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- Assess how contract length, customer volumes and shared operations affect the investment case for automation
- Explore who funds and owns equipment, how costs and benefits are shared, and who carries the investment risk
- Plan for redeployment, reconfiguration or exit when customer contracts and operating requirements change
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- Select a balanced set of financial, operational and service measures, including cost per order, throughput, accuracy and investment payback
- Recognise conflicting targets and unintended consequences, such as faster picking that increases errors or downstream costs
- Agree baselines, responsibilities and review processes to establish whether automation delivers sustained business value
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- Connecting attendees with relevant technology suppliers
- Exploring current warehouse challenges and investment plans
- Creating opportunities for demonstrations and follow-up discussions
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- Incorporating applicable safety and compliance requirements into project planning
- Understanding how risk assessment affects system design and implementation
- Budgeting for safe operation, training, documentation and ongoing review
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- Increasing storage density and making better use of existing space
- Improving throughput without expanding the building footprint
- Comparing layout changes, software improvements and automation investments
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- Identifying cost drivers in packing, labelling and despatch
- Improving parcel throughput while reducing material use and errors
- Assessing automation opportunities across different order profiles
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- Understanding the different roles of WMS, WES and WCS
- Identifying system gaps that limit warehouse performance
- Evaluating integration, scalability and the business case for software investment
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- Comparing manual processes, mechanisation and full automation
- Matching investment choices to volume, variability and service requirements
- Avoiding technology investments that do not solve the underlying problem
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- Examining a real warehouse improvement project, from the initial operational challenge to the chosen solution
- Reviewing investment costs, implementation challenges and measurable performance improvements
- Identifying lessons for businesses planning their own warehouse transformation
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- Compare supplier proposals on a like-for-like basis
- Evaluate total cost of ownership, implementation risk and service agreements
- Protect return on investment through contracts, milestones and acceptance criteria
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- Identifying practical AI applications in forecasting, labour planning and inventory management
- Measuring the impact of AI on productivity, accuracy and operating costs
- Building a business case that moves beyond experimentation to measurable returns
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- Defining success criteria before starting a pilot
- Managing integration, employee adoption and operational change
- Scaling successful pilots across sites while controlling risk and cost
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- Understanding the cost drivers of returns, inspection, sorting and refurbishment
- Improving the speed and economics of reverse logistics processes
- Identifying where automation can support reuse, recovery and circular business models
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- Calculating the financial impact of equipment and system downtime
- Assessing the value of redundancy, maintenance and recovery planning
- Building a business case for resilience alongside productivity improvements
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- Measuring the impact of automation on productivity and employee retention
- Reducing repetitive work, physical strain and workplace injuries
- Building workforce benefits into automation investment calculations
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- Comparing capital expenditure with subscription and usage-based models
- Understanding flexibility, service coverage and long-term costs
- Identifying operations where Robotics-as-a-Service may offer the strongest return
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- Quantify the costs of stock discrepancies, picking errors, manual checks and rework
- Prioritise improvements to processes, data and technology according to their operational and financial impact
- Measure the effect of improvements on inventory accuracy, labour use and customer service
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- The priorities buyers use when evaluating automation investments
- What suppliers need to demonstrate beyond headline performance claims
- Common reasons proposals fail to progress and how vendors can stand out
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- Identifying the first processes worth automating
- Evaluating investment affordability, scalability and expected returns
- Avoiding overinvestment and choosing solutions that can grow with the business
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- Identifying the main drivers of cost per order
- Improving picking, packing, labour utilisation and process flow
- Balancing cost reduction with accuracy, service levels and customer experience
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- Introducing automation into existing facilities without disrupting service
- Managing phased installation, commissioning and changeover risks
- Learning from real-world brownfield implementation projects
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- Where warehouse automation investment is delivering measurable returns in 2027
- How to assess payback periods, labour savings and throughput improvements
- Which technologies are delivering the strongest business cases
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