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100+ leaders. 1 immersive day. 100% practical innovation insights.

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what to expect

Full day of working sessions, peer discussion and modular innovation design.

HOW TO INNOVATE FASTER & BETTER

  • Overcome today's innovation barriers
  • Learn from early adopters and real operator case studies
  • Shift from episodic, waterfall-style transformation to agile, iterative and continuous innovation
  • Mastering the business case for capital-efficient innovation

 

Roundtables

WHERE TO FOCUS & HOW TO ENABLE

  • Align innovation with strategy
  • Digital fluency as a key enabler
  • De-risk today while laying the foundations for tomorrow
  • Build your modular innovation roadmap by strategic goal and innovation stage
  • Create guardrails to manage risks & innovation partners

 

Shaking hands

WHO YOU'LL MEET

  • Supply chain leaders tackling the same innovation challenges
  • Established tech innovators making their solution suites easier and faster to deploy
  • Emerging tech innovators with fresh approaches
  • Investors removing barriers to value creation
  • Partners to support and accelerate your journey

 

Audience

WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY

  • Practical playbooks to de-risk current initiatives
  • Benchmarks to strengthen your board-level cases
  • Pilots and partner opportunities to test fast
  • A clear modular roadmap for your own organisation

 

 

 

WHY NOW & WHY SCL-X?

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Why now?

  • Supply chains face margin pressure, disruption, decarbonisation demands, cyber threats and talent shortages...all at once.
  • Risk scrutiny is slowing tech adoption, yet AI, modularity and ecosystem partnerships are maturing fast.
  • Those who start building capability today will be ready to seize tomorrow’s advantage.

 

Why SCL-X?

  • Operator-first: built by and for supply chain leaders.

  • Practical: two working days focused on real barriers and real results.

  • Collaborative: connect with innovators, investors and peers solving the same challenges.

 

Key Themes & Questions to explore

From Big Projects to Modular Change

  • How do we de-risk transformation by breaking processes into smaller components?

  • What are the first steps to shift from big bang, waterfall-style programmes to agile, iterative pilots without disrupting current operations?

  • How can we safely “sandbox” new solutions before scaling?

Digital Fluency as a Leadership Skill

  • How can leaders build the capability to choose, adopt and integrate the right technologies?

  • What frameworks help decide between building in-house, buying off-the-shelf, or partnering?

  • How do we ensure digital decisions are business-led, not IT-led?

AI in the Right Places

  • Where does AI deliver the most value compared to simulation, optimisation or statistical models?

  • How can AI be introduced with guardrails to minimise risk?

  • What metrics show whether AI is genuinely improving performance?

Corporate Clienting & Venturing

  • What does a low-risk pilot or partnership with startups / scaleups  look like in practice?

  • How can operators, startups, investors and corporates share both risk and reward?

  • How do we create fair, fast processes for onboarding external innovations?

Innovation Under Constraints

  • How do you prioritise when budgets and resources are tight?

  • How do we measure ROI for incremental changes versus large-scale projects?

  • How can agile approaches deliver faster, lower-cost impact compared to traditional project methods?

Resilience as a Moving Target

  • How do we design supply chains that adapt continuously without destabilising the core?

  • What signals tell us when a process or technology needs to change?

  • How do we balance resilience with efficiency and cost control?

 

Who for?

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  • Solve challenges faster through low-risk trials
  • Combine your IP and data with best-fit solutions
  • Build resilience without full system overhauls
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  • Align solutions to priority operator needs
  • Extend platforms through partnerships
  • Gain insights into enterprise buying decisions
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  • Engage with operators and innovators
  • Find transformation opportunities
  • Share expertise shaping the future

Who's interested?

Supply Chain Leaders

Adam Grimwood, ABF - SCL-X profile

Adam Grimwood

Business Technology Partner

ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS

Nicole Kurz, Lactalis - SCL-X profile

Nicole Kurz

Group Supply Chain Director

LACTALIS UK&I

Brian McConville, BAT - SCL-X profile (1)

Brian McConville

Lead Global Process Expert - SC

BAT

Sam Howell, itsu - SCL-X profile

Sam Howell

Supply Chain Director

ITSU

Danny Stubbs, Bacardi - SCL-X profile

Danny Stubbs

Supply Chain Director

BACARDI

Neil Brown, Martin Brower - SCL-X profile

Neil Brown

Supply Chain Director

MARTIN BROWER


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Founding Partner

Supply Chain Wise

Leading provider of advice on AI-powered solutions that help customers optimize their supply chain operations.

