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.