IOC fellows were recently in Birmingham, for two trade shows, and enjoyed a key note lecture and a heads of industry meeting in the Top 500 lounge.
The EDX 2016 – eDelivery Expo theme was S-O-L-D, Supply Chain, Operations, Logistics & Delivery.
Behind the buy button to support multichannel retail. Making a perfect diary date clash with the Commercial Vehicle Show it was a short walk on the travellator to take in everything from vehicle to shed across four halls of the NEC. From the big red machine of Royal mail in the CV show alongside APC and final mile electric Gnewt back on the travellator for EDX to see DX, Hermes and even Coreos alongside the likes of InPost and Knapp in the EDX show. The Institute of Couriers rallied fellows for chairman Carl Lomas who delivered a key note lecture on e-retail from a perspective of road final mile.
Lomas used his iconic pineapple representation to showcase delivery around the world and final mile to home address via sortation sheds, road, rail air and sea.
IOC chair, Carl Lomas, spoke at EDX 2016 at the NEC on the subject of ‘Is Final Mile e-Retail Sustainable?’ He said: “My statement at IntralogisteX was ‘Final Mile e- Retail will not be sustainable by 2020’. My statement for EDX is ‘Final mile solutions will be delivered by a new layer.’ ‘Consolidation is feasible in third party platforms.’
‘Third party consolidation partners using LoCITY technologies will be common to many cities in 2020’ heads of Industry discussions followed in the Top 500 lounge.”
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