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NewsVW begins shipping finished vehicles from Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico to California
Volkswagen and Audi have begun shipping Mexican-made cars headed for the US, from the port of Lázaro Cárdenas to California.
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ArticleWatch: Delivering innovation at Volkswagen and Toyota’s service parts logistics
As service parts demand in the US recovers, OEMs like Volkswagen Group and Toyota are carefully monitoring shortages in parts supply and inventory, while accelerating new delivery channels, including ecommerce sales and direct customer deliveries. VW’s Anu Goel and Toyota’s Mike Schober share their views during Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Live.
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NewsVW to use sustainable electricity for all shipments by rail in Germany
Volkswagen Group aims to switch all of the material, parts and vehicles it moves in Germany with state-run rail provider Deutsche Bahn to ‘green electricity’ by 2021 and also wants to increase the number of vehicles it moves by rail in Germany to 60% by 2022, an 8% increase on the number currently moved
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ArticleThe medium is the message
Over the last two years leading players in the European automotive industry have been collaborating on a standard for digital messaging that covers outbound logistics processes from the factory to the dealership. The project has involved almost 30 other organisations, including carmakers, logistics providers, software companies, shortsea car carrier lines and terminal operators
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ArticleAL FVL Summer 2020
Collaboration between the automotive, logistics and the tech sectors is growing by the day, with the coronavirus crisis accelerating digitalisation across the supply chain. Our latest digital edition explores systems standards and tech innovations, including new communication protocols for vehicle logistics in Europe, and a range of new supply chain technology at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, Audi México, VW Zwickau, Seat Martorell and Renault F-1.
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NewsVW will stay with Amports at Jaxport
Volkswagen has extended its vehicle handling contract with the US east coast port of Jacksonville (Jaxport) for three years and will continue to work with terminal operator Amports…
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NewsAudi using drone to locate vehicles at Neckarsulm
In the latest example of Industry 4.0 technology being used across the VW Group for logistics applications, Audi is conducting a drone pilot project to more efficiently locate vehicles for dispatch at its Neckarsulm assembly plant in Germany…
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NewsVolkswagen opens vehicle terminal at Baltimore with Tradepoint Atlantic
Volkswagen Group of America has started processing vehicles through its new terminal at the US port of Baltimore, which is being operated by Tradepoint Atlantic on a 20-year lease…
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NewsAudi introduces smart logistics with Supermarket 2.0 system
Audi has introduced a logistics system in which automated guided vehicles (AGVs) move containers of parts in sequence to manned pick stations on the assembly line…
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NewsBad news for VW and Audi as Puebla rules out restart
Ongoing health and safety concerns related to Covid-19 mean the planned restart for VW and Audi production in the Mexican state of Puebla have been delayed further, despite previous assurances they could restart under strict conditions on June 15
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NewsAudi confirms it will restart operations in Puebla on June 15
German carmaker Audi will return to making the Q5 SUV in Puebla next week following the Mexican state’s move to open up manufacturing under strict health and safety protocols. It follows more than two months of shutdown because of disruptions to the supply chain caused by the coronavirus
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NewsVW gets the green light to reopen in Puebla on June 15
Olivia Salomón, economic secretary of the Mexican state of Puebla, has just announced that German carmaker Volkswagen can reopen its plant there from June 15. However, it can only use 30% of its workforce in staggered shifts…
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NewsCFR Rinkens launches first China-Germany blocktrain for Dongfeng
Freight forwarder CFR Rinkens has made its first westbound rail shipment of containerised vehicles between China and Germany..
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NewsVW Chattanooga to restart this week as Mexico revs up auto industry
After nearly two months of inactivity because of the coronavirus crisis, Volkswagen’s US assembly plant in Chattanooga will resume operations this week. Dr Susanne Lehmann, senior director of production North America, Volkswagen, revealed the plans during the latest Livestream – Mexico Automotive Supply Chain in Focus.
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NewsThiemo Rusch takes on senior retail and dealer role at Audi
Thiemo Rusch will take over as senior vice-president of sales operations at Audi of America from July 1 this year. Rusch will be responsible for retail operations and dealer network development in the US…
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NewsGermany allows car dealerships to reopen as assembly restarts
German car dealerships have been given the go-ahead to reopen by the federal government as carmakers across the country restart production. The actual timing for reopening of the dealerships will be determined by individual states…
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NewsProduction could resume at end of April, says Seat
Spanish carmaker Seat could restart operations at its Martorell and Componentes plants near Barcelona by the end of April, in view of the latest government announcements and the negotiations the carmaker has had with its union representatives…
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NewsAudi exploring paperless possibilities with smart logistics
Logistics workers at Audi car assembly plant in Győr, Hungary are trialling digital shelf labelling…
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NewsGerman domestic car market expands, but exports and output fall
Registrations for new passenger cars in Germany last year grew by 5% year-on-year to 3.607m vehicles…
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NewsExoskeletons to support lineside employees at Audi
German carmaker Audi is trialling two types of exoskeletons to see if they can lessen the load for production workers…
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