Toyota Material Handling UK welcomes members of UKWA to their business centre at 6 Kingsland Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire WA1 4RW for our North West Regional Networking Event on Wednesday 14^th March 2012 beginning at 1030 am.  Car parking is available.  Interested members should indicate their intention to attend by email or telephoning stating their name, job title and company asap - mdavison@ukwa.org.uk or 0207 836 5522.

About Toyota Material Handling UK

Toyota Material Handling offers a comprehensive range of Toyota and BT branded materials handling equipment, designed to meet your evolving needs. Their innovative world-class technologies including Toyota’s System of Active Stability (SAS) on counterbalance forklifts and BT tilting cabs available on BT reach trucks enables them to provide quality products that increase productivity and safety. They offer a complete range of solutions to cover any of your application requirements from loading to horizontal transport, stacking to order picking.  Toyota Material Handling UK has an extensive network of over 500 service technicians who operate locally, handling hundreds of jobs each day.   Their service team utilise the latest in mobile computing technology to ensure customer service levels are met. They guarantee to respond to breakdowns  within 4 hours during normal business hours and their first time fix rate of 95% minimum ensures service technicians can maximise truck availability 

Programme

1030    

Tea & Coffee on arrival

1100

Introduction by Steve Gaugler, North West Region Chairman

1110

Presentation by Lloyd Arkill, PR consultant and Editor Warehouse Magazine.  Having edited the market leading logistics journal, Storage Handling Distribution (SHD) for some 15 years, Lloyd Arkill established a press relations company in 2006. Arkill Matthews Allen specialises in helping companies in the materials handling industries create awareness of their brand through a carefully crafted PR strategy. The company represents clients including Unipart Logistics, iForce and UKWA.  His company has an excellent track record of success.  Lloyd will speak on Creating Profit through positive PR, highlighting some simple tips to harness the power of a company’s brand, whilst drawing attention to the pitfalls that could potentially damage its reputation.

1140

Presentation by Simon Brookfield, Chief Executive and Partner of Forbes HR, a pan European Search and Selection Practice working in the Supply Chain, Logistics and broader Services Sectors.  Simon has been instrumental in the formation, growth and the corporate governance of the business since its inception in 1994.  His previous career was in Supply Chain, as an HR Director culminating in his appointment as European HR Director for DHL/Exel Supply Chain Solutions.  He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a member of the Logistics Directors Forum, of the Logistics Leaders Network and an active participant in several Supply Chain working parties. He has presented papers to the Institute at national conferences, at regional and local levels with publications in Logistics Focus, Motor Transport and IFW.  His presentation today will focus on The Next Twelve Months - A review of the business and people challenges in logistics and the broader supply chain.

1210

UKWA update by Roger Williams, CEO, UKWA

1230

Product presentation and overview of Toyota Material Handling UK and tour of the facility

1330

Networking Buffet Luncheon

1430

Depart