All North America articles – Page 68
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FeatureQAD to provide training to Mexican suppliers
QAD, a provider of software solutions for manufacturers around the world, has announced that it will be providing logistics evaluation and management operation training to suppliers in Mexico.The company, which provides resource planning systems and manages finances, manufacturing demands, and supply chain operations, made the announcement at a meeting of ...
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FeatureDaimler furthers alliance with Renault-Nissan
Daimler and Renault have announced a step forward in the merger of their operations with an agreement to produce light commercial vehicles together. The new van models will be designed and produced in Japan. The move comes as the carmakers continue plans for a joint engine production plant in Decherd, ...
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FeaturePort-related projects granted $104m
The US Department of Transportation has announced the investment of $104m in the implementation of a connective seaport infrastructure known as Tiger-V.The port of Baltimore in the state of Maryland has been particularly lucky in this case, having been endowed with $10,000 to expand its handling capacity at the Fairline ...
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FeatureBNSF Logistics moves global HQ
BNSF Logistics, the third party logistics subsidiary of the North American rail provider, is moving its global headquarters from Grapevine in Texas to the Lakeside Business District at Flower Mound, on the north side of Grapevine Lake.The new location, which BNSF will take up in November this year, will cover ...
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FeatureSouth Carolina tipped as Hankook favourite
Orangeburg County has been growing steadily as a hub of logistics suppliers in recent months, leading to speculation that South Korean tyre giant Hankook may select South Carolina as the site of its new US manufacturing plant. Since early 2011, the state is reported to have gained $5.1 billion in ...
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FeatureToyota to invest $28m in North American production growth
Toyota has announced that it will pour $28m into its technical centres at Ann Arbor, Michigan. The move comes as the company seeks to expand its North American operations, with its top US sales executive stating that Toyota aims to construct some of its Prius hybrids in the region. Currently, ...
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FeatureTo Sunderland… and Infiniti!
Nissan’s luxury vehicle division Infiniti will be making vehicles for the European market at the parent company’s plant in Sunderland, UK from 2015 and there are reported to be some unique considerations for logistics according to the company.It is the first time Infiniti has made vehicles in Europe and it ...
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FeatureLogistics could block or unlock South African export growth
With a stellar set of global carmakers in the country, favourable government policy, a competitive currency and growing markets at its doorstep, South Africa seems set to be a manufacturing and export powerhouse. Logistics could be the link that either makes or breaks the market’s potential.The contradictions inherent in the ...
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FeatureNeptune appoints Bruno Sidler as executive committee member
Bruno Sidler has joined the Board of Directors of Singapore-based container shipping and logistics company Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) and will serve as a member of its executive committee. Sidler has worked for over 30 years within the logistics industry. He became president and CEO at Panalpina in 1998 before ...
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FeatureFinding the missing link in car-handling terminals
Terminal operators have been expanding their services in global markets with varying degrees of success. But in both the east and west, providers are using IT systems and new technology to improve planning and visibility.Vehicle-handling terminals are essential to the smooth and efficient flow at ports of imported or exported ...
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FeatureDynamic engineering
The design of logistics networks can have a decisive effect on their performance and efficiency, but it is necessary for manufacturer and logistics providers to reengineer them as often as possible to gain the most efficiency.When companies decide how parts are going to flow from suppliers to assembly plants, or ...
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FeatureHow to choose a spare parts warehouse
Warehousing is a critical part of spare parts distribution, with carmakers having to balance decisions on locations, size, providers, IT systems and picking technology.
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FeatureBehr necessities for tier one expansion
Behr America is putting logistics at the heart of its North American growth, including adding new assembly processes, changing 3PLs and increasing its use of intermodal transport
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FeatureGrowing pains at China’s top ro-ro ports
Following fast growth in vehicle flows, China has licensed more ports for import to the country, while terminals have invested in storage and value-added services. However, an uncertain market and port space issues are making disruptive waves for some brands and shipping lines.Despite slower economic growth, China’s car market has ...
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FeatureNeptune Lines marks 20 years in the Black Sea
European shortsea operator Neptune Lines is marking its second decade of uninterrupted activity in the Black Sea at a time when carmakers and their logistics providers are focusing again on the area as an access point to markets including Russia, Romania and Turkey. Most recently the company has reported providing ...
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FeatureProgreso tempts auto traffic from Veracruz
Given increasing capacity shortages for vehicles at the Mexican port of Veracruz, the government of the Yucatán region is trying to tempt vehicle manufacturers to make use of the port of Progreso to serve markets in the US, as well as Central and South America.Gabriel Magaña Legorreta, managing director of ...
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FeatureOpportunites for Russian CKDs
Russian government policy has pushed carmakers in Russia and Central Asia toward expansion by kit assembly methods. Logistics is playing a critical role and providers are likely to see more opportunities. Russian kit production growth Government influences Subsidies in the Far East Central Asian opportunity Localisation and CKD Big ...
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FeatureMercedes boosts fuel cell forklift fleet
Mercedes-Benz USA is expanding its fuel cell-powered forklift truck fleet at the Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama with the purchase of 123 GenDrive hydrogen-based fuel cell units supplied by technology provider Plug Power. The units will power forklift trucks at a logistics hub under construction in Tuscaloosa next to the carmaker’s ...
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FeatureGCS adds two more automotive customers to its Novorossiysk operation
Logistics provider Global Container Services (GCS) is providing supply chain services for China’s Brilliance Auto and Taiwanese carmaker Luxgen through the port of Novorossiysk in Russia.In two recently-signed contracts, GCS will be transporting complete knockdown (CKD) kits along a 470km route from the port to assembly plants in the southern ...
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FeatureTruck fleet purchasing part 2: tailoring trucks to fit a niche
In the second part of our study into truck fleet procurement for vehicle logistics, manufacturers and equipment providers explain how they are striving to meet the large needs of a very small industry.Talking to car hauliers about their fleet purchasing strategies reveals just how specialised their requirements are for vehicle ...