Register now: Leading automotive logistics through 2025 – Key turning points and trends livestream

Global supply chains are facing unprecedented strain due to geopolitical and economic uncertainties, evolving trade policies, and rising costs. From cross-border logistics challenges in markets like Mexico to disruptions caused by natural disasters such as Typhoon Kong-Rey, the pressure to balance cost-efficiency with resilience has never been greater.

The automotive industry faces rising raw material and transportation costs, ongoing disruptions that threaten profitability, and increasing challenges in meeting regulatory compliance and changing consumer expectations.

Join Automotive Logistics’ first livestream of the year to gain critical insights and strategies for navigating these challenges. Designed for OEMs and tier-one suppliers, this session will equip you with the tools to proactively shape your supply chain strategies for 2025 and beyond.

 

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This livestream will explore three critical pillars of supply chain success:

1. Managing unpredictability and complexity

• Explore strategies to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities across global and regional supply chains including geopolitical tensions, raw material shortages and natural disasters
• See how real-time data and predictive analytics can help forecast and address disruptions before they escalate

2. Cost reduction strategies and managing pressures

• Learn practical methods to optimise procurement and streamline logistics in the face of rising costs
• Hear case studies from OEMs and tier ones showcasing successful cost-efficiency initiatives without compromising service agreements
• Gain insights into supplier collaboration models to alleviate pricing pressures across the chain

3. Building supply chain resilience 

• Understand frameworks for creating agile supply chains that can adapt to demand fluctuations and supply-side shocks
• Evaluate strategies like nearshoring to ensure operational continuity
• Discover how to develop collaborative contingency plans with key suppliers and logistics partners

 

Who should attend?

This livestream is tailored for decision-makers in the automotive supply chain, including executives, directors and managers from OEMs and tier-one suppliers. Whether you’re focused on procurement, logistics or supply chain planning, this session will provide valuable insights to enhance your strategy.

Don’t miss this opportunity to stay ahead of disruption and lead your organisation toward a profitable future.

Reserve your spot today!

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Speakers

Matthias Schmidt, European Autos Analyst - Schmidt Automotive Research

Mathias Schmidt is the founder of Schmidt Automotive Research, a European automotive industry market consultancy and publishing company. Delivering exclusive incisive trends and developments in the global automotive industry to the industry and stakeholders with two decades’ worth of experience. Research focuses primarily on the heterogeneous nature of the West European electric car market and the current and future market developments up to 2030. A wide-ranging customer client list includes auto executives, product planners, shipping and energy companies as well as investment bank auto-analysts. 

 

Christopher Ludwig, Chief Content Officer - Automotive Logistics & Ultima Media

Christopher Ludwig is chief content officer at UK-based Ultima Media, part of SWMH, where he is responsible for all editorial and content strategy and delivery across B2B automotive titles including Automotive Manufacturing Solutions (AMS), Car Design News (CDN), Automotive Logistics as well as business intelligence and analysis. Ludwig is responsible for developing leading information and growing expert audiences across events and publications for dedicated expert groups especially in the automotive industry, and is a frequent host and speaker at global industry events. He also supports and collaborates with the editorial teams across the Cluster Industry, Automotive and Events at SWMH, including Automobil Produktion. Christopher Ludwig has 20 years’ experience in journalism and media and has been covering the automotive industry since 2007. He has a Master of Science in Media and Communication from the London School of Economics.

 

 

Daniel Harrison, Automotive Analyst - Ultima Media

Daniel Harrison has over 15 years of experience as a market analyst, economist, writer, and industry commentator. He has produced a wide range of insightful industry analysis including market reports, whitepapers, forecasts, databases, presentations and news commentary across a broad range of automotive issues including the automotive logistics market, electric vehicles, Gigafactories & the battery supply chain, production/sales forecasting, powertrain forecasting, CO2 regulation/targets, sustainability in supply chains, interior design trends & surveys, automotive manufacturing surveys, and finished vehicle logistics (FVL) surveys.

 

Host

 

Emily Uwemedimo,  Managing Editor - Automotive Logistics

Interested in sponsoring this livestream please contact Freya at freya.english@ultimamedia.com or your usual account manager.