The Logistics Podcast

How much power does your warehouse need? In the latest episode of ‘Out of office’ from The Logistics Podcast, Simon Cox, first vice president, project management & sustainability officer at property developer Prologis UK, tells us what he thinks.

 

The cost of energy is going up due to new demands on our power supplies. Electricity has always powered lighting, the office but now we’re powering electric forklift trucks, automation and digital technology too… Simon also discusses multi-storey developments in Japan, a new era of collaboration between landlord and tenant, data flows and data-driven decision making. He also shares how intervention by local authorities in the Netherlands is prohibiting gas installation and paving the way for zero carbon buildings.

Black Friday, Singles Day and Talent in Logistics are the focus of this month’s docu-podcast brought to you by SHD Logistics.

We hear from James Hyde of James and James Fulfilment, Dominic Hebbard of Hermes, Colin Donnelly of Sainsbury’s Argos and Hannah Chapman of Ava May Aromas on how they’re preparing for the biggest event in the UK retail sector’s calendar.

Claire Piotrowski, head of future talent at Kuehne & Nagel, answers our questions on the new T-Level qualifications and Kerry Salisbury, future talent advisor for AO Logistics, shares some impressive stats.

The episode also includes a property update from property editor David Thame and the latest news from assistant editor David Tran.

Gayle is responsible for parcel activity out of Ted Baker’s three main distribution centre hubs - in Derby for distribution activities in the UK, in Atlanta for the US, and Hong Kong. This encompasses the distribution of products via e-commerce and products that go into its retail stores. 

She talks to SHD Logistics Assistant Editor David Tran about which retailers’ logistics activities most inspires her and whether the global remit of her position is as glamorous as it is cut out to be. Gayle also discusses her main interests away from work, while David also poses the question as to whether she puts her logistics skills to good use by throwing on a party in celebration of her 40th birthday this month.

Gayle features in the SHD June magazine in an extended profile interview - http://www.shdlogistics.com/issues/june-2019 

The Logistics 100

To view the list of the 100 of the UK’s top logisticians of 2019, then please go to our Logistics 100 (http://www.shdlogistics/logistics100) page.

  

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Budweiser Brewing Group (https://budweiserbrewinggroup.co.uk/age-gate/) is the world’s leading brewer which includes favourite brands Stella Artois, Budweiser, and Bud Light. Its site in Magor, Wales is their beacon light in warehouse operational innovation, with an automated design that can store 23m pints of beer. Opened in October 2018, this is the company’s first installation of a multi-deep storage solution. The installation also helps to meet the company’s 2025 Sustainability Goals, which includes the target of a 25% reduction to carbon emissions across its value chain against a 2017 baseline – the equivalent of taking more than 1.5 million cars off the road each year.

Warehousing specialist John Tudball spoke to delegates at last month’s event about the 80,000 cubic metre highbay site in the southeast of the country, including the movement of its 14,500 pallets and how it uses its 13 miles of racking effectively.

The National Health Service is the largest public service organisation in the UK. However, as the NHS is facing rising costs, increasing and an ageing population, the organisation has to find ways of becoming more cost-efficient.

 In 2016, Lord Carter published a report which identified unwarranted variation in procurement across the NHS. To ensure delivery of consumable medical supplies are cost-efficient and consistently on time, the NHS devised a supply chain operating model that is aligned to Lord Carter’s vision. At the SHD Logistics Conference, held earlier this week at the historic British Museum in London, Supply Chain Director Chris Holmes and Head of Logistics James Turpin from NHS Supply Chain came on stage as this year’s keynote speakers to discuss the Future Operating Model, as part of an organisational strategy designed to save £2.4bn over the next five years.

Will robots shut the door on humans in warehouses? What impact could human displacement have on society? This episode we debate the role of the human in logistics. We’re joined by Vin Grainger, solutions director at [iForce](https://www.iforcegroup.com/); Peter Ward, chief executive of the [UKWA](https://www.ukwa.org.uk/) and Prof. John Manners Bell, managing director of research consultancy [Transport Intelligence](https://www.ti-insight.com/).

The UK Ministry of Defence is rolling out its £6.5bn Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation programme. We interview the man in charge, Damian Alexander.

Expect the usual update from property editor David Thame and the news from assistant editor David Tran.

All-electric delivery company Gnewt delivered its 500,000th parcel for ASOS the week the Ultra Low Emission Zone hit London (ULEZ). Gnewt – which was acquired by Menzies Distribution in 2017 – is emissions-free therefore hasn’t suffered the same frustrations as some of its competitors under new ULEZ regulations. Kirsty Adams interviews founder of Gnewt Sam Clarke and driver Jose on the last metre, electric-charging infrastructure, its partnership with ASOS and future plans for on-foot porters. Join Kirsty for this ‘Out of office’ episode which takes listeners to London’s rainy congested streets. The next docu-podcast will be released on 7 May and is entitled ‘Humans plus robots’. Until then.

[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.

SHD Logistics editor Kirsty Adams visited [Europa Worldwide Group](http://www.europa-worldwide.com/)’s 1Hub in Dartford this week, the day after Theresa May’s second deal was slammed by MPS in the Commons. Dan Cook, group operations director for Europa Road, left one of many Brexit meetings he’s been having, to tell The Logistics Podcast about the preparations they’re putting in place in case of an unwelcome no-deal outcome on 29 March.

Nike (http://www.nike.com/) , Selfridges (http://www.selfridges.com/) and Hotel Chocolat (https://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk) are coronated as we discuss winning retail logistics operations in the latest episode of The Logistics Podcast. Guests include; Caroline Luxton, head of logistics at online retailer LoveCrafts (http://www.lovecrafts.com/) ; Prof. Neil Ashworth, CCO at Yodel (http://www.yodel.co.uk/) & CEO of CollectPlus (http://www.collectplus.co.uk/) and Al Gerrie, founder & CEO of returns start-up Zig Zag Global (http://www.zigzag.global/) .

What’s helping retail logistics operations survive this aggressive period of change and the lead the charge? Or just survive? We get deep inside the warehouses of online retailer LoveCrafts which is transforming the craft sector – from knitting to sowing – whilst tackling challenges in packaging and returns. 

Assistant editor David Tran heads to Decathlon (http://www.decathlon.co.uk/) ’s new warehouse location in Northampton to meet Barjane (http://www.barjane.com/) ’s development director in the UK, Jonathan Buck. 

David Thame provides a lively property update.