ALSC UK highlights
Smart moves: How Smart UK re-engineered an EV-only supply chain for scale
At Automotive Logistics & Supply Chain UK 2026, Smart UK's Stephanie Budd shared how the brand rebuilt its China-to-UK finished vehicle pipeline, before joining an OEM-and-carrier panel on the capacity, EV-weight and forecasting challenges facing UK vehicle logistics.
Long-term partnerships and enhanced collaboration key to managing risk and building resilience
At ALSC United Kingdom, JLR's Levent Yuksel highlighted the role that a collaborative approach with partners and peers can playing in developing a resilient and competitive automotive supply chain capable of adapting to mitigate risk in today's volatile logistics landscape.
UK automotive logistics faces another dip as recovery stalls amid trade and competitiveness pressures
S&P Global Mobility forecasts another downturn for automotive production and sales in 2026, while trade uncertainty, EU industrial policy and logistics constraints continue to challenge UK supply chains.
Data, culture and people: The real barriers to AI in automotive logistics
Leaders from Ford, Scania, Aston Martin and DP World at ALSC UK 2026 conference shared how extended reality, agentic AI and holistic supply chain thinking are driving real operational gains and why people and culture remain the defining constraints.
Inside Cummins and Unipart's drive to make reusable packaging the default
Cummins is aiming to turn a packaging mix that's three-quarters single-use into one that's three-quarters reusable. On the Red Sofa at Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain UK 2026, Rob Newing, returnable packaging operations leader at Cummins, and Lucie Dobeer, executive outreach director at Unipart, explain why the hardest – and most valuable – part of returnable packaging is the journey back.
Ford uses digital twins and VR to transform material flow planning for vehicle launches
Ford is rolling out digital twin technology and immersive virtual reality across its European manufacturing network to improve material flow planning, reduce costly launch rework and enable global collaboration. Stuart Clarke explains how the programme is reshaping engineering, logistics and future vehicle launches.