WHO SHOULD JOIN

Value creation needs the full ecosystem of capital, technology, innovation & talent...

Private Equity & Venture Capital (GPs)


  • Investment Partners

  • Operating Partners

Corporate Venture Capital & Strategic Investors


  • Corporate Venturing Units

  • C-level & Corporate Strategy Leaders

Institutional Investors, Family Offices & Lenders (LPs)


  • Investment Directors

  • Analysts

Startup & SME


  • Founders, CEOs & CFOs

  • Investor Relations

Mid-market & Growth


  • CEOs, CFOs, Strategy & Innovation Heads

  • CSCOs, Supply Chain & Logistics Heads

Enterprise


  • M&A Leaders, Strategy & Innovation Heads

  • COOs, CSCOs, CPOs, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics Heads

Startup & SME


  • Founders, CEOs & CFOs

  • Investor Relations & Commercial Heads

Enterprise tech


  • Strategy & Innovation Heads

  • Commercial, Supply Chain & Logistics Heads

Logistics tech


  • Strategy & Innovation Heads

  • Commercial, Supply Chain & Logistics Heads

Deal Facilitators


  • Industry Experts & Consultants

  • Due Diligence & Legal

Logistics Service Providers


  • 3/4PLs & LSPs

  • Delivery & Fulfilment

Value Creators


  • SC&L Transformation Specialists

  • Headhunters & Support Services

 

Agenda

Who for?

Cover Main 2
  • Identify investment opportunities
  • Nurture portcos
  • Discover tech innovation
Cover Main 5
  • Validate your SC&L transformation strategy
  • Gain insights into a wider and deeper vendor universe
  • Optimise your CAPEX budget
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  • Build an investable business
  • Find funding
  • Validate commercial proposition
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  • Attract investors & operators
  • Integrate innovative technologies
  • Support economic growth
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  • Support innovation
  • Discover talent
  • Facilitate deals

 

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WHO's INTERESTED?

SC&L VALUE CREATION LEADERS

SCLI SPEAKER - JON BRADFORD, DYNAMO VENTURES
SCLI SPEAKER - ETHAN KHATRI, AIV CAPITAL
SCLI SPEAKER - ALEX RAHAMAN, IDÉKAPITAL
SCLI SPEAKER - SOPHIA KARANICHOLAS, DELOITTE-2
SCLI SPEAKER - WILL URBAN
SCLI SPEAKER - Adam Keasey
SCLI SPEAKER - LUCY HARDING, ODGERS BERNDTSON
SCLI SPEAKER - ARNAUD HOULES, NINE REALMS-2
SCLI SPEAKER - SEAN ELMURIB
SCLI SPEAKER - RAUL PORTELA
SCLI SPEAKER - VIKRAM SHANKAR-2
SCLI SPEAKER - Michael Archer
SCLI SPEAKER - James Butcher
SCLI SPEAKER - ALAN BRISTOW, ICON CORPORATE FINANCE
SCLI SPEAKER - CHRIS DIXON, UNIPART
SCLI SPEAKER - Geeta Malhotra
SCLI SPEAKER - Marc Escande
SCLI SPEAKER - Chris Turner
SCLI SPEAKER - CLARE BOTTLE, UKWA
SCLI SPEAKER - Ergem Senyuva-2
SCLI SPEAKER - DAVID EVANS
SCLI SPEAKER - Tim Lawrence
SCLI SPEAKER - BOUDEWIJN VAN NULAND
SCLI SPEAKER - Mark Williams
SCLI SPEAKER - JAMES MOFFATT, BARINGA

 

Topics

Supply Chain & Logistics investment landscape

  • Industries, sectors & segments
  • Startup, early stage, growth, M&A
  • Which sectors and stages of supply chains offer the best value creation opportunities?
  • What can be learned from recent exits?
  • How will deal flow evolve?

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS INDUSTRY TRENDS

  • Tariffs & trade barriers
  • Deglobalisation, near-shoring & resilience
  • Network design & footprint
  • Supplier selection & risk management

 

  • How will the threat of tariffs impact on the trend to bring production closer to key markets?
  • Which locations stand to benefit from deglobalisation?
  • How to de-risk your supplier base?

