All GM articles – Page 22
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FeatureCarmakers halt sales and deliveries in Russia because of depreciating rouble
[Story updated on 7 January 2015] Audi, General Motors and Jaguar Land Rover temporarily suspended deliveries of vehicles in Russia in December because of the current economic situation. Poor sales have led to a build up of inventory.The announcement follows last November’s news that Spanish vehicle maker Seat had stopped ...
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FeatureShipping focus: Capacity in the balance
Ocean carriers face increasing trade and regulatory complexity to go with a volatile global market. However, many are investing in larger, more efficient vesselsThe balance of supply and demand for capacity is a tricky objective for ocean car carriers to achieve. For the most part, the leading carriers succeed in ...
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Feature通用高管大洗牌，Grace Lieblei职务有变动
在通用汽车高管层进行了一系列职务变动。公司又宣布，目前任职全球采购与供应链部副总裁的Grace Lieblein，将调到全球质量部担任副总裁。目前任职全球动力系统副总裁的Steve Keifer，将调到Grace之前的职位上。 2012年末，Lieblein从Bob Socia处接管全球采购与供应量副总裁一职。她是与1978年加入通用汽车，那时她是通用洛杉矶装配分公司的工读生。从那以后，她在工程、产品开发和制造等部门，担任过各种领导职务。其中包括，通用集团巴西、墨西哥的总裁兼常务董事。 通用汽车在一次声明中说，在Lieblein的领导下，公司已经建立更多的生产供应业务联系，以其大力合作，以及对质量和相互成功的关注，获得供应商团体的认可，成为行业的模范。“ 公司称，“Lieblein拥有多种专业知识，以客户的角度思考问题，并在加速通用公司在汽车质量方面的进程中发挥力量。” 在Lieblein的领导下，通用已经在物流上制定了宏伟的削减成本的目标，包括到2016年为止减少10亿美元左右的成本，在此之前要进行供应商拉到工厂附近，并投资建设物流中心的举措。（点击获取详情）通用汽车全球物流执行董事Edgard Pezzo在今年秋天的特别采访中，透露了有关规划的进一步细节。 Lieblein将直接接受通用首席执行官Mary Barra的领导。 公司称，Steve Kiefer将在Lieblein打下的基础上，继续前行。 通用公司称，“Kiefer拥有在供应商联盟领导的经历，他强大的专业知识将是通用持续构建公司业绩、与供应商合作共赢、为客户送递更多价值的关键所在。” 目前任职动力系统嵌入式控制部门执行董事的Dan Nicholson将接替Kiefer的职位。 上个星期公布的人事变动还有，目前任职全球质量与客户体验部高级副总裁Alicia Boler-Davis，将任职全球连网客户体验部高级副总裁。除此客户体验的职位之外，她还将负责全球连网客户机构，其中包括OnStar及其呼叫中心。
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FeatureGrace Lieblein moves roles amidst top level GM shake up
As part of a number of high level management changes at General Motors, it has been announced that Grace Lieblein, currently vice-president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, is moving to the position of vice-president, Global Quality. Steve Kiefer, currently vice-president, Global Powertrain, is moving into her previous role.Lieblein has been ...
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FeatureSouth America: Where logistics can hurt you
The 2014 South America conference proved that inefficient logistics can not only disrupt production, but can hurt long-term growth. OEMs in Brazil are looking for ways to improve the supply chain and avoid falling further behind other countries. During previous Automotive Logistics South America conferences, executives worried about Brazil’s logistics ...
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FeatureSouth America Summit: High logistics costs put Brazil behind Mexico
Brazil’s poor logistics infrastructure and tax bureaucracy are contributing to higher costs and declining competitiveness for the automotive industry, with the country losing out on investment in production and the supply chain, notably to Mexico. “Brazil is facing economic uncertainty, but it also needs to address high labour costs, logistics ...
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FeatureGM increases supply localisation for Chevy Volt
General Motors’ chief executive officer Mary Barra has confirmed that the carmaker is further localising the supply chain for Chevrolet Volt in the US amid new investment in its home state of Michigan. Among the key components coming to the state, GM’s Warren Transmission Plant will be the manufacturing location ...
