All Inbound logistics articles – Page 67
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FeaturePackaging case study: An intercontinental shift
One prominent example of a tier one supplier using reusable containers for its overseas shipments is Linde + Wiemann, a supplier of body frame parts, seats, and instrument panels based in Dillenburg, GermanyOne prominent example of a tier one supplier using reusable containers for its overseas shipments is Linde + ...
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FeatureAiming to go the distance
Reusable packaging is on the rise in international supply chains for tier ones. Executives are also interested in returnable pools, though they remain difficult over long distancesThe tier one supply chain, both inbound and outbound, continues to grow more complex. As tier suppliers respond to OEMs’ global platforms – whether ...
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FeatureLast mile: Benefits on board
A Swedish rail study suggests huge potential for stakeholders in track-and-trace collaboration for both railway and automotive logistics A pilot study involving the rail shipment of components to Volvo Cars’ Gothenburg assembly plant has shown the benefits of a significant increase in the use of RFID for freight rail in ...
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FeatureAudi special report: A question of complexity and convergence
The plethora of models, derivatives and options that has boosted Audi’s success over the past decade would not have been possible without an evolution in its logistics management and processes
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FeatureAudi special report: Managing from the centre and the periphery
As ever with a sprawling entity like the Volkswagen Group, power shifts between the centre and its satellites. In Wolfsburg, Konzernlogistik (group logistics), led by Thomas Zernechel, has responsibilities that include group programme planning, setting standards (including IT and returnable packaging) and transport tenders. It also manages bundled and network transport flows, including ocean containers and ro-ro shipping, and consolidated logistics for all suppliers in the transport network.
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FeatureAudi special report: A fast, flexible network
Audi’s inbound logistics depends on tight planning and delivery adherence, while the carmaker is also exploring more consolidation within the Volkswagen Group
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FeatureAudi special report: One crossdock, many brands
The Volkswagen Group’s European transport network is well engineered, however there is ambition for even deeper freight consolidation within it. After synchronising in-plant processes, the next stage in the NLK is to use crossdocks based close to supplier locations, which then feed multiple group plants in high frequency, full truckloads.
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FeatureAudi special reports: A global outlook
Audi is exporting European best practices to support growing production ventures as far afield as China and Mexico
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FeatureAudi special reports conclusion: Experts at managing change
Preventing unnecessary complexity can be just as important as managing it in Audi’s supply chain
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FeatureEmergency logistics is an enabler for high-risk automotive supply strategies
There was a time when the supply chain was thought of as being no more than the steady flow of components through tier suppliers to vehicle manufacturers, but the level of understanding is changing at a quickening pace. OEMs are now displaying an increasing awareness of the crucial role played ...
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Feature美国汽车业早早进入寒冬
美国汽车业在去年所遭受的破坏，在上个星期重新上演，所有50个州都创下降雪与最低气温的记录。 美国东北部的情况尤其严重，Buffalo、NY的降雪达到7英尺。东北部的经销商严重受到复杂气象条件的影响，很多人还忙于在停车场清雪。 在入厂物流方面，福特公司被迫在上周末关闭Buffalo冲压工厂，因为无法进行零部件交付，但是目前生产已经回归正常。 这个地区在感恩节休息期间仍存在复杂天气的警告。当地新闻媒体Buffalo News警告说，在东部Utica到Albany，以及纽约市，这周会有冬季暴雪，禁止商用车在I-87的两个方向上行驶，而I-84已经停止通行。将会有大雪从阿帕拉契中部席卷东北内陆地区。 铁路供应商Norfolk Southern报告称，目前的业务已经严重受到Buffalo附近极端天气的影响，预计破坏还会进一步。 该铁路供应商在一次声明中称，“指定经过或出发地为Buffalo地区的铁路货运客户，在接下来的几天还将受到损失。经过纽约西部的货运，将要绕经其他线路，估计会造成24-48小时的延误。” 公路与铁路供应商已经宣布了在多式联运方面，缓解冬季气候影响的许多措施。 Schneider公司宣布已经增加了25%的集装箱，还准备了备用车队，为严重中断情况做准备。还有报道称，公司已经扩大寒冷地区“插件功能”，以及所有地点的“启动保障方案”，来保障货车通行。 与此同时，加拿大铁路供应商CSX公司，已经比去年提高了375个机车数量，加上Chicago Gateway方案和Selkirdk起点轨段，能降低北部地区的拥堵和转接延迟，还包括其他一系列应变措施。 铁路供应商BNSF已经在芝加哥的工厂，增加了800个新的集装箱和挂车停靠点，以应对天气引起的提货与交付问题。公司还将在新的机车上安装风干设备，来阻止冻结刹车线，以及增加更多的除雪设施，还有一系列其他应变措施。 北美地区在去年，受到冬季极端天气的严重影响，加上供应与员工问题，许多汽车生产厂都被迫关门。
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Feature宇森物流拓展福特中欧业务
宇森物流与福特公司签署了一份新的多年合同，旨在为福特收集境内零部件，并运送至福特在布拉格和布达佩斯的原始配送中心。新签署的合同加深了宇森物流同福特公司物料规划和物流部门的合作，同时也意味着除了在原始配送中心按照现有合同提供管理之外，还提供卡车运输零担货运。 宇森物流表明目前正在横跨波兰南部，捷克共和国，斯洛伐克，奥地利，匈牙利，斯洛文尼亚和克罗地亚在内的240多家供应商处搜集零部件。同时，它也正将可重复利用的包装返还给那些供应商。 宇森物流欧洲分部汽车主管John Mitchell先生说，“我们很荣幸获此殊荣，能够有机会为福特公司的供应链提供附价值。这份荣誉进一步强化了我们在该地区的汽车网络，这对消费者来说是好事，对其供应商是好事，同样的，对像我们一样的供应商也是好事。” 宇森物流始于2006年同福特公司合作，它被选中经营福特布拉格原始配送中心，该中心为福特驻欧洲工厂提供汽车零部件在中欧的统一原始装载服务。在2010年，福特汽车在布达佩斯开设了第二家原始配送中心，而该中心仍旧由宇森物流负责经营。
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FeatureProtecting the parts is vital
In a market returning to strength, protective packaging can save cost, reduce damage, prevent downtime, and maintain good customer satisfaction.The UK automotive sector is having its moment, and helping to lead the recovery of Europe’s car market. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT), the UK market ...
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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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FeatureHow best to track the pack?
Recently developed RFID tags are becoming gradually more accessible to the masses, but do the benefits of this technology outweigh its initial expense.Track-and-trace technology enables users to locate and identify items throughout the supply chain. Methods adopted for such purposes on the returnable transit packaging used for moving automotive components ...
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FeatureGlobal conference: Ford is buying more boxes ‘off the shelf’
Ford Motor Company is making a global push to reduce the amount of specialised, bespoke racking and packaging that it uses to move components and parts, in favour of more ‘off the shelf’, standard equipment. The carmaker is also looking to take more ownership of containers and racks, rather than ...
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FeatureIndia’s exports could quadruple by 2020 says report
Indian automotive suppliers only account for 1% of overall global exports (worth $10 billion), but things are looking up. The Auto Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) in India, and McKinsey, an American management consulting firm, have released a joint report entitled, ‘Capturing the Global Opportunity, the next imperative for the Indian ...
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FeatureDon’t let near-shoring promote complacency in supply chain planning
Unplanned assembly line stoppages can outweigh the advantages of manufacturing in cheaper production locations and there is now a trend for near-shoring in the automotive industry. But don’t assume that locality is the same as ready availabilityThe near- or re-shoring of vehicle manufacturers’ suppliers is more complicated and has more ...