Fundraising, Syndication & investment structures

  • LP appetites & perceptions
  • Optimum capital structures
  • Special purpose investment vehicles
  • How should GPs tailor funds for LPs?
  • What operational credentials to LPs want to see?
  • How are capital structures adapting to interest rates and financial volatility?
  • Which structures for which investment categories?
    • Lease & revenue-sharing for infrastructure & assets?
    • Convertible notes, equity & SAFE agreements for early-stage?
    • Co-investments & JVs for growth?

Target discovery & due diligence

  • Target sectors & segments
  • Developing the investment thesis
  • Operational due diligence
  • Cultural alignment
  • Tech stack integration
  • How to identify targets with good fundamentals but lacking capital or expertise?
  • What drives value and makes a target attractive for acquisition?
  • Which technologies will create most value?
  • What is the role of AI in target discovery and due diligence?
  • What can Operating Partners add that data and AI can't?

Value Creation

  • Validating the investment thesis
  • Strategy alignment
  • Operational excellence
  • Innovation
  • Financing
  • Talent
  • Are there "easy wins" through procurement & cost reduction?
  • Longer-term transformations but with greater potential?
  • How to assess and prioritise operational excellence improvements?
  • How to eliminate siloed thinking for cross-functional alignment for operational value creation?
  • How to collaborate with suppliers to support innovation?
  • Is vertical integration a winning strategy?

Corporate Venturing & Clienting

  • Strategy alignment
  • Corporate clienting
  • Investment models
  • Integrating innovation
  • How to long-term visions with innovation needs?
  • How to use corporate clienting to nurture innovation opportunities?
  • Which investment models work best?
  • How to combine internal ventures with external innovation?
  • Exit or integrate?
  • How to successfully integrate innovation into a parent company?

Enterprise technology

  • Data & digitalisation
  • Advanced analytics & process optimisation
  • Planning & inventory optimisation
  • Procurement & contract management
  • Visibility & orchestration
  • ESG & risk management

 

  • Is data governance the foundation for all digital transformation?
  • Which enterprise technologies offer the most potential for efficiencies, innovation & value creation?
  • Which types of supply chains have most to gain and how are technology innovators responding?
  • Integrated planning (S&OP / IBP) as the main engine for value creation?
  • How will agentic AI impact enterprise roles?

Logistics technology

  • Freight tech: multi-modal optimisation, fleet management, electric & autonomous vehicles
  • Warehouse tech: automation & robotics, AR, packaging, fulfilment & e-commerce / D2C
  • Last mile: autonomous vehicles & drones, delivery & returns
  • Asset monitoring, IoT & blockchain

 

  • Which logistics technologies offer the most potential for efficiencies, innovation & value creation?
  • Which types of supply chains have most to gain and how are technology innovators responding?
  • How can digitalising assets & automating workflows create value?
  • What is the full potential for robotics and autonomous vehicles?
  • How can you harness transactional data to drive process design, automation & innovation?

Infrastructure

  • Deglobalisation & emerging logistics hubs
  • Energy infrastructure for freight & cargo
  • Multi-modal integration
  • Warehouse location & design
  • Freeports

 

  • Which regions and countries will rise and fall as logistics hubs?
  • How does industrial scale clean energy infrastructure need to adapt to enable sustainable supply chains?
  • Are Private Electricity Networks (PENs) the answer to rising energy costs & resilience?
  • What investment is needed in UK sea ports, airports, road and rail infrastructure?
  • How should warehouse and distribution centre locations adapt to serve customer demand and support sustainability and resilience?

Outsource Partnerships

  • Logistics Service Providers & 3/4PLs
  • Global Competence Centres / Supply Chain as a Service (SCaaS)
  • Outsourced manufacturing & critical suppliers

 

  • What are core competences and value drivers versus what should be outsourced?
  • How can key partnerships in logistics and supply chain go beyond transactional, lowest cost calculations to become value drivers?
  • How to align incentives with key outsource partners?

Sustainability & ESG

  • Decarbonisation
  • Sustainable sourcing
  • Circular supply chains

 

  • How to go beyond compliance and leverage sustainability as a competitive advantage?
  • Will consumer demand outweigh any regulatory rollback?

