the two days of inspiration, learning, and knowledge sharing at the event. The importance of this unique evening stems not only from the strong focus on networking as WOF Connect & Charity is also about giving. Building on the success of the first charitable event during the WOF EXPO 2021 in Bratislava last year, this year we will look beyond our fundraising borders with Österreichische Krebshilfe.

The Austrian Cancer Aid, founded in 1910 under the personal auspices of the Emperor, supports approx. 30,000 cancer patients and relatives in their 66 cancer centres in Austria. Österreichische Krebshilfe will be an important part of this special evening. You will experience a combination of networking, good music and dance, inspirational people and stories, and of course an ultimate foodie experience. An evening from which you will emerge inspired and energised.

We are looking forward to seeing you all at the WOF SUMMIT Vienna 2022!

To find out more in information and get your ticket, CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

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