Digital Manufacturing & Logistics Session for Freeport East Employers (BSE)

This course is fully funded by Freeport East for employers in Digital Manufacturing Logistics & Supply Chain

2–3-hour Digital Manufacturing & Logistics session
Specifically designed for local employers across Freeport East’s core industrial clusters, this hugely informative session focusses upon:

• Distribution and fulfilment operators managing high-volume warehouses and retail supply chains
• Manufacturing and production firms specialising in materials, construction products, and industrial components
• Port, maritime, and trade-focused organisations involved in container handling, RoRo operations, customs, and compliance
• Green energy and hydrogen innovators advancing clean‑tech and low‑carbon systems
• Technology and data-led SMEs developing IoT, automation, and logistics digital solutions

These sectors represent the main employer base across Freeport East and share a common need to modernise operations, improve visibility, and strengthen resilience through digital tools.

Benefits for Local Employers attending:
This session gives Freeport East employers the knowledge and confidence they need to progress digital transformation aligned to the region’s industrial strengths and growth priorities. More specifically, it provides:

• Clear guidance on practical digital opportunities in manufacturing and logistics
• Tools to identify high‑impact digital interventions, including cost, complexity, and ROI considerations
• A prioritisation framework to help leaders move from ideas to action
• Insights into workforce skills pathways that support digital adoption
• Visibility of local innovation and funding routes that can accelerate implementation
• Useful templates and takeaways to support immediate application inside their organisations

The session is designed for organisations operating within the following industrial clusters active across the Freeport East geography:

The purpose of this session is to equip Freeport East employers with the digital capabilities needed to take full advantage of the opportunities Freeports are designed to create. Freeports exist to stimulate innovation, accelerate trade, attract investment, and grow high‑value jobs. Achieving this depends on employers being able to modernise their operations, build resilient supply chains, and adopt digital tools that raise productivity while reducing cost and carbon intensity.

For Freeport East, digital adoption is now a critical enabler of:

• Efficient movement of goods through ports and logistics corridors
• Integration of manufacturing, clean‑tech, and distribution clusters
• Stronger regional competitiveness in attracting investment and supply‑chain partners
• Meeting sustainability, reporting, and compliance requirements linked to the Freeport model

For local employers, the session provides practical, immediately useful support to:

• Identify where digital tools can streamline operations, improve visibility, or unlock new capacity
• Understand how automation, data, and connected technologies can address workforce pressures and rising service expectations
• Prioritise digital improvements that deliver measurable ROI under tight budgets
• Build the digital skills and capability needed to compete within a modernised Freeport ecosystem
• Access regional innovation programmes and funding that can reduce the cost and risk of digital adoption

Overall, the session gives employers a focused, actionable pathway to strengthen their operational performance while supporting the broader Freeport East mission of driving growth, innovation, and long-term economic value for the region.

The purpose of this session is to equip Freeport East employers with the digital capabilities needed to take full advantage of the opportunities Freeports are designed to create.

By the end of the session, participating employers will:

• Identify 2–3 realistic digital opportunities within their own manufacturing, logistics, or trade processes - mapped and prioritised using the provided tools
• Understand how digital solutions directly support Freeport growth objectives, including improved flow of goods, better integration across clusters, and enhanced competitiveness
• Gain clarity on the cost, complexity, and ROI of adopting key digital technologies relevant to Freeport East sectors
• Strengthen operational capability through improved visibility, reduced manual workload, and more resilient processes
• Recognise workforce skills requirements and know how to begin upskilling teams for digital operations
• Be aware of regional funding, innovation programmes, and support mechanisms that can help reduce adoption risk
• Leave with a practical, actionable plan that can be shared internally to progress digital improvements

NOTE: You can access the same session for either the One Sixth Form, Ipswich (2pm to 5pm) - Or book through this event page for the One Sixth Form College, Ipswich (2pm to 5pm)

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