Human capital & skills

  • Future talent & skills
  • Change leadership
  • Retaining tacit knowledge

 

  • How will roles evolve with AI and what future skills will be needed?
  • How to find leaders able to create value through rapid and lasting change?
  • How to capture valuable knowledge and skills before it moves on?

Finance

  • CAPEX
  • Working capital
  • Supply chain & trade finance
  • Leading change

 

  • How can finance maximise the deployment of limited CAPEX budgets?
  • How to optimise inventory and free up working capital?
  • How can FP&A / XP&A processes lead the delivery of value creation and strategy?
  • How can blockchain create efficiencies in supply chain and trade finance?
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Specialist Investors

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Supply Chain & Logistics Leaders

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Focused Roundtable Discussions

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One-to-One Meetings

 

AGENDA

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Following the BestPractice.Club discussion-based format that members will be familiar with.

 

KEYNOTE: DO WE NEED A NEW INNOVATION MODEL?
From a leading supply chain innovator

How global shifts in trade, climate, workforce and technology are exposing the limits of traditional approaches.
  • What’s holding back innovation in real operational settings?
  • How modular processes open the door to safe, fast change
  • How to ensure that innovation is guided by a clear 'north star' and not just a mess of side projects that don't compound?
  • Early examples of operators blending their own IP with targeted external solutions

(30 mins)
FOUNDATIONS: DATA ORCHESTRATION WITHOUT BOILING THE OCEAN
From a leading supply chain innovator

Move from fragmented data and tactical fixes toward a scalable, composable foundation without triggering a multi-year transformation nobody finishes.
  • Why orchestration matters: Moving beyond isolated pilots and dashboards toward connected decision flows across planning, procurement, logistics, and customer service.
  • Avoiding the ‘boil the ocean’ trap: How to prioritise high-value data connections and processes that deliver ROI fast while building toward long-term architecture goals.
  • From integration to orchestration: The shift from point-to-point interfaces and middleware to a more modular, API-driven ecosystem that can flex as the business evolves.
  • Building blocks for composable data foundations: Master data governance, data models, semantic layers, and event-driven design — in practical, implementable steps.
  • Managing complexity and ownership: Balancing central data strategy with local autonomy; clarifying roles for IT, operations, and analytics teams.
  • Capital-efficient scaling: Using automation, AI-assist tools, and cloud-native services to reduce cost and time-to-value.
  • Real-world examples: How leading supply chains are sequencing their data modernisation journeys — from cleaning and connecting to contextualising and predicting.
  • Success metrics: What to measure in year one vs. year three; how to track progress without waiting for the “big bang” moment.

(30 mins)

Roundtables

Stage: De-risk & Stabilise today

Network Design for Resilience & Agility
  • Iterative: Map critical suppliers and routes; fix bottlenecks step-by-step.
  • Modular: Pilot simple scenario models that plug into current planning tools.
  • Capital-Efficient: Re-route selectively to restore service before major redesign.
Predicting & Managing Risks
  • Iterative: Identify top ten exposures; establish manual alerts.
  • Modular: Connect key supplier and shipment data feeds first.
  • Capital-Efficient: Prevent costly disruptions before investing in automation.
Embedding Sustainability into your Operating Model
  • Iterative: Capture baseline emissions and efficiency data.
  • Modular: Add carbon and energy metrics to current dashboards.
  • Capital-Efficient: Focus on cost-saving efficiencies that lower footprint.
Dynamic Demand Intelligence
  • Iterative: Improve baseline forecast accuracy for core SKUs.
  • Modular: Add quick-win data sources (POS, inventory).
  • Capital-Efficient: Reduce safety stock to fund analytics expansion.
Cost-to-Serve Transparency
  • Iterative: Map cost drivers for key customers or products.
  • Modular: Use spreadsheet or BI overlays on current data.
  • Capital-Efficient: Target obvious inefficiencies first.
AI's impact on integrated planning
  • Iterative: Use AI for basic forecasting or anomaly detection.
  • Modular: Deploy as a plug-in, not a platform replacement.
  • Capital-Efficient: Validate ROI before broader rollout.
Warehouse & Fulfilment Modernisation
  • Iterative: Fix WMS performance and bottlenecks.
  • Modular: Pilot robotics or automation in a single zone.
  • Capital-Efficient: Use throughput gains to justify next pilot.
Transport & Delivery Optimisation
  • Iterative: Secure carrier capacity and visibility on priority lanes.
  • Modular: Introduce tracking APIs before full TMS rollout.
  • Capital-Efficient: Cut detention and penalty costs first.
Order Orchestration & Service Excellence
  • Iterative: Consolidate order visibility and status tracking.
  • Modular: Connect order, inventory, and transport data manually.
  • Capital-Efficient: Reduce manual exception handling.
Process & Decision Intelligence
  • Iterative: Connect 2–3 critical systems; standardise key data fields.
  • Modular: Implement lightweight integration middleware.
  • Capital-Efficient: Avoid re-platforming; focus on interoperability.
Data Orchestration & Integration
  • Iterative: Connect 2–3 critical systems; standardise key data fields.
  • Modular: Implement lightweight integration middleware.
  • Capital-Efficient: Avoid re-platforming; focus on interoperability.
Digital Skills & Capability Building
  • Iterative: Provide short, role-based digital basics.
  • Modular: Use micro-learning embedded in daily tools.
  • Capital-Efficient: Upskill internally to reduce external dependency.
DIGITAL FLUENCY AS A SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERSHIP SKILL

