All Inbound articles – Page 39
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FeatureHonda brings things in-house to cut costs
In the US, Honda Motor is taking measures to reduce logistics costs at its Lincoln, Alabama plant by bringing parts assembly work in-house. In the next few weeks the facility will start a blanking line to cut pieces of steel and aluminium to feed the plant's two vehicle stamping lines, ...
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FeatureNissan chooses NYK for inbound supply
NYK Logistics has been awarded a new two-year contract by Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) for inbound logistics services to its plant in Sunderland to support production of the Micra, Note and Qashqai. The contract was previously held by Ryder. NYK will deliver nearly 800 different parts to the plant, from ...
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FeatureMiracle cure for Ford in Michigan
As part of a major $550m retooling of its Wayne plant in Michigan, Ford has signed a contract worth more than $7m with Chinese machinery manufacturer Jiangsu Miracle Logistics System Engineering. It is not only the first Ford order for Miracle Logistics but the first one that the company has ...
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FeatureCeva builds support for BMW in Australia
Ceva Logistics has signed a new contract with BMW for the management of warehouse operations in Australia. Ceva will now manage the receipt, storage, inventory and dispatch of service parts to 20 BMW car dealerships in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and West Australia, a process previously handled in house by ...
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FeatureShare and share alike
Two of Germany’s largest automotive component suppliers have signed a global purchasing agreement that will create a stronger supplier network with improvements to the logistics provision of indirect materials. The companies project cost benefits of €400m ($528m). As well as exchanging technological expertise, the companies will establish value-added supply chains ...
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FeatureVW plant pushes rail growth in India
Volkswagen has opened its new €580m plant in Pune, India to support its expanding dealership network in the country and intends to support the expansion with a rail logistics model based on its European network. The plant, which will eventually have an annual production capacity of 110,000 vehicles destined for ...
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FeatureCeva renews contract with Fiat Powertrain
Ceva Logistics is remaining assertive despite a continued reduction in freight flows that have hit automotive-related sectors in the first three months of 2009. It announced a contract renewal with Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) as well as a new contract with Wabco in the commercial vehicle market this week. Reductions ...
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FeatureDHL tests OEMs on collaboration
DHL Exel Supply Chain is integrating the various parts of its UK and EU collection services into one inbound freight network, which the company says will test OEMs' commitment to collaboration. Talking at last week’s International Automotive Conference, held in Durham in the UK, DHL’s Managing Director for Automotive in ...
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FeaturePayment scheme leads to supply problems at AvtoVAZ
Russia’s largest carmaker AvtoVAZ stopped production at its huge Togliatti plant last Thursday, just three days after restarting the assembly line following a month-long extension to its winter break shutdown. The stoppage was blamed on a component supply problem. "The conveyor was stopped on Thursday for an indeterminate amount of ...
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FeatureFord gets comprehensive support at Avon Lake
Comprehensive Logistics Inc. (CLI) has launched a new operation at Ford’s Avon Lake assembly plant in Ohio, US. Avon Lake makes the Ford E-Series of commercial and recreational vans. The 3PL will handle inbound receiving, sequencing, bulk and racked warehousing and small lot materials management, as well as kitting/subassembly and ...
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FeatureDHL rolls out shared-user system to suppliers in the UK
DHL Exel Supply Chain has launched a shared-user warehousing and logistics solution for inbound automotive component suppliers in the UK. It enables Tier One and Two suppliers to cut costs by sharing facilities and IT systems, as well as providing transactional-based pricing models which lessen commercial risk as volume or ...