[XPO Logistics](https://www.xpo.com/) UK supply chain managing director Gavin Williams is one of the company’s key figureheads driving the company’s automation plans. These include the rollout of some 5,000 cobots across warehouses in North America and Europe, and the launch of a new automated distribution centre in Leicestershire next year with confectionery company Nestlé, dubbed the ‘warehouse of the future’. Gavin speaks to SHD Logistics assistant editor David Tran about XPO’s investment and resource in warehousing automation, gearing ahead to his speaking session at the [SHD Logistics Conference](https://www.logisticsconference.co.uk/en/home.html) at London’s British Museum on Tuesday 14th May.