People and skills – Page 11
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Watch: Just-in-time for a new era – can supply chains become more resilient and still stay lean?
Toyota’s Leon van der Merwe makes it clear that lean and just-in-time principles are as relevant for the OEM today as ever. But hear why aspects of the approach are changing.
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Watch: Why supply chain management is a competitive advantage at Audi and Volvo
Audi’s Dieter Braun and Volvo Car’s Sean Bricknell debate they strategic role that supply chain and logistics can play in the long-term business success of the automotive industry.
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Finished vehicle logistics global survey: Fishing in troubled waters
Download this report to find out what are currently the main concerns for those companies providing and using finished vehicle logistics services around the world. Based on an extensive survey of companies in Asia, Europe and North America, the results give an overview of the key trends affecting the sector and the sentiment in the market as a whole
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Martin Corner moves on from Volvo to Aston Martin Lagonda
Amidst other top executive changes at Volvo Cars, Martin Corner is leaving the company to take up a new role at Aston Martin as head of supply chain management and logistics
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Finn Roden appointed president of Autoport
Finn Roden has taken over as president of vehicle terminal processor Autoport and its subsidiary Trans Cargo, succeeding Roy Kirchner who is stepping down after 20 years in the role.
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Kirchholtes takes up procurement and supply chain role at Daimler Truck
As part of a restructing of activities at Daimler Trucks North America, Carsten Kirchholtes has expanded on his supply chain role to include purchasing
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Ford appoints Jonathan Jennings vice-president of supply chain
Jennings moves from his role as vice-president of the Global Commodity Purchasing and Supplier Technical Assistance division
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Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Global returns to Detroit
Top executives from global carmakers, suppliers and logistics providers, including those from Nissan, IAC and Johnson Electric, are among those converging on the MGM Grand in September this year
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Jeffrey Morrison moves to lead purchasing supply chain role at GM
Jeffrey Morrison is taking over as vice-president of global purchasing and supply chain at GM from April 1, replacing Shilpan Amin who is moving to GM International
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Get greener, stronger and smarter in Munich this May
Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Europe 2022 is back in situ and online. This year’s conference, which takes place between May 2-4, will be in Munich Germany and focused on rebuilding the automotive sector greener, stronger and smarter.
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Jens-Peter Riemann heads automotive for Kuehne + Nagel in Middle East and Africa
Jens-Peter Riemann has moved from his role as global automotive business development director at a Danish transport and logistics giant, DSV to head automotive and mobility for Kuehne + Nagel in the Middle East and Africa
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Britishvolt signs agreement with Lotus to develop EV battery cells
Britishvolt has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lotus to advance lithium-ion battery cells and support the British EV car manufacturers brand targets and vehicle performance objectives.
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Ferrari embarks on restructuring to promote innovation and sustainability
Ferrari has reorganised its business to better focus on on innovation, collaboration and carbon neutrality as it works toward the release of its first electric vehicle
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ICL appoints Gina Tovar as managing director of Europe
Gina Tovar has joined ICL Systems as managing director for Europe, a role she will share as the finished vehicle logistics software specialist with Rudolf Luttmann, who has been in the role since June 2021.
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Johannes Koch becomes new senior manager of vehicle logistics at Fisker
Johannes Koch has taken up a new role as the senior manager of vehicle logistics in Europe at luxury electric vehicle maker Fisker as of the beginning of this year.
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Matthias Braun to head battery cell logistics at VW Group
Braun is moving from his role as head of digitalisation and concept development at VW Group Logistics to a new role focusing on battery cell logistics overseen by VW Group Components
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Acertus appoints Eric Hanson as lead data scientist
Finished vehicle services provider Acertus has appointed Dr Eric Hanson as its lead data scientist, tasked with developing predictive and prescriptive analytics to improve the services the company provides
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Leon van der Merwe expands role at Toyota Motor Europe
The Japanese carmaker is making a number of changes to its executive line up to build on the principles of carbon neutrality and sustainability and van der Merwe will more closely align production and logistics according to TPS principles
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Stefan Paul to replace Detlef Trefzger as CEO of Kuehne + Nagel
Stefan Paul is moving from his role as head of road logistics and sales to become CEO of Kuehne + Nagel when Dr Detlef Trefzger steps down in August next year
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Finished vehicle logistics Ideas Labs – rolling the dice on new solutions
Following workshops on key industry topics and challenges including driver shortages, in-vehicle telematics, vehicle processing and final mile visibility, industry experts at Finished Vehicle Logistics shared their group’s top solutions and next steps as part of a quick-fire pitch round