If one thing was made clear in the last UFI Barometer survey, it is that organisers and show directors are increasingly embracing digital requirements by investing in new technology and staff with new skillsets.

It follows then that the companies supporting their businesses will evolve to keep up. Exhibition logistics companies play a crucial role in the success of events, and it appears digital tools are very much front of mind.

Agility Fairs and Events is in the latter stages of developing an ‘onsite logistics’ system that will be progressively deployed throughout its relevant offices The system enables Agility to track client shipments all the way through to the stand “and will ultimately allow us to enhance efficiency streamline our operations and improve our services to our clients”, according to European regional director David Richards.

Agility says that despite the onus being on cold hard technology, the path to success winds through a softer landscape – as only a well- trained workforce is ultimately capable of reacting to the ever- changing business environment.