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FeatureRecalls: whose responsibility is it anyway?
With voluntary automotive recalls on the rise, it begs the question of who should handle what across the supply chain, including logisticsThe automotive industry has a higher percentage of voluntary recalls and product notifications than any other industry. In the second quarter of 2014 it was 100% and every notification ...
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FeatureSino-German tier supplier JV in push for new locations
German car parts maker, KSPG, and China’s Huayu Automotive Systems (HASCO) are to set up a joint venture, which was approved at the end of last month.KSPG belongs to the Rheinmetall Group, and HASCO’s majority shareholder is the SAIC Group, one of the China’s largest, state-owned OEMs and a joint ...
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FeatureGM’s Lieblein receives Hispanic achievement award for engineering
Grace Lieblein, GM’s vice president of global purchasing and supply chain, has been recognised with the 2014 Engineer of the Year award at the 26th Annual HENAAC Conference.The award was given by gateway organisation Great Minds in STEM, a non-profit organisation that promotes opportunities for the academic and career development ...
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FeatureCutting logistics costs key to GM profit targets
General Motors has revealed details about how it plans to increase its margin to 10% in 2016, with cuts in material and logistics costs making up a large part of the company’s savings in regions including North America and South America.During an investor meetings last week in Michigan, the company’s ...
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Delivering a new world of order
Carlos Lahoz (left) reveals how Kia is honing its forecasting and supply chain process across Europe, including improving vehicle allocation and material forecasting. Glovis Europe also discusses its ambitions for Hyundai-Kia’s logistics and beyondA company selling more cars than it has capacity to build can be a ‘good problem’ to ...
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FeatureComprehensive Logistics opens $30m GM support facility
Comprehensive Logistics, a third party logistics provider, will be opening a new $30m automotive manufacturing support facility just a mile from the General Motors plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The facility will house the manufacturing and light assembly of automotive components for the OEM. The Spring Hill facility is expected ...
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FeatureEditor's note: looking for smart guesswork
The Russian market has often confounded this magazine. Sales can change drastically between print and distribution. We’ve written about customs only for governments to reset policy. Today, amid escalating sanctions and shaky ceasefires, no one can guess the outcome for automotive (some are already forecasting plant closures, read more here).Imagine, ...
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FeatureLast mile: the end will be a start
Industries rise and fall, but logistics tends to remain.The Broening Highway moves in two lanes on either side, the road surface cracked into an asphalt web in parts, while elsewhere it is being expanded and resurfaced. It traces a landscape dotted with water towers, small factories, warehouses, empty yards and ...
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FeatureGeneral Motors: waste not, want not
GM’s executive director of global logistics, Edgard Pezzo, left, talks to Christopher Ludwig about cutting waste and cost in a multi-billion dollar supply chain.When Edgard Pezzo took over as executive director of global logistics and containerisation at General Motors, in May 2013, the top logistics purchasing management job came with ...
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FeatureUS trucking survey: loaded up for growth
Rising sales and rail disruption may have added to the challenges posed by driver and capacity shortages, but investment, better planning and increased collaboration are laying a solid base for further expansion in the sectorThe continued growth in new vehicle sales in the US has ushered in new opportunities for ...
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FeatureMore sparks are set to fly
Despite being on somewhat familiar ground, Russia’s political climate and the status of the Lada brand call for Bo Andersson (pictured) to tread carefully while better aligning supply and demand at Avtovaz. Roger Stansfield reportsSince leaving General Motors as its global purchasing and supply chain chief, Bo Andersson has developed ...
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FeatureIs there still a place for leaders?
The ‘lead logistics provider’ concept may be undergoing its biggest ever changes. The question is whether or not it is still working for today’s automotive industry. Co-ordinated from a ‘control tower’ based on the customer's site in Solihull, England, an extensive European supply chain feeds the three British vehicle assembly ...
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FeatureWhen supply is a close run thing
Carmakers are showing a renewed interest in local supply networks, but do the benefits of supplier proximity balance the costs for both sides, or is there a middle distance to be found for a win-win? The evolution of automotive manufacturing has mostly been a story of dis-integration. Today’s car factories ...