According to the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority (FCSA), it foresees that UAE’s logistics sector will be contributing a major part to its economy, from the current 5.4% to 8% by 2021. With the rapid growth in warehousing and logistics sector in United Arab Emirates (UAE), a 3-days conference themed “Future Warehouse & Logistics 2020, will be held from 29 Sept – 1 Oct 2020 (Tues – Thurs), in Dubai – UAE, bringing more than 20 world-class speakers together to share their insights on how to create a synergy between people, process and innovation for a smarter operating facility. 

Some of the world-class speakers include of Prashant Saran, Director of Operations of Amazon MENA; Shankar Subramoniam, Executive Director – Freight and Logistics of National Association of Freight and Logistics (NAFL), UAE; Anant Gairola, Head of Operational Excellence – Customer Care of Walmart eCommerce, USA; Ahmed Nasr, Warehouse & Logistics Manager of Mondelēz International, Bahrain; Vimal Narayanan, Vice President – Supply Chain Deployment ofSchneider Electric, Singapore; Ali Kafil-Hussain, Chief of Staff of Noon.com, UAE among others. 

This conference will be uncovering crucial sections and navigate a seamless transformation through two streams - Future Warehouse (Stream One) & Smart Logistics (Stream Two). For Future Warehouse – focuses on key strategies and techniques on how to lower operational expenses from errors, techniques to increase warehouse space utilisation and flow, meeting customers’ expectation and same day delivery whilst minimising overheads through sustainable operations; For Smart Logistics – showcases  how the GCC’s logistics and supply chain leaders are developing their roadmap from End to End Synchronisation, Real-Time Forecasting and Planning, Control Towers, Intelligent Scheduling (Algorithm and Optimisation), Intelligent Manufacturing Supply Chain.

In addition, an exclusive and insightful half-day tour to a most advanced State-of-the-Art Warehouse in Dubai will be offered, regardless of the stream delegates are in. This conference also features a full day post-conference workshop, themed “Digital Supply Chain: The Route to An Effective Warehouse Management”, facilitated by Ian Maughan, Managing Director from Supply Chain Network Ltd, UK, to create a roadmap which will explore a holistic approach, examining the key stages and steps to preparing a warehouse to deliver an optimal digital strategy and a best of breed warehouse management systems solution as the key execution enabler. If you are interested, please contact Anna Foo directly at +603 2603 2593 or email to [email protected].

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