Welcome to the April 1st issue of Warehouse & Logistics News. Implementing training at every key juncture in your racking reduces uncertainty and it is for this reason that SEMA will soon launch their Duty Holders training course. Delivered online, the course is designed to help company directors and senior managers take more responsibility for their warehouse operations. Sessions will bridge the gap between operational practice and management accountability by exploring the controls to manage pallet racking and the legislate that governs safe storage equipment.
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Multimodal, a major event for the supply chain and logistics sector, will take place from 30 June to 2 July at the NEC in Birmingham. The annual gathering brings together organisations involved in transportation, freight, logistics, supply chain management, technology and trade. The event typically attracts a wide range of participants, from shippers and freight forwarders to retailers and technology providers. This year, Multimodal will be co-located with Warehouse. & Yard. in adjoining halls, with eDelivery Expo (eDX) also included within the Multimodal Hall. Meanwhile, the Road Transport Expo (RTX) will take place nearby at the NAEC Stoneleigh.
MODEX, billed as one of the largest manufacturing and supply-chain events scheduled for 2026, is set to take place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from 13th to 16th April. The event is expected to feature more than 1,000 exhibits, alongside 200 educational sessions and four keynote presentations. Organisers say the exhibition this year will highlight a broad range of supply-chain technologies and operational solutions, with attendees able to view product demonstrations, hear industry updates and take part in in-person discussions.
The theme of the UKWA Conference this year was “Warehousing: The Backbone of British Logistics.” Warehousing underpins so much of modern life, ensuring that goods are where they need to be, when they need to be there. But if warehouses are the backbone, then the people and relationships behind them are the connective tissue, writes Clare Bottle, UKWA CEO.
According to our forklift trucks feature, as an industrial lithium-ion manufacturer supplying material handling fleets, maxwell+spark has observed a shift in how operators are thinking about power. Batteries are no longer being treated as consumables that must be managed but are increasingly being viewed as long-term assets. Designed for extended service life, motive.li systems are engineered to deliver stable output across demanding duty cycles and, in many cases, to outlast the trucks they power.
Our automation & robotics feature reveals that warehouses lack the agility necessary to respond to unplanned disruptions and are paying a high cost as a result, according to market study insights from Lucas Systems. In the study, more than 51% of U.S. supply chain executives said their automation systems are unprepared to deal with the unforeseen changes, new requirements and disruptions that are happening. “Unplanned warehouse disruptions are on the rise since the Covid pandemic,” explains Lucas Systems CMO Ken Ramoutar. “If your automation can’t quickly adapt to in-the-moment shifts, then your warehouses are at a real disadvantage.”
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James Surridge
Publishing Editor
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