Becoming a smarter buyer, not just a faster mover:

  • Understand the digital concepts and modular trade-offs leaders need to navigate.
  • Discover how digital fluency empowers better decisions around build vs buy vs partner.
  • Learn how to embed experimentation, learning and metrics into day-to-day operations without losing control.

(30 mins)

Roundtables

Stage: Optimise Tomorrow

Network Design for Resilience & Agility
  • Iterative: Test multiple scenarios to balance cost, risk, and sustainability.
  • Modular: Layer digital-twin simulation over existing network data.
  • Capital-Efficient: Use proven optimisation savings to fund network agility.
Predicting & Managing Risks
  • Iterative: Expand risk coverage across categories and tiers.
  • Modular: Integrate event-risk and financial-risk data via APIs.
  • Capital-Efficient: Re-prioritise mitigation spend based on quantified impact.
Embedding Sustainability into your Operating Model
  • Iterative: Prioritise initiatives with clear payback (transport, packaging).
  • Modular: Connect ESG data with procurement and network tools.
  • Capital-Efficient: Reinvest verified savings into broader decarbonisation.
Dynamic Demand Intelligence
  • Iterative: Pilot external-signal models in one category.
  • Modular: Connect sensing engines to existing planning layers.
  • Capital-Efficient: Scale where service gains justify added data cost.
Cost-to-Serve Transparency
  • Iterative: Expand model across channels and geographies.
  • Modular: Integrate cost data with finance and logistics systems.
  • Capital-Efficient: Use insights to rebalance network and pricing.
AI's impact on integrated planning
  • Iterative: Extend AI to automate routine planning scenarios.
  • Modular: Integrate AI agents across supply, demand, and finance.
  • Capital-Efficient: Redeploy planner capacity to higher-value analysis.
Warehouse & Fulfilment Modernisation
  • Iterative: Add orchestration software for cross-process coordination.
  • Modular: Integrate robots, labour planning, and analytics layers.
  • Capital-Efficient: Scale automation only where ROI is proven.
Transport & Delivery Optimisation
  • Iterative: Expand dynamic routing and ETA prediction.
  • Modular: Integrate multi-carrier orchestration and control-tower data.
  • Capital-Efficient: Use savings to fund sustainability or automation upgrades.
Order Orchestration & Service Excellence
  • Iterative: Automate alerts and cross-functional workflows.
  • Modular: Link planning, fulfilment, and customer systems through APIs.
  • Capital-Efficient: Lower service-recovery cost via proactive management.
Process & Decision Intelligence
  • Iterative: Expand continuous mining to multiple functions.
  • Modular: Feed insights into automation and planning tools.
  • Capital-Efficient: Prioritise high-impact automation first.
Data Orchestration & Integration
  • Iterative: Expand to event-streaming and API-based connections.
  • Modular: Build reusable connectors for new apps.
  • Capital-Efficient: Enable real-time analytics without major rebuild.
Digital Skills & Capability Building
  • Iterative: Develop citizen-automation and analytics cohorts.
  • Modular: Create reusable training modules across teams.
  • Capital-Efficient: Link skill growth to measurable process gains.
Networking Lunch

Find valuable new connections

WORKSHOP: INNOVATION RESILIENCE IN PRACTICE

Facilitators: consultants, tech enablers and operators with lived experience.

