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    Editor's note: Renault Nissan's centralised logistics

    2013-07-01T18:53:12Z

    A theme of ‘centralisation’ runs through both our features this summer. Along with the Toyota feature on integrating North American inbound logistics in Automotive Logistics, the latest issue of Finisehd Vehicle Logistics features executives from Renault Nissan, including vice-president of Alliance Logistics Europe Colin MacDonald, discussing the impacts of having a ...

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    Russia's industry branches out

    2013-07-01T15:47:57Z

    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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    On the logistics launch pad

    2013-07-01T09:32:06Z

    While a lot is written about inbound and aftermarket logistics, relatively little attention is paid to the services provided for vehicle launches, which involve some of the most complex logistics solutions. These can aslo be very expensive, especially since it is common to fly prototypes around to different plants and ...

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    Clear advantages for Russia localisation

    2013-06-26T00:00:00Z

    Localisation of the automotive supply chain in Russia is critical to being a major player in the market according to speakers at this week’s Automotive Logistics Russia conference in Moscow. Speakers from General Motors and Russia’s Gaz Group said such localisation would be necessary not just because of the ...

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    Global round up: Ford in Top 25; Vladivostock traffic; Yusen expands in Chicago; Gefco prestige service;

    2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Ford makes Gartner Supply Chain Top 25Ford has made it into the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 ranking for the first time, reaching number 22 this year, up from 26 last year and number 51 in 2011. It is the only carmaker in the top 25 and has been ...

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    Global round up: Bochum PDC to stay open; Greenbrier railcar; Daimler uses PINC, Malaysia cuts duties, Ford Awards

    2013-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Opel Bochum PDC will remain open beyond plant closureGM’s Opel division has confirmed its spare parts distribution facility next to the Bochum assembly plant in Germany will remain open after the plant closes next year to fulfill contract obligations with Neovia Logistics Services. Neovia, previously Caterpillar Logistics Services, works ...

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    Global round up: UECC starts to Broekman; DHL delivers for Faurecia; Nissan buys trailers from Korea; LeanCor in China education;

    2013-04-24T00:00:00Z

    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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    Chinese logistics needs to enter a new phase

    2013-04-17T00:00:00Z

    With logistics costs in China now at an historic high, and posing a major challenge to the country’s expanding automotive industry, the government and private industry are now stressing the country’s need to shift to a more ‘sustainable growth’, it was revealed this week at the Automotive Logistics China ...

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    VW growing plants with strong routes in North America

    2013-04-01T17:02:36Z

    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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    Chain reactions getting harder to manage

    2013-04-01T16:47:44Z

    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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    EU-US free trade deal aims to harmonise standards

    2013-04-01T15:09:24Z

    After several years of discussion, the European Union and the United States plan to begin negotiations at the beginning of this summer on setting up a free-trade agreement (FTA). Trade between the two economies is worth €455 billion ($613 billion) a year and the EU estimates that the deal would ...

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    Nexteer steering a straight course

    2013-04-01T14:43:36Z

    An insight into steering supplier Nexteer’s drive for control and visibility over a supply chain is becoming more global and complex.For a medium-sized tier supplier, Nexteer Automotive has an impressive global footprint and pedigree. The company is headquartered in Saginaw, Michigan, but owned by a Chinese consortium of state-owned entities, ...

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    Editor's Note: VW North America and Fiat Latin America

    2013-04-01T12:12:20Z

    This issue features our first ‘double bill’ cover, with interviews across Volkswagen in North America (p16), and Fiat in Latin America (p26). Each of these stories, carved into their smaller halves, warrants its own cover.Volkswagen's return to US production is historic, while its Mexican growth – even before adding a ...

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    Upgrading Brazil to World Class

    2013-04-01T10:27:01Z

    Fiat's volume and growth in Latin America;Logistics operations;The Pernambuco plant;Outbound Logistics.Alfredo Leggero, manufacturing director of Fiat-Chrysler Latin America, gives an insider’s view of Fiat’s complex Latin American logistics operationsAlfredo Leggero is responsible for the manufacturing, supply chain and logistics operations for Fiat in Latin America, which this year could surpass ...

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    Carmakers look at supply chain barriers

    2013-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Reducing barriers in the supply chain could provide gains of between 5-6% greater than those gained by removing tariffs, equal to a GDP boost of $2 trillion, with direct benefits for the automotive industry. Speaking at last week’s Automotive Logistics Europe conference in Germany, Sean Doherty, director of ...

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    Global round up: Gefco wins Ford business in SA; Yusen sequences for JLR supplier; Sunderland warehouse close to Nissan; UPS increase in LCL

    2013-02-13T00:00:00Z

    Gefco supports PSA and Ford in South AfricaFollowing Gefco’s opening of a subsidiary in South Africa last year the logistics provider has announced that it has a new contract with Ford to export 30 containers of parts from the carmaker’s Struandale plant there to its Pacheco assembly plant in ...

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    Logistics providers get the better of Nemo storm

    2013-02-13T00:00:00Z

    The blizzard that hit the northeast of the US last Friday, bringing heavy snowfall and high winds, caused widespread disruption for people and businesses, cutting off power, closing highways and cancelling almost 5,000 flights. However, logistics and transport providers have reported minimal disruption thanks to the deployment of well-established ...

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    Executives on the move: Diego Pistone; Luc Billiet; Markus Schaefer; Jason Hoff; Jeffery Bullard; Srecko Mühling; Peter Lowet; Jim Steer

    2013-02-06T00:00:00Z

    Diego Pistone has left his position head of Fiat Chrysler’s Parts and Service division for the Europe Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) to take up a new role as CEO of Fiat Services and Holdings, the adminstrative arm of the Fiat Group. He has been replaced by Luc ...

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    Global round up: Turkey exports to Israel; Volvo Truck jv with Dongfeng; German 'mastery' of logistics; Acumen buys Mercedes; Mahindra wins awards

    2013-01-30T00:00:00Z

    Turkey boosts vehicle exports to IsraelIn 2012, Turkey exported 18,000 units to Israel in spite of the two countries experiencing less than cordial relations. The traffic is expected to continue to rise both this year and well into 2014 as manufacturers in Turkey begin assembly of new models.In the ...

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    Supply chain barriers matter more than trade tariffs

    2013-01-23T00:08:00Z

    A report published this week reveals that the reduction of certain supply chain and logistics barriers could have the potential to increase GDP and world trade significantly more than would eliminating all import tariffs on their own.The report, ‘Enabling Trade: Valuing Growth Opportunities’, suggests that governments, together with manufacturing ...