2026 AGENDA

This session will explore how OEMs, tier suppliers and logistics partners are transforming fragmented networks and investing in assets, technology and people to build agile, resilient supply chains. Learn how automotive stakeholders are redesigning physical footprints, rethinking logistics sourcing, and optimising networks.  

Talking points in this session will include: 

• Strategies to manage and enhance regional logistics infrastructure and opportunities across key markets like Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Singapore  

• How strategic supply chain management supports regional production hubs and localisation   

• Redesigning footprints and flows to keep up with customer changes and speed up time to market  

• Rethinking logistics requirements, including freight sourcing, warehousing, 3PL/4PL services and alternative transport modes to maintain stability and improve utilisation 

• Assessing how digitalisation and AI could transform the region’s logistics  

This session will explore Malaysia’s strengths and challenges and demonstrate how both can offer lessons for the wider ASEAN bloc, too. Industry leaders will explore how to balance operations across multiple countries, leveraging the unique strengths of each market to build a resilient, pan-ASEAN supply network. 

Talking points in this session will include: 
 

• Examining the infrastructure, port capabilities, and policies that make Malaysia an attractive hub for the automotive supply chain 

• How operations in Malaysia complement and connect with the wider ASEAN and Asia Pacific region 

• Strategies for streamlining customs, improving visibility, and managing the movement of components and vehicles to and between key ASEAN countries 

• Building a diversified and resilient supply chain footprint in Malaysia and South-East Asia