All Sustainability articles – Page 38
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FeatureDHL launches logistics academy with the BVL
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight division of DHL, has announced the launch of a logistics academy that will provide a modular training programme for automotive manufacturers, suppliers and customers of its business, beginning in Germany.The Corporate Automotive Logistics Academy 4.0 (CALA 4.0) was launched last week (October ...
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FeatureAAPA signs MOU with Green Marine for cleaner ports
The American Association of Ports Authorities has signed an agreement with Green Marine to advance the environmental sustainability of port and terminal operators. Green Marine is a 70-member voluntary marine industry initiative that aims to develop environmental performance beyond regulatory requirements in areas such as air, land and water emissions. ...
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FeatureIndia packaging – the next best thing to being naked
Short of parts arriving without any packaging at all, OEMs and inbound logictics providers in India are working together to ensure line-side delivery in the most efficient and cost-effective means possible Experts claim that the price of packaging, including its transport costs and impacts on the automotive supply chain, account ...
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FeatureOcean Exchange awards prizes for marine innovations
The Ocean Exchange, an advocate group for shipping and logistics innovation, has announced the two winners of its Ocean Exchange 2013 awards. Each award includes a $100,000 prize from worldwide sponsors Gulfstream Aerospace and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL). The winners are ECOsubsea and WITT. The prize is given to innovations ...
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FeatureToledo wins 3rd GM/Wayne State supply chain competition
Twenty American universities gathered in Detroit last week to give presentations on supply chain cases provided by General Motors, tackling subjects like sourcing battery cells in Asia to expanding rail links and supplier localisation in the US.The University of Toledo was the winner of the General Motors/Wayne State supply chain ...
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FeatureCeva starts operations at Singapore facility
Ceva Logistics has announced the start of operations for its new facility in Singapore and confirmed that the facility will be able to support automotive business. It will be housed in the Tampines LogisPark, in the eastern part of the country, strategically located within easy access to the expressways, airport ...
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FeatureEU auditors call for end to Marco Polo-style subsidy programmes
The European Court of Auditors has called for an end to future EU transport subsidies that would be similar in design to the European Commission’s ‘Marco Polo’ programmes, which are set to expire this year. But there is still appetite for multimodal funding, albeit in a different form to Marco ...
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FeatureThe supply chain of the future
In 2033 the supply chain will still use trucks, ships, planes and trains to move material, but the level of visibility will be intensely precise, believes Craig Simon, FedEx, President and CEO Supply ChainFor most of history, the supply chain that links the world together today would have been unimaginable. ...
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FeatureLogistics’ guiding hand for Faurecia
Logistics design and purchasing strategies; Faurecia and the PSA Group Network consolidation; Returnable packaging;Global growth. Faurecia Interior Systems has a decentralised approach to managing the supply chain, but is trying to take a more complete view for logistics and packaging purchasingFrance’s Faurecia Group is an interesting case study in comparing ...
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FeatureTransporter manufacturers tough it out
Innovation and standardisation could help support growing markets, while manufacturers look to Russia, India, North America and hope for signs of life in Europe. However, the strength of developing markets, including Russia and India, and the recovery in North America have helped such companies to survive. And just as the ...
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FeatureFord seeks to stand out from the cloud
Ford China is pursuing green manufacturing and logistics strategies in a bid to lead the automotive sector’s contribution towards lowering pollution levels over the country’s cities.But there is also another, gloomy symbol rising as quickly as the economy – a dark, acrid cloud hanging above the traffic-choked streets that the ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Redesigned Nano could reach US shores in three yearsA redesigned version of Tata's low-cost Nano minicar will come to the United States in three years, according to Ratan Tata, chairmen of India's Tata Group."The US is a very enticing market," Tata said in an interview during ...
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FeatureGlobal round up
Rail Freight Group recognises DB Schenker RailDB Schenker Rail has won an award in the Environmental Innovation category at the annual Rail Freight Group Awards 2012 for its components recycling facility, the brainchild of staff member Andrew Hogan. During 2011 Hogan developed a cutting shop to enable damaged ...
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FeatureFighting the good fight
The European economic climate is exerting pressure on policymakers in Brussels and across the continent. The vehicle logistics industry must be united for its voice to be heard, writes the ECG's President.The ECG has worked diligently to increase its influence in Brussels. The dual role it plays – as an ...
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FeatureMiami Uni wins GM/Wayne State supply chain competition
A team of students representing Miami University were chosen as the winners of the second annual GM/Wayne State University Supply Chain competition, held at the Renaissance Center in downtown Detroit this past weekend. The event featured presentations by teams from 16 universities that were based on automotive supply ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move
Bob Socia, GM’s vice president of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, is to replace Kevin Wale as president of GM China and chief country operations officer, China, India and ASEAN following the latter’s decision to retire at the end of October. Socia will take up the role ...
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Automotive sector can do better on innovation
When it comes to innovations in logistics, the automotive industry is good at confirming the merits of its own success, but it might do better to look beyond its own factories towards solutions from other industries, as there are signs it is losing ground in logistics developments as it continues ...
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FeatureTied to the green principle
Regulatory realities;The real cost of regulations;Strategies for reducing emissions and cost;How to measure emissions;Future trends.Andrew Williams reports on how LSPs are attempting to reduce emissions and costs in response to environmental concerns and changing regulationsIn recent years, automotive logistics companies have come under increasing pressure to improve the environmental performance ...
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FeatureAutomotive sector can do better on innovation
When it comes to innovations in logistics, the automotive industry is good at confirming the merits of its own success, but it might do better to look beyond its own factories towards solutions from other industries, as there are signs it is losing ground in logistics developments as it continues ...
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FeatureAutomotive sector can't rest on its laurels
When it comes to collaborating on innovations in logistics, the automotive industry is good at confirming the merits of its own success but, at the risk of seeming conceited, is less good at looking beyond the sector at solutions from other industries, something that is causing it ...