Automotive Inbound Logistics Survey 2026
The Automotive Inbound Logistics Survey 2026 explores the full spectrum of issues facing automotive inbound logistics stakeholders, diving deep into the pertinent issues around geopolitics, tariffs, digitalisation, and investment. Join the survey, win a prize, and gain access to vital insights on the challenges, constraints, and opportunities the sector faces.
Automotive inbound logistics is being profoundly impacted
by geopolitical events, far-reaching tariffs, leading to supply chain
disruption, reshoring, and evolving sourcing strategies. But exactly how
companies respond, react, and reinvent themselves in this new economic world
order is the real question. To map this dynamic outlook, we are conducting the Automotive
Inbound Logistics Survey 2026.
By entering the survey, you’re also in with a chance to win an Apple iPad!
Participation in this survey is not only an opportunity
to capture current industry sentiment, but an opportunity to understand how the
industry is responding, and what the future outlook holds in the context of
considerable industry change. Respondents will gain access to a comprehensive
report that insightfully captures the state of automotive inbound logistics
globally. The findings promise to capture a clear industry perspective, offer actionable
insights, and provide a deep dive analysis of the forces shaping the automotive
inbound logistics space.
The survey’s scope includes insightful questions on:
- Challenges - what are the pain points, pressures and issue facing stakeholders?
- Opportunities - where are the growth areas and upsides to current pressures?
- Cost
pressures - where are the current issues & effects of cost
pressures
- Digitalisation - what are the benefits & constraints from further implementation?
- Packaging - what is driving innovation in packaging?
- Regulatory
compliance - now a rapidly growing area of importance
- Tariffs
impacts & strategies - perhaps the dominant issue shaping inbound
logistics
- Freight
rates - uncertainty and volatility shape the freight rate outlook
- Investment - a vital component in all areas of automotive inbound logistics
- Overall
automotive inbound logistics outlook - we capture the industry
sentiment
Join the conversation
This survey invites a wide range of perspectives - from logistics
service providers (LSPs), to OEMs, tier suppliers and software and technology
providers - to contribute to a rich and nuanced understanding of where the
industry is headed. Your participation will therefore help formulate a detailed
outlook of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
Take the survey today
Industry insights
are not just gathered; they are shaped by those who choose to engage. We therefore
ask you to take part in this vital exploration of the current state of
automotive inbound logistics and its future outlook.