Covid-19 has driven change across all industry sectors within a short period. According to a recent McKinsey report, six percent of global supply chain shutdown, while 85 percent faced a reduction in operations during the pandemic. This massive disruption of activities has largely driven digitalization. Logistics and supply chain management companies have adopted technology with organizationwide changes. Cutting-edge technologies like cloud, IoT, automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning are ruling the roost as companies try to stay agile and on top of the game in these challenging times.
Five industry experts discussed these topics in detail in the Innovation in Logistics & Transportation Summit organized by the Logistics Middle East magazine. The Innovation in Transportation and Logistics Summit was held at the V Hotel Dubai. The Logistics Middle East Innovation & Transportation Summit brought together thought leaders and pioneers from the worlds of tech, logistics, transportation, and sustainability to explore how the industry can continuously innovate while optimizing the consumer experience and considering the environmental implications of these advancements. This panel discussion will also look at the changes, the winners in the adoption of automation space, and how technology, automation, and digitalization can revolutionize logistics and supply chains.
Panellists for this session are Praveen Sashi, Senior Director IT & Logistics, Head of Digitalisation MENA, from DHL; Fadi Amoudi, Founder & CEO, IQ Robotics; Gorka Sudupe Belloso, Director and Founder Member, SmartLOG Group; Jaideep Dhanoa, Co-Founder and CEO, FENIX; Mark Heald, Supply Chain Director, Logistics Executive.
With more than 100 industry leaders from across the MENA region, the summit was a success as it is brought multiple experts on the same platform.
The summit showed the learning from the past 18 months and how transformation and innovation are realigning the entire industry worldwide. The attendees were also looking ahead to the industry’s future, focusing on drones, digitization, and automation. Companies are readying for the future of the new digital era. The event also focused on the need for companies to drive sustainability and decarbonization forward. Karl Feilder, CEO, Founder, and Chairman of Neutral Fuels, pointed out that governments in the MENA region are specifying biofuels as part of their sustainability strategy, meaning that companies will have to embrace the decarbonization roadmap.