DRAWING ON nearly 30 years of experience across supply chain, warehousing and transport roles at organisations including Whitbread, Exel Logistics, DHL, Evri and Speedy Hire, Taylor will challenge the assumption held by many senior executives that warehousing operations are highly bespoke. Instead, her seminar promises a grounded look at the everyday pinch points and management clarity challenges that define dynamic warehouse environments — including how facilities manage the fluid transition between night-time sortation and daytime roll-cage operations while still hitting on-time, in-full (OTIF) targets.

Rather than presenting a polished success story, Taylor’s session will offer honest reflection on when operations go wrong and the practical strategies needed to build resilience in fast-paced settings. Proudly from the North West of England, Danielle balances a successful career with family life and lives by her motto: “organisation that delivers”.

Her session sits alongside a wider programme examining the forces reshaping warehousing. Prof John Manners-Bell, chief executive of Ti Insight, will explore the unintended consequences of workforce regulation in his talk From Minimum Wage to Maximum Automation, arguing that rising employment costs are increasingly being met with automation and robotics investment rather than absorbed or passed on to consumers.

Meanwhile, Tim Bolam, VP Project Delivery at DHL Supply Chain, will present WMS That Delivers: Standardise the Core, Integrate the Edge, Win on Implementation, drawing on DHL’s Estée Lauder deployment using Manhattan Active WMS and 6 River Systems robotics to make the case for modular, integration-led warehouse management system strategies over risky big-bang replacements.

The day builds toward a discussion panel bringing Taylor, Manners-Bell and Bolam together with Chris Mackie, Partner at Logistics Reply, for an open Q&A on the themes raised throughout the conference.

Now established as the go-to hybrid conference and exhibition for logistics professionals, Tomorrow’s Warehouse offers a free-to-attend programme designed to help attendees leave with concrete ideas, tools and partnerships to action real improvements back at their own sites.

Tomorrow’s Warehouse Manchester takes place at Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground on 30 September. Entry is free, food and parking are included, and attendees can earn CPD points while networking with peers.

Register free here: https://registration.tomorrowswarehouse.live/register