OEMs – Page 22
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Bringing production lessons to Nissan’s vehicle logistics with JS Bolton
Nissan North America’s head of vehicle logistics talks about the need for flexibility and strong teams in logistics.
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Maximising potential – women in automotive supply chain and logistics
Female leaders in the automotive and logistics industry share insight on how women can advance in the sector, from front-line operations through to senior leadership.
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Setting new standards for sustainable automotive packaging
Packaging experts from GM, Magna and Orbis discuss implementing new guidelines for packaging and strategies to improve recycling and circularity in packaging materials.
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Sustainable energy, diversifying for resilience, scaling EV and battery: ALSC Global in review
There are connections (and contradictions) in the push for resiliency and sustainability dicsussed by the US government and automotive industry alike.
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Investing wisely in the supply chain’s digital opportunities
Nissan, Johnson Electric, RPM and Cargobase discuss IT and digital investment priorities for automotive logistics.
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Collaborating from the start to design automotive logistics networks and processes
Logistics executives from Toyota North America, Benteler, Carter Logistics and Agillence explore the strategic considerations for logistics from early in product development cycles.
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Mitigating risk across global automotive supply chains
Reducing risk and disruption in global logistics is now the daily business of major OEMs like Stellantis and Agco, with a focus on improving control in the upstream supply chain.
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Never waste a good crisis – opportunities to improve supply chain resiliency
Greater supply chain control and visibility, along with prioritising resiliency and communication are among the key lessons from top leaders in automotive logistics.
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Improving tier-N supply chain visibility, capacity planning and partnership at General Motors
GM’s David Leich explains how the carmaker has been increasing its visibility, communication and planning across the upstream supply chain.
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Signing off from ALSC Global with a focus on visibility and resilience – and new ways of working
Christopher Ludwig recaps the industry’s commitment to improving tier-N visibility and coordination, the value in investing in flexible logistics and in building new relationships.
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US reassures Korea over Inflation Reduction Act tensions
Vice President Kamala Harris has reassured Korean leaders that battery supply chains will not be punitively affected by tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act.
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GM tackles costly supply chain disruption
Global supply chain and logistics experts from GM used last week’s ALSC Global conference in Detroit to outline the contingencies they were taking to tackle disruption to the inbound supply of parts
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Hellmann expands contract logistics services for Claas
Agricultural machinery maker Claas has signed a deal with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics for the management of its new inbound parts centre in Germany
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BMW targets a more sustainable sourcing of key components
BMW is increasing the amount of recycled materials its uses in parts production while at the same time reducing the carbon emissions from the production process of those materials
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The logistics of resiliency for General Motors
GM’s global logistics chief Edgard Pezzo explains how the OEM has invested in visibility, capacity and collaboration to protect its supply chain and production.
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Volvo Cars strengthens global logistics and packaging with senior talent
Volvo Cars has appointed Anders Zobbe as s global head of inbound logistics engineering while Richard Campbell moves to the newly created role of global head of packaging
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Joe Hinrichs takes over as head of CSX
Ford veteran Joe Hinrichs will take over as president and CEO of North American Class 1 rail provider CSX later this month, replacing James Foote who is retiring
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Livestream: Covid’s capacity shortfall legacy
Nick Thompson, head of vehicle logistics for the North America region at Stellantis, and Bill Kerrigan, RPM’s chief business development officer, dicuss post-pandemic challenges to vehicle distribution
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US climate act disqualifies most of current EV line-up, say industry groups
The US Inflation Reduction Act includes a range of incentives for localised EV and battery production but carmakers say stringent rules for eligibility are misaligned with current capacity
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Kia teams up with DB’s Encore on battery storage
Kia is working with Deutsche Bahn’s energy storage start-up Encore on the resue of EV batteries previously used in electric vehicles for new energy storage systems, with transport provided by DB’s logistics divisions