Join Logistics Manager‘s webinar with Lucas Systems at 11am (GMT) on Thursday 19 November to find out how intelligent warehouse optimisation delivers greater value when analytics drive execution and workforce management to operate as one connected system.
This session explores how continuous, data-driven decisions can coordinate and recommend actions for inbound and outbound activities across your warehouse operations while coexisting with your ERP, WMS, WCS and automation systems. AI-driven decision engines continuously determine the best work to perform next, the best resource to perform it, and the best sequence in which to execute it.
Attendees will learn how operational data, including live demand, inventory, capacity and labour availability, can guide intelligent and connected putaway, predictive replenishment and slotting to support optimised inbound execution.
The session will also examine how analytics, workforce visibility and execution feedback create a closed-loop optimisation process. Participants will see how integrated task direction can balance labour and workload, strengthen inventory integrity, reduce unnecessary travel and make operations more responsive, all without replacing existing enterprise systems.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how directed putaway, replenishment and slotting operate as one connected execution cycle.
- Identify the operational inputs that support effective placement decisions.
- Describe how prioritised work direction and execution feedback improve movement accuracy and control.
- Evaluate how the connected warehouse improves product availability, resource utilisation and results in fewer missed dispatch cut-offs, lower travel, improved cube utilisation and faster response to changing demand, without requiring replacement of the core WMS/ERP.
Speaker:
Andrew Southgate, VP, Business Development, EMEA, Lucas Systems
With more than 25 years of experience in supply chain optimisation, Andrew Southgate is a passionate leader in digital transformation for distribution operations. Originally trained as a physicist, he discovered his true calling while solving complex logistics challenges for retail distribution. Since then, he has worked with hundreds of distribution centers worldwide, developing and implementing cutting-edge solutions to drive efficiency and growth. Andrew specialises in warehouse optimisation, enterprise supply chain software, and international business development. A strategic thinker and mentor, he excels in bringing ideas together, influencing outcomes, and scaling for success in an ever-evolving supply chain landscape.