All Supply chain management articles – Page 77
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FeatureKuehne + Nagel to support production of Mercedes-Benz vans in South Carolina
Kuehne + Nagel (KN) will begin a multi-year contract this autumn to provide production logistics services for Mercedes-Benz Vans’ new assembly line and manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina.The logistics provider will be taking care of all production logistics for the plant, including receiving, inventory management and delivery of parts ...
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FeatureRoyal Mail begins Arrival commercial vehicle trial
UK parcel and post delivery firm Royal Mail has begun trialling nine electric vehicles from all-electric truck and bus manufacturer Arrival (formerly Charge Auto), which recently opened a 110,000 sq.ft (10,000 sq.m) factory in the country in Banbury, Oxfordshire.The 3.5, 6.0 and 7.5-tonne trucks, based at Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant ...
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FeatureUPS to use virtual reality technology to enhance driver safety awareness
Global courier company UPS has revealed it will begin using virtual reality (VR) to help train vehicle drivers in hazard awareness from September at its nine Integrad training facilities in the US, replacing the touchscreen devices currently used.The VR technology will be used to help students identify potential road hazards ...
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FeatureKCS Laredo facility will speed secure rail shipments between Mexico and US
A new cargo processing facility that should improve security for shipments heading northbound from Mexico was launched at the Laredo rail border crossing in the US state of Texas last week, as negotiations in North American on the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) got underway.The Unified Cargo Processing facility ...
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FeatureMaersk estimates cost of NotPetya cyber-attack at $200m-300m
Shipping company AP Moller-Maersk says it expects the impact of the NotPetya cyber-attack in June to have cost the company $200m-300m, of which the majority relates to lost revenues in July.Despite this, the company still expects to beat last year’s figure of $711m in terms of underlying profits for the ...
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FeatureAlexander Kohnen takes up top role at time:matters
Lufthansa Cargo’s air charter division, time:matters, has appointed Alexander Kohnen as its managing director of strategy and sales.Kohnen, who has been with time:matters for more than 16 years, moves from his role as senior director of industry development and product management with the company, and will take up the new ...
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FeatureSyncreon expands US warehouse facilities to support FCA
3PL Syncreon is expanding its parts warehouse facilities in Temperance, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio to support inbound services for vehicle assembly at FCA’s plant in Toledo.The 3PL’s operations in Temperance and Toledo work together to handle parts from suppliers feeding the FCA plant, which makes the Jeep Wrangler.Syncreon said it ...
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FeatureUK proposes retaining free-flowing customs system after Brexit
In a position paper released this week, the UK government has proposed an interim arrangement after the Brexit cut-off date in 2019 that would see the country continue to operate under the EU Customs Union until a new trade deal between the parties is negotiated.“The approaches we are setting out ...
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FeatureDescartes Systems buys tracking and forecasting company Macropoint
Canada-headquartered logistics software company Descartes Systems Group has acquired truck tracking and freight forecasting provider Macropoint for $107m in cash and shares.US-based Macropoint runs a connected network of over 2m trucking assets and drivers. It connects trucks using on-board electronic devices, transport management systems, GPS-enabled smartphone applications and location-based mobile ...
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FeatureRodrigo de Paula revelling in new Lynk & Co logistics role
Former director of outbound operations at Volvo Cars, Rodrigo de Paula (pictured), has said he is looking forward to implementing a number of interesting projects and new ideas in his new role as director of logistics operations at Lynk & Co.The Brazilian national joined the carmaker in June on the ...
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FeatureSiemens eHighway trial to take place in Germany next year
Engineering and technology giant Siemens is to build a 10km overhead contact line on the German motorway system to support electrified freight transport. The line will supply power to a hybrid truck in an initial trial taking place next year.The system will be installed on the A5 Autobahn between the ...
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FeatureTPG Capital buys Transplace from Greenbriar
TPG Capital and the management of North American 3PL and technology provider, Transplace, have agreed to buy the company from fellow private equity firm Greenbriar Equity for an undisclosed sum.Transplace is the largest managed transport service provider in North America, according to Greenbriar, generating annual revenue of more than $1.8 ...
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FeatureFoxconn confirms it is considering Michigan investment
Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer by revenue, has confirmed it is considering Michigan in the US as another investment location – just weeks after announcing a major project in the state of Wisconsin.The South China Morning Post recently reported that the Taiwan-based company was considering growing ...
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FeatureToyota delays new Mexico plant to allow for switch to Tacoma
Toyota has confirmed a report that its new plant in Guanajuato, Mexico will be delayed to prepare it for production of the Tacoma pick-up truck, rather than the Corolla as originally planned.The switch to the different model at the plant formed part of the Japanese carmaker’s recent announcement that it ...
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FeatureHarld Peters appointed as president of UPS China
Harld Peters (pictured) has taken over as president of UPS China, succeeding Richard Loi who will be retiring after 26 years with the company.Peters joined UPS in 1999 as a contract manager of supply chain solutions in the Netherlands and later assumed various management positions in the express and supply ...
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FeatureRenault adds local engine plant to Iran JV agreement
Renault has announced the official formation of its joint venture in Iran with local partner Parto Negin Naseh (Negin Holdings) and the Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran (Idro).The joint venture follows on from the strategic partnership agreement announced at the Paris Motor Show last September, but now also ...
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FeatureVehicle protection: Trying to cover all bases
In June this year, upmarket Volvo S90 sedans built at Volvo Cars’ plant in Daqing, northern China, began arriving at a car terminal at the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium for European distribution. Travelling not by sea, but by rail, they are transported in containers across Russia along the China-Europe rail ...
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FeatureDHL says smart glasses for picking now ‘business as usual’
Following a successful international trial period, DHL Supply Chain says its augmented reality smart glasses are now “business as usual” in its warehouses around the world.Last August the company, along with partners Google, Vuzix and Ubimax, said it would be expanding a ‘Vision Picking’ trial based on smart glasses, from ...
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FeatureFaraday Future targets 2018 production start after securing facility in California
Electric vehicle hopeful Faraday Future (FF), which recently decided to put its $1 billion factory development in Las Vegas on hold, has found an existing facility in Hanford, California that it says will put it on a faster path to production.The company has already signed the lease for the 1m ...
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FeatureNissan sells global battery business to Chinese private equity firm
Nissan Motor Company says it has sold its global electric battery business to Chinese private investment fund, GSR Capital, for an undisclosed sum.The sale includes Nissan’s battery subsidiary, Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC), as well as battery manufacturing operations in Smyrna, Tennessee and in Sunderland, England.GSR, with offices in Beijing, ...