In Depth – Page 78
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FeatureLooking down the rail lines
India’s rail policy designs; North American investment;European delays.India is enticing private investment in its railways while the US is looking to improve cycle time. Meanwhile Europe’s rail surplus allows little room for design development.Rail’s share of the automotive outbound market fluctuates wildly between continents. In North America, railways haul ...
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FeatureBrazil's search for savings and investment
As Brazil grapples with an uncertain economy and government-supported vehicle sales, logistics providers and automotive manufacturers are facing cost and infrastructure pressures that must be overcomeBrazil’s automotive market has remained relatively buoyant despite the snag in its economy. However, as costs rise faster than growth in many parts of the ...
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FeatureSpending may stave off the cold in Russia
Rising Russian output;Port developments;Rail restrictions;Road distribution.Regardless of unpredictability in vehicle sales, Russia needs more investment for vehicle logistics.Russia’s automotive growth in recent years, coupled with government incentives for local production, led many OEMs to set up shop in the country. More domestic production has rebalanced the Russian finished vehicle logistics ...
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FeatureRussia's industry branches out
The shift of manufacturing away from Moscow and into central and eastern regions of Russia and Central Asia has given rise to new and familiar challenges for the country's inbound and outbound logistics service providersAn increase in Russian vehicle production, particularly in central parts of the country, has led manufacturers ...
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FeatureCrossdocking: the art of movement
Viewed as a production function rather than a warehouse, well managed crossdocks can be a profitable marketing tool. However, poor use can stunt growth and drain profitsIN THIS STORY... Sharing across industriesBest practices in crossdock managementManufacturing philosophy for logisticsCrossdocks have become critical to lean logistics and just-in-sequence flows for ...
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FeatureBrazilian ports law risks ignoring auto terminals
A revision to a recent law governing new terminal investment in Brazil’s ports is causing concern among ro-ro operators who are worried that concessions will be awarded to bulk commodities and containers at the expense of vehicles.Last December, the Brazilian government announced a R$58 billion ($26 billion) incentive programme to ...
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FeatureWELCOME TO OUR NEW WEBSITE
It brings together in one place all the content from our print magazines, our worldwide conferences, our e-news service, our video interviews and webinars, and our directory of logistics providers. It displays our Twitter feed and provides connections to our Linked-in groups.Its overall objective is to provide you with intelligence, ...
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FeatureImport and export systems - fishing for downstream efficiency
Uneven outbound chain;Managing over greater distances; Building vehicle destinations into production planning. The links jump to sections of the article Uneven dwell time affects port processors, shipping lines and OEMs alike but is build-for-distribution a wish too far? Even seasoned automotive logistics veterans are impressed at the scale of ...
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FeatureIndia ports – shaping up to ship out
India must add services and new port infrastructure to keep up with growing exportsKeeping up with exportsOEM port preferencesNYK: how to improve Indian ports Chennai holds strong Making the perfect portAlthough the Indian market has seen domestic sales decline this year, growth has remained stronger for passenger vehicle exports. In ...
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FeatureRenault Nissan more than the sum of its parts
Step changes in integration;Management and organisation;Combining in the UK;Network map;Russia as an Alliance template;Europe in decline; Finding opportunities.use the links to jump to different sections Four years after Renault Nissan created Alliance Logistics Europe to combine the logistics management and operations of the two brands, the group is making major ...
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FeatureExecutives on the move: Arild Iversen, Chris Connor, Robert Johnson,Hubertus Troska,
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has a new president and CEO following the departure of Arild Iversen, who is moving on to a new role as consultant to WWL and its parent companies Wilhelmsen Lines and Wilhelmsen ASA. Chris Conner, who was most recently deputy CEO and chief commercial officer, took ...
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FeatureKrathwohl leaves GM amid reshuffle
Christine Krathwohl has left her role as the executive director for global logistics and supplier diversity at General Motors as the company made changes to its senior executive staff. Edgard Pezzo, who was previously GM South America’s vice-president of global purchasing and supply chain, has already taken over as ...
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FeatureGlobal round up: UECC starts to Broekman; DHL delivers for Faurecia; Nissan buys trailers from Korea; LeanCor in China education;
UECC delivers vehicles to Broekman terminal in Rotterdam United European Car Carriers (UECC) has started a regular weekly service for vehicle shipments between the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the northern Spanish ports of Pasajes and Santander. The service is also handling high and heavy, breakbulk and ...
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FeatureAlliance consolidates in port of Tyne
The Renault Nissan Alliance has now made the port of Tyne in the Northeast of England its common entry point for vehicle imports to the UK, including Nissan, Infiniti and Dacia models. The carmaker has been using the port since 1995, whereas Renault had been using the nearby port ...
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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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FeatureVW growing plants with strong routes in North America
In this story... Growth and cost control;Chattanooga supply chain;The role of 3PLs;Expansion at Puebla US and Mexico links;NLK in Mexico;Evolving North AmericaThe heads of logistics for Volkswagen at its operations in the United States, Fabio Freccia, and in Mexico, Roman Müller, talk about how logistics and supply chain management are ...
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FeatureDaimler's new take on some old vehicle logistics challenges
In a sector often maligned for failing to innovate, two companies in Europe, Daimler and logistics provider Vega, are searching for new and improved ways of doing finished vehicle logistics.In Europe, given the need to reduce costs while responding to structural changes in the market and vehicle flows, Daimler and ...
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FeatureChain reactions getting harder to manage
Supply chain functions are evolving to encompass greater integration, new technologies and more sophisticated strategies. Automotive supply chains are always getting harder to manage. Unpredictable economic conditions and the growth of new markets make demand more difficult to predict. The 2008 recession, on top of decades of lean evolution, stripped ...
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FeatureEuropean ports survey 2012
The world’s most active vehicle-trading sea network. While European ports saw declines in imports within a tough market, volumes were surprisingly resilient in some areas, driven by exports, developing regions and changing OEM strategies. In this story...A mixed marketGrowth in Northern EuropeBenelux DevelopmentBritish flows/ The suffering southNew marketsMore choice ...
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FeatureArgol Villanova merges to conquer
An analysis of the recently merged group plans to export European quality to all of its emerging logistics markets.Given the perilous state of the Italian economy and its automotive industry, you might assume an Italian-based logistics company rooted in services to the Fiat Group, and which owns a portfolio of ...