All Asia articles – Page 93
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FeatureIndian aftermarket is no afterthought
Growing sales and ever-increasing customer expectations are driving a transformation in the Indian aftermarket.Complexity and potential for change;Broadening the reach.The automotive aftermarket is not so-named because OEMs think about it after they have developed their new vehicle sales channels, but in developing markets that is often the way things work. ...
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FeatureTreading on new ground
While focusing its North American logistics efforts on more lucrative, higher premium products, tyre manufacturer Pirelli is opting for a ‘local for local’ philosophy as it expands into emerging markets. Tony Danby looks at the company’s LSP selection criteria and its investment in new plants.Trimming costs;All-round expertise;Outsourcing;Mexican factory.Pirelli, one of ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Yusen Logistics now fully integrated in EuropeYusen Logistics has completed the European integration of its previously separate business divisions, NYK Logistics and Yusen Air & Sea Service, with the launch of its German unit this week. As part of its global integration of the two businesses, the final ...
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FeatureK+N expands China shuttle service
Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has expanded its road delivery network in China as part of an ongoing growth of services that the company said will be of particular benefit to its automotive customers. Having launched its first long-haul shuttle service between Shanghai and Tianjin in April this year, with ...
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FeatureToyota considers US Camry exports to Korea
Toyota has said it may stop production of Camry vehicles that are built in Japan for export to South Korea and move it to the US in an effort to cut down on high export costs. A spokesman for the company said it was not ready to discuss the ...
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FeatureParsifal arrival is perfectly timed
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has put its second new-generation Mark V ro-ro vessel into operation. The MV Parsifal is currently on route from Asia to North America with a full load of predominantly breakbulk and high&heavy cargo, as well as a consignment of passenger vehicles – “exactly the mix she ...
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FeatureRail is the obvious answer in India
The mismatch between the scorching growth of the auto industry in India and the infrastructural and regulatory development needed to support it is making congestion the norm and risking zero market gain in the country. It is also perpetuating poor delivery standards that are costly both in the short-term ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
GMSA chooses Motorvia for vehicle deliveriesSouth African finished vehicle carrier Motorvia is to start carrying vehicles for General Motors South Africa (GMSA) following a successful tender for business approved last week. The new agreement will run for three years. Uitenhage-based Motorvia provides specialised vehicle transport and delivery services for ...
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FeatureToyota supply must be local, common and reliable
Toyota has revealed more details about the standardisation of parts and regionalisation of procurement as part of a supply chain overhaul that is being implemented over the next five years. The carmaker is targeting three areas as part of the new strategy designed to limit future disruption to the supply ...
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FeatureRise in imports threatens in Brazil
The strength of the Brazilian real is affecting the car industry in the country with a jump in imports against lower exports threatening to absorb demand for vehicles from local producers. The appreciation of the real, which has risen by 40% against the US dollar since 2008, has contributed to ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
ADB investment in India railRail services in India, including those for freight, are to benefit from loans of up to $500m from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The multi-tranche financing facility for India’s Railway Sector Investment Programme is designed to improve services along some of its busiest freight and passenger ...
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FeatureSuppliers count the cost of Toyota risk strategy
As Japanese carmakers look at ways to limit future disruption to the supply of parts following the devastating earthquake that hit the country in March, with lingering problems still being felt throughout the supply chain, Toyota outlined three steps last week that it is implementing with the aim of solving ...
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FeatureBMW beats a million deliveries so far
BMW Group has increased global vehicle deliveries for the first eight months of the year to more than a million vehicles (1,073,363), including MINI and Rolls Royce, beating last year’s figures (just under 920,000) over the same period by nearly 17%. From January to August 2011, 893,474 BMW brand vehicles ...
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FeaturePSA re-enters Indian market
PSA Peugeot-Citroën has announced it will re-enter the Indian market with the building of a new €650m ($920m) manufacturing facility in the state of Gujarat, India for the production of the Peugeot 508 from 2014. The facility, which will be based in the Sanand automotive cluster, will integrate engine and ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Mahindra exports global platform SUVIndian carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra has said it will export its new XUV500 SUV to South Africa at the same time that domestic sales begin in December this year, with further plans for export to Western Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Australia. The car, which ...
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FeatureSurprise departures as Fiat reorganises
The widespread organisational changes at Fiat that were announced at the end of July have now taken effect and not without some surprise departures from the supply chain and commercial departments, namely Paola Petrone (pictured left), who was senior vice president of Supply Chain Management, and Andrea Formica (pictured right), ...
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FeatureBLG sets up JV in China
BLG Logistics has signed a letter of understanding for a new joint venture with the Chinese supply chain provider Cinko SCM. The companies will jointly operate a PDI centre at the port of Tianjin’s ro-ro terminal, called BLG Cinko Autotec, and will export vehicles produced in China. Import vehicles for ...
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FeatureGreen focus for Toyota at Long Beach
Toyota Motor Sales has renewed its lease at the port of Long Beach for the import of vehicles through its Pier B vehicle processing facilities. The 20-year lease, which will run to the end of 2028 (it is retroactive to January 2009), involves a $240m investment in 58-hectare site. Toyota ...
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FeatureKuehne + Nagel opens Pune auto centre
Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel has expanded its presence in India with the start of new operations at a facility in Pune dedicated to the automotive sector. The ‘Automotive Solution Centre’, established in one of the company’s existing facilities in Pune, will supply a range of services to carmakers in ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
BLG sign joint venture in ChinaGermany’s BLG Logistics is reported to have signed a 50:50 joint venture agreement with Beijing-based Cinko Supply Chain Management for Chinese vehicle exports as well as imports of foreign cars to China. Called BLG Cinko Autotec and based in Tianjin, the new venture will begin ...