All Integrated LSPs articles – Page 30
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Redrawing the line side
Carmakers are looking carefully at ways to simplify inbound logistics to assembly lines, including kitting operations and, in some cases, insourcing.After a number of recent visits to automotive plants I have noticed changes to the ways that carmakers are thinking about final deliveries to the assembly line. Manufacturers as diverse ...
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FeatureTNT expands management team
As part of its reorganisation of domestic and international logistics management for later this year, TNT Express has announced a new top leadership team, which includes a number of former DHL executives. CEO Tex Gunning and CFO Bernard Bot will be joined by Marco van Kalleveen, who takes up the role ...
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FeatureTNT announces improved Q4 results and reorganisation
TNT Express has reported improvements to its business in the fourth quarter of last year, swinging back into profit for the quarter despite lower revenues. The company saw its profits fall for the full year 2013, but plans to accelerate its cost-cutting initiatives and reorganise its domestic and international logistics ...
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FeatureHorizon International appoints Tony Leach as SCM manager
Horizon International Cargo, an independent freight forwarder and logistics provider, has announced the appointment of Tony Leach (left) as manager of supply chain development. Leach will work alongside clients in Horizon’s automotive and component manufacturing sectors. He joined Horizon in December 2012 and has since been delivering new logistics products ...
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FeatureOutsourcing's thin grey line
The boundary between outsourced supply chain and in-house manufacturing is moving all the time. Where should carmakers draw the line?Once, perhaps, it was easy to see where logistics management and labour stopped and where manufacturing started at assembly plants. Parts were taken from the trucks at the loading dock of ...
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FeatureCon-way Truckload appoints Joe Dagnese as president
Joseph Dagnese (right) is replacing Saul Gonzalez as president of Con-way Truckload, the full truckload division of parent freight transport and logistics provider Con-way. Dagnese moves over from one of Con-way’s other divisions, Menlo Logistics, where he was most recently vice president – International. He will now be based in ...
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FeatureNYK not afraid to go local for logistics
NYK Auto Logistics is that rarest of things: a finished vehicle logistics provider with a strategy scope and asset base that stretches into many different countries, including difficult emerging markets. But can it combine its myriad services effectively? An NYK ro-ro terminal in ShanghaiWith the exception of ro-ro shipping, ...
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FeatureHonda renews UK contract with Yusen Logistics
Honda is renewing its contract with Yusen Logistics for inbound collection of material to its Swindon plant in the UK.Honda of the UK Manufacturing (HUM) appointed Yusen to handle inbound collections in 2011, supporting the production of the Honda Civic, CRV and Jazz at the Swindon plant. This followed an ...
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FeatureGefco moves Lorrain to head developments in new regional business
Pierre-Jean Lorrain has moved from his role as managing director of Gefco Italy to take up a newly created role at the transport and logistics provider as director of Central Europe, Balkans and the Middle East.The move comes as Gefco responds to economic and manufacturing developments in the region, not ...
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FeatureTNT Express reverses sale of Brazil domestic business
TNT Express has decided to end the bidding process for the sale of its domestic operations in Brazil – TNT Mercurio – stating that it was “not possible to realise a transaction on acceptable terms”. It will continue to be managed as a separate business unit within TNT Express.Back in ...
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FeatureWilhelm Automotive partners with hybrid repair group in Arizona
Wilhelm Automotive has announced its partnership with hybrid vehicle construction and repair group The Hybrid Shop (THS). The alliance will bring hybrid-electric vehicle diagnostics, repair and maintenance services to locations in Arizona. The independently owned Wilhelm Automotive, which specialises in car repair operations, will partner with THS to bring services ...
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FeatureChesnokov leaves RTL for Kintetsu World Express
Denis Chesnokov has moved from his position as sales and marketing director at Russian Transport Lines (RTL) to take up a new role in Business Development at Japanese freight forwarder and logistics provider, Kintetsu World Express (KWE).Chesnokov had been at RTL, which provides extensive services for container and finished vehicle ...
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FeatureFreese takes up role at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Jochen Freese has taken up a newly created position as chief commercial officer (CCO) at logistics provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. Freese will manage the business development and sales for the company, taking over some of the current duties of Hellmann’s managing partner Jost Hellman.“We are delighted to welcome Jochen into ...
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FeatureYusen expands at Duisport in Germany
Yusen Logistics is expanding its operations at the German inland port of Duisburg with the addition of 26,000 square metres across three facilities, in addition to its existing footprint of five warehouses. The additional capacity includes a 10,000-square-metre automotive crossdock that it said will enable consolidation and just-in-time delivery to ...
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Raising the Indian supply chain: Q&A with Sudam Maitra
Sudam Maitra (pictured) talks to Ramesh Kumar about using third party logistics providers and mapping the tier supply chainRamesh Kumar: You’re planning a new manufacturing facility in Gujarat. Will you entice suppliers to set up factory-side facilities?Sudam Maitra: It will be a mix-and-match. Today, we have a lot of suppliers ...
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FeatureSupply chain promises deferred, but not yet broken in India
This year’s Automotive Logistics India conference came at the end of a tough year for the domestic automotive market. But the downturn has not prevented manufacturers from striving and investing to improve speed and flexibility in their supply chains.Report by Christopher Ludwig and Zoë Apostolides in PuneIt was not supposed ...
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FeatureChina reports: an industry on the advance
In China’s complex automotive landscape, logistics is crucial, but OEMs and 3PLs still face a steep learning curve on which they can help each other.In this story... Push for quality logisticsSupply chain engineering 3PLs falling behindExport servicesWorking togetherChina’s vehicle sales and production growth has been explosive for much of the ...
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FeatureTrack and trace in India: monitoring progress
Collaboration in modern supply chains requires better visibility, but in India there are almost as many views on how to achieve this as there are vehicles in transit. Stories in this section:Glovis's 'control ’ logisticsFiat on control roomsIn this story...Value-adding visibilityCloud suspicionsWho will pay for tracking?Had the Japanese not invented ...
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FeatureTrack and trace in India: Turkish delight at Glovis
Cho Jae Hong, alias ‘Joe’, is thrilled. He has just suceeded in his mission of creating a 'central control room' (CCR) for Glovis India, Hyundai’s logistics subsidiary.The project, which was initially mooted three years ago, was completed in record time by the young assistant manager for sales and procurement at ...
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FeatureGaining power through diversity in ASEAN
Southeast Asian countries are intensifying their logistics networks to accommodate growth in sales and exports In this story...The Thai production hubMoving parts Finished vehicle exports Supply chain integrationMalaysian changes Countries on the riseAs automotive production rises in the Asia-Pacific region, Southeast Asia has emerged as a front-runner in assembly, export ...