Building resilience with digital technology
The UKWA has been vocal in encouraging members to embrace digitalisation. Peter Ward shares details from the G7 Digital and Technology Ministers Meeting last month.
Our National Conference last year warned members that those failing to move with the changing landscape risked being left behind, while more recently a UKWA logistics users panel also emphasised the increased importance of automation in warehouses, describing digitalisation as a ‘must-have’ rather than a ‘nice-to-have’, key to driving efficiency, productivity and the flexibility to be able to respond to what customers want.
It was, therefore, more than welcome to hear the message clearly set out at the G7 Digital and Technology Ministers Meeting last month, that “recovery from COVID-19 must be rooted in a desire to build back a better, more productive and resilient global economy, with digital technology at its heart.”