Denis Molle adds IT leadership role at Alpine Cars to his duties at Renault
Denis Molle has taken over as head of IT at Alpine Cars, the sportscar division of Renault Group, while retaining his position as head of IT engineering at the parent company
Highlights from ALSC Europe day one
Delegates at ALSC Europe 2024 heard how to better scale and leverage relationships across the automotive supply chain to be more competitive
Red Sofa Interview: Why Toyota Motor Europe isn’t looking for flexibility
”I don’t think we’re after flexibility. Flexibility means last minute change, shifting from one model to another one…”
Red Sofa Interview: BMW’s Dr Michael Nikolaides on cross-functional decisions in the supply chain
Nikolaides discusses cross-functional decision making in logistics, and the balance between bringing costs down but keeping resiliency high.
Red Sofa Interview: Jean-Marc Carlicchi on Renault’s next step in digitalisation
The OEM is five years into its digitalisation journey, and is now on track to use more predictive technologies.
Red Sofa Interview: JLR’s Levent Yuksel on scaling green logistics solutions
Levent Yuksel gave a keynote speech at ALSC Europe 2024, and led an interactive breakout workshop with the industry’s biggest and brightest experts.
Red Sofa Interview: Empowering excellence for women in the supply chain
At ALSC Europe 2024 in Bonn, Automotive Logistics held the first Women in Supply Chain panel and networking session, to help support women and raise their voices in the industry.
APM Terminals appoints Yera and Burmúdez to port leadership roles
Beatriz Yera (left) will become managing director for APM Terminals in Mexico replacing Marliz Burmúdez who is moving to become head of investments for the Americas region
Automotive Logistics and Supply Chain Europe: Recap blog
Follow our recap blog below to get the most important insights from Automotive Logistics & Supply Chain Europe 2024
Automotive Logistics marks International Women’s Day
Automotive Logistics celebrates International Women’s Day.
More diversity for a stronger supply chain
The automotive industry’s journey to electric vehicles emphasises diversity as key to technological advancement and market leadership.
JLR’s strategic shift towards a carbon-free future
Yuksel’s commitment reflects in practical targets for inbound and outbound logistics, focusing on electrification, bio-fuels and a pragmatic approach to sustainability
Steve Gawronski joins Harbinger as it prepares to ramp up output
Gawronski will oversee procurement, logistics and material planning as Harbinger prepares to scale production of a medium-duty commercial vehicle
Stellantis plans to take more control of outbound logistics
Following recent supply chain crises since Covid, Stellantis’ outbound capacity took “far longer” to return to normal levels.
Maxime Picat, Stellantis talks strategy and influencing supply chain and manufacturing design
The chief purchasing and supply chain officer reveals how Stellantis will improve supplier relations, plan the battery supply chain, localise where it makes sense, and invest in logistics.
Infineon’s Birgit Fuchs: Standardisation, diversity and collaboration will be key for digital supply chain
Automotive logistics firms are increasingly looking towards digital technologies not only to firefight problems, but to predict and prevent them while improving long-term capacity planning and operations.
GM appoints ex-Tesla executive to new vice-president of batteries role
GM has appointed Kurt Kelty, a battery expert and former Tesla and Sila executive, to its newly created role of vice-president of batteries
Anders Lund Kristensen takes up CCO role at Copenhagen Malmö Port
Anders Lund Kristensen will take over as chief commercial officer at Copenhagen Malmö Port at the beginning of March, replacing Sune Norup Christensen
Jens Bjørn Andersen steps down as CEO at DSV amid raft of executive changes
DSV has announced executive changes across the board at a group and division level, including the appointment of Jens Lund as its new CEO
Red Sofa Interview: Navistar to use VW Group and Traton cross-docking in North America and Mexico
Haley Wilson, logistics director at Navistar, is working with Volkswagen Group in North America and the wider Traton Group to enhance best practices, share processes and consolidation such as cross-docking, which will improve logistics while Navistar ramps up its EV production.
