In the key day of the Forum - February 16, featured more than fifty speakers, including the heads of logistics departments of such companies as X5 Retail Group, NLMK, Coca-Cola HBC Russia, Gazprom, KAMAZ and etc.

MLF-2017 was a record number of participants - more than 400 representatives of trade, industrial and logistics companies from 29 Russian regions and 5 countries, including France, Germany, Belgium, Latvia, Greece.

According to statistics of the organizing Committee, 39% of the Forum participants – representatives of trading and distribution companies, 33% from industrial enterprises; 17% - logistics operators; 9% - representatives of companies-developers of logistics solutions and technologies, and 2% - representatives of leading industry publications, portals, and scientific organizations.

According to delegates MLF, the main value of participation is to access to the most recent analysis of the industry, experience exchange and live communication with colleagues, and immersion in best practices of logistics.

The report "Innovations in supply chain management" Jos Marinus, President, European logistics Association, opened the program of the Forum.

Within mmlf-2017 summed up the results of the annual survey "logistics Development in Russia: current situation, Outlook, key challenges and priorities of companies", analysis and trends, formulated in it, allow companies to build and adjust development plans.

Bright events mmlp 2017 became session: "Experience of organization of transport and logistics in trading and manufacturing companies, Experience of logistics and cost optimization of the company", "construction and optimization of warehouses, logistics and distribution centres". In these sessions, attended presentations by representatives of companies: M. video, MTS, RusVinyl, Mistral Alko, PRODO, AstraZeneca, etc. According to participants, the presented solutions and experience can be effectively applied in their companies.

17 Feb participants mmlf waited for an extended excursion, which included visits to five of the largest automatic logistics centers, and familiarity with best practices in creating and organizing storage companies X5 Retail Group, M. video, the Russian Post, ECCO-ROS and HAVI Logistics. In addition, there was an excursion on the largest innovative area in the field of logistics - research and educational center of innovative technologies in logistics, MADI.

Summing up MLF, the Forum Is organized by the Coordination logistics Council – will prepare a series of publications in the form of practical recommendations that are useful for all industry participants which will be posted weekly in trade publications and on the pages of KSL in social networks in the coming months.

In August 2017, they will start training and formation program of the XXI Moscow International Logistics Forum (mmlf-2018), which will be held from 12 to 16 February 2018, are invited to participate professionals of the world of logistics!