All Digitalisation articles – Page 9
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VideoWatch: Charging up battery logistics at Volkswagen
Volkswagen Group is building its own gigafactories in Europe, and Matthias Braun is helping to define the logistics. Hear how the OEM and logistics providers like Maersk and Orbis are redefining standards and processes.
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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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Carmakers call for transparency in chip supply
The automotive industry in Europe is currently plagued by a shortage of semiconductors at a time when supply out of Asia is compromised. Speakers at ALSC Europe said localisation and transparency are needed
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Speed and standards are key to the automotive future
Top executives at Audi and Volvo used last week’s ALSC Europe conference to discuss how logistics planning was now a faster-paced business in need of greater standardisation.
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Renault takes a rational approach to logistics network redesign
At ALSC Europe Renault Group’s Jean-François Salles, global vice-president of supply chain, outlined the current pressures facing the auto industry and the innovative supply chain strategy the company was taking to emerge stronger
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BLG upbeat on performance despite automotive losses
BLG Logistics reports losses in its Automobile division because of continued problems in the automotive industry but earnings are positive and BLG is investing in sustainability and IT
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Delivering emissions cuts in the face of disruption
Logistics providers including DSV, Inform, Kuehne+Nagel and Maersk are making sustainability a side-effect of supply chain optimisation
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Wolfspeed opens Mohawk Valley semiconductor fab in US
Carmakers in North America, including GM and Lucid Motors, stand to benefit from the opening this week of Wolfspeed’s new silicon carbide fab in New York state
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Ford looks for more sustainability through Catena-X and RSCI initiatives
Ford is looking to improve the sustainablity of its supply chain and drive in more efficiency in dealing with disruption in its membership of both Catena-X Automotive network and he Responsible Supply Chain Initiative
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Bosch invests in capacity to tackle semiconductor shortage
Tier one supplier Bosch is investing in semiconductor manufacturing to help make up the shortfall in supply to the automotive industry
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BMW Brilliance extends Dadong plant and integrates logistics
BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) has completed the extension of its Dadong plant in Shenyang, taking its footprint to 91 hectares. The upgraded facility now includes an integrated logistics and assembly hall with two production lines as well as greater rail access for more sustainable logistics
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A carbon-neutral network for Volvo
Volvo Cars is making good on its commitments at COP26 to cut carbon from its supply chain operations as well as the vehicles it is making, including through an internal pricing mechanism
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen invests in blockchain provider Vinturas
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has invested in Vinturas, which provides blockchain-enabled digital network tools to enhance visibility and security in the finished vehicle supply chain
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No more rough estimates
Toyota’s Project ETA is designed to trace the movement of finished vehicles in North America. Kevin Austin leads the project and explains how it will work
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Optimising capacity with accurate ETAs
Managing vehicle inventory requires close coordination between OEMs and multiple LSPs to prevent overcapacity. ICL says advanced ETAs can improve the process and better optimise capacity
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AL FVL Spring 2022 Digital Edition - Sailing towards a more sustainable supply chain
The spring digital edition of Automotive Logistics and Finished Vehicle Logistics magazine is out now. It features interviews with Toyota and Volvo, as well as an overview of activity at the European vehicle handling ports
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RPM survey takes the temperature of vehicle logistics sector
A new survey from finished vehicle and freight transport RPM, and Automotive Logistics, aims to provide an accurate view what is currently happening in the finished vehicle sector and how the sector is responding
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Carrypicker startup bets on artificial intelligence
An artificial intelligence system from the Hamburg-based startup Carrypicker is creating climate-friendlier logistics with smart scheduling of partial loads and routes. No dispatcher could ever match its performance.
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Kuehne + Nagel improves road freight visibility with Chorus
Kuehne + Nagel is enhancing its eTrucknow digital freight-tracking service in a new partnership with tech entrepreneurs X – The Moonshot Factory and the Chorus project
