The automotive industry is investing to decarbonise the vehicles it makes as well as individual links in the supply chain used to deliver the parts and finished vehicles. However, without better logistics planning there will still be a lot of waste and the industry needs to join up its thinking, said Martin Corner, head of supply chain at Volvo Cars, on a recent panel discussion about shipping in the automotive industry.
The automotive industry is being squeezed from the outside by regulations to reduce its emissions, and like an increasing number of automakers, Volvo is making sustainability a key part of its RFQ process. However, Corner also said that the solution for making logistics more sustainable does not necessarily lie in the technology solutions, because scaling up the investment in the technology is costly and may impact the cost of the final product.
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