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All GM articles – Page 33
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ArticleUK subsidy for EVs and plug-ins to benefit supply chain
The announcement today by the UK government that it will offer initial incentives of up to £5,000 ($7,800) for consumers buying ultra-low carbon vehicles for around 15 months beginning in 2011 could work to bring forward the introduction and production of such vehicles and their components in the UK and ...
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ArticleSpace for rent
The automotive warehouse real estate market has taken a major hit, but it remains a dynamic sector where the requirements are becoming more and more specificA different game in AsiaThe shape of automotive warehousingInbound warehouses versus aftermarketFuture trends for warehousing locationsThe world’s automotive industry has had a torrid three years: ...
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ArticleIs sharing a box worth it?
Container pooling tackles some important hidden costs in the inbound supply chain. But are the opportunities offered by the approach being ignored as OEMs and suppliers struggle with larger problems?Pool playersA pool, not a puddleImpact of the crisisCurrent challenges but future opportunityTracking the boxesPackaging in the inbound automotive supply chain ...
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ArticleHow to cope without a crystal ball
General Motor’s head of logistics Susanna Webber talks to Christopher Ludwig about improving supplier relations and how a total enterprise cost approach could help the company understand how to react to future risk and changes in the global supply chainLooking back and learning from the painThe recession's silver liningBuilding a ...
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ArticleIn Profile: Joe Hinrichs
Joe Hinrichs' rise at Ford has been as quick as it has been impressive. Having worked a decade for General Motors, and several years at a manufacturing investment firm, he first came to the attention of Automotive Logistics in 2002, when he took over as Ford’s executive director for material ...
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ArticleSuppliers are healthier, but face capacity shortfalls
The outlook for tier suppliers in North America has improved significantly in 2010 with higher vehicle sales coming atop aggressive moves to cut costs. The recent “Automotive Supplier Barometer”, released in May by the Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA), a North American supplier group, reveals significant improvements in production capacity ...
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ArticleLogistics favoured Blue Springs plant
Toyota’s decision to recommence construction on its Blue Springs plant in the US state of Mississippi and shift Corolla production there from the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant in Fremont, California, which closed in March, is in part based on the better logistics the plant will offer. According ...
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Executives on the move
As part of the latest management shake up at General Motors that is seeing dozens of executives change roles in areas of product planning, vehicle engineering, purchasing and supply chain, Susanna Webber is moving from her position as executive director for global logistics to become GM Europe’s vice president for ...
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Logistics now central to decisions at GM
General Motors has introduced a supply chain management initiative in which logistics will play a more integral role in product lifecycle planning. Called ‘Total Enterprise Cost’, it is intended to improve how the carmaker calculates project and material sourcing costs and will go further than the ‘total landed cost’ sourcing ...
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Ryder wins Delphi award amid growing business strength
Delphi, the US-based tier one supplier, has given Ryder System a 2010 Above & Beyond Award for services in supply chain management and logistics. The award, established in 2007 and presented annually, recognises Delphi suppliers for special service events that went beyond contractual obligations during the 2009 calendar year. Ryder ...
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ArticleTransnet strike threatens South African carmakers
As the strike action affecting Transnet’s South African logistics network heads toward the end of its second week with no resolution in sight, there are increasing concerns amongst the country’s carmakers that production and logistics will be badly affected. The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) and the ...
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ArticleGM will ship Camaro to Korea
General Motors is importing the Chevrolet Camaro from Canada to South Korea in 2011 through its subsidiary in the country, GM Daewoo Auto & Technology. GM Daewoo will initially launch the Chevrolet Camaro sports coupe in the country in 2.0-litre and 3.6-litre versions, said GM Daewoo CEO Mike Arcamone at ...
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ArticleLSPs sorry to see GM’s Bo go
General Motors’ former Group Vice President for Global Purchasing and Supply Chain, Bo Andersson, who resigned in a surprise move last Friday to become Chairman of Russian carmaker GAZ, leaves behind a legacy of aggressive monitoring and cost cutting throughout the supply chain at GM.