  • Shifting from episodic transformation to continuous, adaptive innovation.
  • Overcoming organisational inertia
  • Linking innovation priorities to strategic resilience goals
  • Moving from waterfall-style change to agile delivery
  • What agile means in asset-heavy, regulated supply chains
  • How to structure pilots, sprints and governance to prove value fast
  • Practical ways to blend agile practices with existing programme management structures
(45 mins)

Roundtables

Stage: Design for Advantage

Network Design for Resilience & Agility
  • Iterative: Continuously run “what-if” models as part of daily operations.
  • Modular: Integrate adaptive planning, sourcing, and logistics nodes.
  • Capital-Efficient: Shift from static footprints to dynamic, value-driven networks.
Predicting & Managing Risks
  • Iterative: Embed predictive risk models in planning cycles.
  • Modular: Link AI detection with automated response workflows.
  • Capital-Efficient: Convert resilience into competitive reliability and insurance value.
Embedding Sustainability into your Operating Model
  • Iterative: Embed sustainability metrics into design and sourcing decisions.
  • Modular: Orchestrate carbon, waste, and circular-flow data across partners.
  • Capital-Efficient: Position sustainability as brand and margin advantage.
Dynamic Demand Intelligence
  • Iterative: Continuously refine AI demand sensing through feedback loops.
  • Modular: Fuse commercial, weather, and macro data into adaptive planning.
  • Capital-Efficient: Link demand agility directly to working-capital release.
Cost-to-Serve Transparency
  • Iterative: Simulate service-cost trade-offs dynamically.
  • Modular: Connect profitability, sustainability, and resilience metrics.
  • Capital-Efficient: Design customer promises aligned to true value delivery.
AI's impact on integrated planning
  • Iterative: Create self-learning planning loops that evolve continuously.
  • Modular: Build composable AI components across enterprise functions.
  • Capital-Efficient: Treat AI as a productivity flywheel, not a cost centre.
Warehouse & Fulfilment Modernisation
  • Iterative: Continuously tune fulfilment algorithms by demand pattern.
  • Modular: Connect adaptive robotics and AI-driven labour scheduling.
  • Capital-Efficient: Treat fulfilment speed as monetisable service differentiator.
Transport & Delivery Optimisation
  • Iterative: Employ continuous optimisation balancing cost, carbon, and service.
  • Modular: Embed autonomous routing in a composable logistics platform.
  • Capital-Efficient: Monetise logistics intelligence through superior reliability.
Order Orchestration & Service Excellence
  • Iterative: Deliver predictive, promise-based fulfilment.
  • Modular: Integrate AI service orchestration across all channels.
  • Capital-Efficient: Turn reliability into customer-experience value.
Process & Decision Intelligence
  • Iterative: Maintain live process twins guiding decisions in real time.
  • Modular: Combine AI insights with human-in-the-loop governance.
  • Capital-Efficient: Create a self-funding improvement pipeline.
Data Orchestration & Integration
  • Iterative: Continuously evolve data fabric around new use cases.
  • Modular: Orchestrate data flows enterprise-wide through composable services.
  • Capital-Efficient: Treat data reuse as an innovation multiplier.
Digital Skills & Capability Building
  • Iterative: Foster continuous learning and experimentation cycles.
  • Modular: Blend AI copilots with human capability frameworks.
  • Capital-Efficient: Build an adaptive workforce that drives innovation itself.
PANEL: CAPITAL-EFFICIENT INNOVATION

With supply chain CFOs, transformation leaders and innovators

Making the numbers work while keeping ambition intact.

  • CAPEX vs OPEX trade-offs in modular programmes
  • Unlocking value from existing IP and data sets
  • Prioritising under resource constraints
  • Building robust business cases for change that reinforces & delivers corporate strategy
(45 mins)
Networking

NETWORKING DRINKS & DINNER

The most valuable insights often happen after hours. Join your peers for an evening of open conversation where the day’s discussions turn into tomorrow’s collaborations.

