What to expect from Automotive Logistics & Supply Chain Europe 2027
Recalibrating Europe's automotive supply chains: Delivering through logistics excellence
Now in its 24th edition, Automotive Logistics & Supply Chain Europe brings together Europe's leading automotive logistics and supply chain executives to examine how the industry can deliver sustainable success through logistics excellence. The conference will focus on the strategic decisions, partnerships and technologies that will define the next generation of European automotive supply chains, moving the conversation beyond resilience towards operational performance, competitiveness and long-term value creation.
The programme will provide in-depth coverage of the entire automotive logistics ecosystem, including supply chain management, inbound logistics, finished vehicle distribution, service parts logistics, packaging, warehousing and inventory strategy. It will also assess the growing role of AI, digitalisation, data and end-to-end visibility in transforming logistics performance, and the data quality and partner integration on which those tools depend. Sessions will explore how new manufacturing and distribution hubs are influencing freight networks and supply chain investment, alongside the opportunities and challenges emerging from Europe's wider industrial transformation, including increasing defence sector investment.
Senior executives from automotive manufacturers, suppliers, logistics providers, technology companies and infrastructure partners will share practical strategies, operational insights and market intelligence through keynotes, panel discussions, workshops and interactive networking formats. Together, they will explore how Europe's automotive supply chains can become leaner, smarter and more competitive, delivering greater value across supply chain and logistics networks and preparing the industry for its next chapter of sustainable growth.
Key themes will include:
Supply Chain Strategy
- Recalibrating Europe’s automotive supply chains for a lower-growth, higher-cost and more competitive market, aligning manufacturing footprints, sourcing strategies, logistics infrastructure and capacity to deliver greater efficiency, flexibility and long-term value. This includes judging sourcing and footprint decisions on total landed cost rather than piece price alone.
Inbound Logistics
- Redesigning freight networks, supply chain planning and transport strategies to support shifting manufacturing footprints, new sourcing patterns and evolving material flows, while balancing cost, capacity, resilience and operational stability.
Digital Strategies
- Harnessing AI, data, automation and real-time visibility to improve forecasting, scenario planning, decision-making and productivity, and moving from digital transformation to measurable operational performance. Trusted master data, shared with logistics partners, remains the foundation for any of these tools.
Regionalisation and trade
- Adapting to new manufacturing hubs, evolving trade corridors and changing import/export balances as Europe’s automotive trade landscape shifts and new players enter the market. The conference will include specific insight and decision makers from a shifting landscape including Spain and north Africa, eastern Europe and Türkiye.
Finished vehicle logistics
- Rethinking finished vehicle distribution as new production and distribution hubs, changing trade flows and rising customer expectations reshape the European vehicle logistics landscape, with a focus on optimising capacity, network design, ports, transport modes and delivery performance.
Service parts logistics
- Turning service parts logistics and warehousing into competitive differentiators through faster fulfilment, smarter inventory strategies, automation, improved visibility and customer-centric delivery models.
Packaging and logistics
- Using packaging as a strategic lever for cost reduction, logistics efficiency, automation and sustainability through better design, standardisation, digitalisation, utilisation and circular solutions.
Advanced planning and partnerships
- Driving greater delivery accuracy and efficiency through integrated planning, improved forecasting, cross-functional collaboration and real-time supply chain visibility, connecting manufacturers, suppliers and logistics partners around shared performance goals.
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