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FeatureSupply chain strategy behind Chery plant in Dalian
Logistics cost and strategy considerations are behind Chery Auto’s decision to build a new plant at the port city of Dalian in northeast China. The $688m plant will start manufacturing for both the domestic and overseas markets from June 2011, with an annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles. “Building a ...
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FeatureBroekman Automotive extends Vehnet contract
Broekman Automotive has renewed its contract with finished vehicle software specialist Vehnet as it goes into phase two of implementing Vehnet’s iTracks system at its car terminal in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Vehnet provides Broekman with iTracks to control the movement of vehicles through its vehicle import terminal at the ...
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FeatureFiat-Chrysler alliance holds promise for LSPs
The global strategic alliance between Fiat and Chrysler, in which Fiat currently holds a 20% stake in Chrysler in return for the US carmaker’s access to Fiat's fuel-efficient vehicle technologies, is unlikely to bring any substantial change in the sourcing of local content but it could bring in a higher ...
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FeatureGM keeps Opel but what now for LSPs?
GM’s announcement last night that, after months of wrangling over the reluctant sale of Opel/Vauxhall, it would instead keep it probably brings as many new questions for its supply chain and logistics service providers as it might answer others. While it’s clear that GM’s European operations will remain an integral ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Ford’s group vice president of global manufacturing, and labour affairs, Joe Hinrichs (pictured), is taking up a new position at the company as group vice president of Asia Pacific and Africa. He will start on December 1st and is replacing John Parker who is retiring in January after a 41-year ...
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FeatureChina could impose import tariffs on US vehicles
Chrysler, Ford and General Motors are meeting with the American Automotive Policy Council this week to discuss China’s trade investigation into US carmaker subsidies which is due to begin today and could result in tariffs being imposed on the companies’ vehicle imports. Following a petition from automotive companies in China, ...
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FeatureHonda imports to benefit from rail project
Following last week’s news that Honda is shifting 80% of its imports from San Diego to the Port of Richmond (read more here), the port has now broken ground on a $40m rail infrastructure development that will allow the carmaker to move more than 145,000 vehicles through the port per ...
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FeatureAudi improves synchronised logistics concept
Audi’s senior logistics executives are working on further improving the transport efficiency of the carmaker’s ‘new logistics concept’ (Neues Logistikkonzept, NLK) – a system designed to synchronise the supply sources based on stabilised production programmes. One key figure of this new process is the development from the current consolidation centres ...
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FeatureValeo chooses K+N for inbound aftermarket
Valeo has chosen Kuehne + Nagel to handle inbound aftermarket shipments by road from suppliers to its national distribution platforms in eight European countries. It follows a decision by Valeo Service, the aftermarket branch of the automotive systems and modules supplier, to fully redesign its logistics scheme for the management ...
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FeatureCeva's collaborative network benefits BMW
Ceva Logistics has secured a spare parts delivery contract with BMW for the full range of spare parts for all BMW and MINI parts involving 200 dealerships across the UK. The contract was previously handled by DHL. Seven of Ceva’s common outbase platforms will support the distribution, as well as ...
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FeatureMAN everywoman awards open in December
This year’s MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards will be open for entries from 1 December. It will be the third year the awards have been held in association with Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council for the UK's freight logistics industries, and MAN Truck & Bus UK, ...
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GMSA and UTi awarded for Euro Express
General Motors South Africa (GMSA) and integrated logistics provider UTi have won the Platinum Award at the annual Logistics Achiever Awards ceremony recently held in Johannesburg. The prize was awarded in recognition of their integrated supply chain joint venture Euro Express. According to Evan Dold, GMSA vice president of global ...
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FeatureAvtotor launches Opel assembly in Kaliningrad
Russian carmaker Avtotor Holding has launched production of Opel cars at Kaliningrad with GM Europe supporting both inbound and outbound movements to and from the plant by rail. The company is beginning with assembly of semi-knockdown kits of the Astra and Zafira which are being brought by rail from GM ...
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FeatureAmerican Honda shifts imports to Richmond
American Honda Motor is shifting 80% of its current vehicle import operations from the Port of San Diego to a new facility in Richmond, California, making it the company’s third West Coast port facility in the US. The move, which will take place from Spring 2010, is designed to more ...
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FeatureAcumen builds auto business with Daimay imports
Acumen Logistics has signed a rolling 12-month contract with Chinese automotive supplier Daimay to receive and distribute headrests to UK automotive manufacturers. The company will manage the flow of components, which is expected to number 540,000 per year, into its Redditch facility in the UK Midlands and repackage them for ...
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FeatureOutbound could start to look like inbound
A shift to lower finished vehicle inventories could mean that outbound logistics in Europe will more closely resemble the low stock, highly time-critical operations of inbound logistics for production, according to the head of logistics for Opel/Vauxhall, Elliot Swiss. The change in strategy could lead OEMs to procure vehicle logistics ...
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FeatureGefco helps PSA target German market
Gefco’s German division has opened a new logistics facility in Kelheim, Lower Bavaria, to shorten lead times for the delivery of Peugeot and Citroën vehicles to dealerships in the region. It is the 16th German location for the global Gefco network and the facility is planned to handle 14,000 Peugeot ...
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FeatureFew fixed costs for Quantum debut
The first phase of fleet operations from the UK’s latest finished vehicle provider, Quantum Automotive Solutions, began this week, and the company’s business model could spell the way forward for operators looking to learn from the lessons of asset risk, which left them vulnerable during the downturn. Starting with just ...
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FeatureWWL supports China service with inland distribution
Following last week’s announcement that WWL is providing inland transport services with local providers for Nissan distribution in India (read more here), the company is also supporting inland movements for increased deliveries on its China Express service. Last week WWL said that dedicated ro-ro sailings on the service between Japan, ...
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FeatureMOL and Sical to start Chennai operations
India's Sical Logistics has completed the creation of a joint venture with Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) to operate an automotive management yard at the Port of Ennore near Chennai, India. Following a MoU signed in August, the deal was finalised this week and operations are now due to commence ...