Unwind and continue the discussion over good food, shared experiences and new ideas that will carry into day two.

 

WHY ATTEND?

 

Participants

 

Partners

08.00-09.00

Registration & Networking Breakfast

09.00-09.30

Opening Keynote: The Future of Supply Chain & Logistics Investments

Senior Partner, Private Equity Investor
  • Global supply chain & logistics shifts inc. nearshoring / friend shoring
  • Macroeconomic & geopolitical risks inc. tariffs
  • Where PE capitalism flowing in the sector

14.30-15.45

Roundtable discussions

Ensuring the strategic plan is operationally fit across finance, procurement, production & distribution

Many strategic plans don't survive first contact with reality because they were developed with a top-down process with embedded assumptions that next year will look similar to last year. Value creation implies fundamental transformation of the operating model which requires symbiotic development including all functions with unified metrics across the business.

SCLI SPEAKER - MATTHEW HUGHES, FUTURMASTER

 

Ensuring the strategic plan is operationally fit across finance, procurement, production & distribution

Many strategic plans don't survive first contact with reality because they were developed with a top-down process with embedded assumptions that next year will look similar to last year. Value creation implies fundamental transformation of the operating model which requires symbiotic development including all functions with unified metrics across the business.

SCLI SPEAKER - FEDERICO GALLENZI, SAGARD

 

Ensuring the strategic plan is operationally fit across finance, procurement, production & distribution

Many strategic plans don't survive first contact with reality because they were developed with a top-down process with embedded assumptions that next year will look similar to last year. Value creation implies fundamental transformation of the operating model which requires symbiotic development including all functions with unified metrics across the business.

SCLI SPEAKER - FEDERICO GALLENZI, SAGARD

 

Ensuring the strategic plan is operationally fit across finance, procurement, production & distribution

Many strategic plans don't survive first contact with reality because they were developed with a top-down process with embedded assumptions that next year will look similar to last year. Value creation implies fundamental transformation of the operating model which requires symbiotic development including all functions with unified metrics across the business.

SCLI SPEAKER - FEDERICO GALLENZI, SAGARD

 

Ensuring the strategic plan is operationally fit across finance, procurement, production & distribution

Many strategic plans don't survive first contact with reality because they were developed with a top-down process with embedded assumptions that next year will look similar to last year. Value creation implies fundamental transformation of the operating model which requires symbiotic development including all functions with unified metrics across the business.

SCLI SPEAKER - FEDERICO GALLENZI, SAGARD

 

15.45-16.30

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SCL-X is not about distant visions — it’s about solving today’s problems while preparing for tomorrow. 

You’ll leave with:

  • Practical playbooks to de-risk current initiatives.

  • Benchmarks and metrics to strengthen your board-level cases.

  • Peer connections with operators facing the same constraints.

  • Future-ready insights into how modular and composable approaches can build lasting advantage

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SUPPLY CHAIN LEADERS

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  • Input to shape roundtable themes and agenda
  • Access to all pre-event online briefings and discussions
  • Extended networking window in the app

£ 199

Book by 28/2/2026

Full access plus maximum pre-event engagement:

  • Input to shape roundtable themes and agenda
  • Access to all pre-event online briefings and discussions
  • Extended networking window in the app

£ 249

Book by 25/4/2026

Full access plus:

  • Access to remaining pre-event briefings
  • Inclusion in personalised session matching

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Tech innovators & partners

Solution & service providers aiming to support supply chain leaders with iterative innovation

Partner

CONFIRM BY 31/12/2025

For partners contributing insight and proven approaches to modular, capital-efficient innovation. Includes:

  • Branding across all communications
  • Host a pre-event online briefing, demo or discussion
  • Join a panel or lead roundtableS
  • Full access for two participants
  • Extended visibility through post-event insight reports

£ 399

DAY ONE ONLY

BOOK BY 31/3/2026*

  • Access to plenary sessions & networking (but not roundtables)
  • Inclusion in pre-event materials
  • Access to networking app in advance

*subject to availability

£ 499

DAY ONE ONLY

BOOK BY 25/4/2026*

  • Access to plenary sessions & networking (but not roundtables)
  • Access to networking app in advance

