According to speakers at the Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain North America Live conference there was a silver lining to the disruption inflicted on the automotive industry by the coronavirus pandemic: it allowed companies to look at things afresh and identify where existing problems in the outbound supply chain lay hidden by day-to-day activity.
Howard Chang, senior manager of North American vehicle logistics and port operations, at Porsche Cars North America, said that the carmaker’s volumes were healthy and distribution was running on automatic. However, the Covid-19 situation showed up certain areas in which disciplines needed to be addressed.
“It showed us where we could do better in certain areas,” said Chang. “Even though Covid was horrible and I hope we never go through it again, we are definitely stronger, leaner and more efficient now because of what we had to go through. Dealers appreciate us as an OEM that is flexible and doing what we can to help them, and keep them afloat.”
One of the ways Porsche has worked to become more efficient is that the carmaker has started working with ICL Systems on new system to gather, collate and standardise carrier data, and use it to inform better distribution planning.
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