*subject to availability

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What's included

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PRE-EVENT

  • Access to online briefings, demos & discussions
  • Personalised agenda input
  • Access to networking app
  • Participant Briefing Pack & Workbook

AT EVENT

  • Full access to both days
  • Participation in Discussion Labs and Roundtables
  • Access to keynotes, panels and workshops
  • Hospitality including breaks, lunch and evening drinks

POST-EVENT

  • Full report capturing insights and frameworks
  • Access to online 'next step' guidance sessions
  • Continued access to networking app for 30 days
Participation is limited to ensure balance across operators, tech innovators, investors and partners. Early booking secures both your place and your influence.
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PRE-EVENT

  • Contribute to agenda development
  • Option to host online briefings, demos & discussions
  • Access to networking app
  • Inclusion in Participant Briefing Pack & Workbook

AT EVENT

  • Full access to Day 1
  • Participation in Discussion Labs and Roundtables
  • Access to keynotes, panels and workshops
  • Inclusion in networking app
  • Hospitality including breaks, lunch and evening drinks
  • (Access to Day 2 for Partners only)

POST-EVENT

  • Full report capturing insights and frameworks
  • Continued access to networking app for 30 days
  • Optional inclusion in follow-up insight features
Participation is limited to ensure balance across operators, tech innovators, investors and partners. Early booking secures both your place and your influence.

 

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TESTIMONIALS

"I really enjoyed the day and thought it was well organised and informative. I did go into this thinking it was going to have some hard sell but that was not the case and the vendors were really part of the discussion"

Stuart Pritchard
RTS Textiles

"Very clear, loved the online personal agenda, time to set up my preferences etc. Had three people from very different industries yet common problems, great to connect and share insights."

Mike Shaverin
Mars

"A good day; glad I made the effort and several follow-ups already in progress"

Iain Harris
KP Snacks

"Numbers of people just right and allowed individuals to properly catch up. Atmosphere was relaxed and liked that the sales pitches from those companies sponsoring was relatively informal"

Neil Brown
Martin Brower

"Another super valuable session with an amazing mix of people who are all solution driven"

Matt Spencer-Skeen
Mundipharma

"A great mix of scale of business, industries and experience. I love the format of structured 121s with peers. I came to this with a real lack of understanding of the potential for AI, so this was an eye opener for me"

Dan Bird
Abcam

"Realised that others are also operating with a high degree of uncertainty following not just external macro economics dynamics but structural changes taking place internally. Clarity on the 3 problems we a trying to solve"

Angelo Bernardinello
LSA International

"[Discussions were the] best bit… Great to share and get each other's input and insight"

Adam Grimwood
AB Agri

"Was a great session and got some good information out of the day"

Lee Crowhurst
Cranfield Aerospace

"Sessions were insightful and good to see a range of speakers from different industries and consultancy as well as practitioners. Personal agenda is very helpful and also seeing who else will be joining the sessions is beneficial"

Matt Normington
LEGO

"Very informative and good to hear real life experiences not just theory. I felt my time was being treated as important and not being wasted. Made some good contacts and shared some valuable tips. Great fun at the end"

Alan Clarke
Landmann

"A very worthwhile day. A really great bunch of attendees and good roundtable discussions. I am going to try and push forward some AI initiatives…start small and grow"

Damian Bates
Atlas Copco

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Focused on innovations in enterprise technologies including:
  • Data & digitalisation
  • Advanced analytics & process optimisation
  • Planning & inventory optimisation
  • Procurement & contract management
  • Visibility, tracking & orchestration
  • ESG & risk management
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Focused on innovations in logistics technologies including:
  • Freight tech: multi-modal optimisation, fleet management, electric & autonomous vehicles
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  • Last mile: autonomous vehicles & drones, delivery & returns
  • Asset monitoring, IoT & blockchain
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Focused on investments into logistics infrastructure including:
  • Emerging multimodal global hubs
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  • Real estate for distribution centres and warehouses
  • Energy transition for facilities & fleets
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BestPractice.Club is a peer-to-peer forum for supply chain and logistics leaders. After years of candid roundtable discussions across planning, sourcing, logistics and transformation, a clear pattern emerged: monolithic structures and capability gaps are often the hidden blocker to innovation. SCL-X is the next step: helping supply chains de-risk today’s innovation while laying the bricks for tomorrow’s competitive advantage.
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