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GM commits $4bn to US, moves assembly from Mexico and Canada

GM will invest $4bn to expand vehicle production in Michigan, Kansas and Tennessee, shifting models from Mexico and Canada in a move that highlights localisation, EV growth and trade policy anticipation.

Ilkhan Ozsevim

Red Sofa | John Godfrey at Pirelli Tire on incorporating next-gen digital management systems

Upgrades focusing on cost control, improved ROI and predictive capabilities are at the core of Pirelli Tire North America’s digitalisation strategy. John Godfrey takes to the Red Sofa to explan the supplier’s adoption of advanced data collection and management processes.

Nissan and Stellantis supplier Marelli files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US

Automotive parts maker Marelli, which is owned by private equity firm KKR, has filed for bankruptcy while negotiating with lenders about debt proceedings, but expects no disruption to services.

Charlie Blackie-Kelly

A shortage of rare earth magnets caused by limited Chinese exports has potential to disrupt global supply chains

Rare earth magnets are used throughout vehicle components, and their supply can be a key part of inbound planning. However, the global supply of the magnets has dwindled after China introduced stricter export restrictions in April, prompting concerns about a shortage.

Charlie Blackie-Kelly

Maruti Suzuki moves more than 500,000 outbound vehicles by rail in FY2024-2025

Maruti Suzuki has once again increased the annual volume of vehicles distributed by rail across India, equal to almost 25% of its total outbound volume across the financial year.

Tag: plant logistics

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GM commits $4bn to US, moves assembly from Mexico and Canada

Red Sofa | John Godfrey at Pirelli Tire on incorporating next-gen digital management systems

Nissan and Stellantis supplier Marelli files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US

A shortage of rare earth magnets caused by limited Chinese exports has potential to disrupt global supply chains

Maruti Suzuki moves more than 500,000 outbound vehicles by rail in FY2024-2025

Automotive Inbound Logistics Survey 2025

Seat’s logistics director Enric Brau wants to inspire boldness in digitalisation and electrification

BMW’s Debrecen plant accelerates EV production with just-in-sequence delivery and virtual assembly planning

Consolidation in the Toyota Automated Logistics Group as Bastian takes over viastore North America

Orbis moves into repurposed plant in Greenville to make reusuable totes and pallets for automotive customers

Audi’s supply chain in 2033 and beyond: Designed to combine logistics, automation and people

Audi’s supply chain organisation: Logistics and the 360factory strategy

BMW’s hydrogen strategy embraces a technology-agnostic approach to reshape automotive logistics

Dieter Braun on how Audi is turning supply chain motion into progress

Carmakers working with robot suppliers to test flexible humanoids for lineside logistics operations

How smarter packaging design is becoming a competitive advantage in autonomous automotive logistics

Why regionalisation, digital innovation and sustainability are the key to BMW San Luis Potosí’s resilient supply chain

Barbara Bergmeier steps down as executive director of industrial operations at JLR, replaced by Nigel Blenkinsop

Hyundai boosts factory automation through partnership with tech provider Nvidia

Kjell Gruner takes over as head of VW Group of America; Henning Habicht to lead operations at Chattanooga

Audi and FAW start production of Q6L e-tron in Changchun supported by sustainable automated logistics and production

Mercedes-Benz Trucks delivers first eActros 600 units to transport customers and announces upgrades to Wörth plant charging infrastructure

Red Sofa interview | John Torres on how Mercedes-Benz uses data quality to drive AI-powered efficiency

Red Sofa interview | BMW’s Carolin Richter on the OEM’s humanoid robots redefining automotive logistics

BMW will use hydrogen-powered tugger trains and forklift trucks for in-plant logistics at Regensburg from 2026

Daimler Truck is making the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 at Wörth assembly plant in Germany with inbound parts from Gaggenau, Kassel and Mannheim

Failure to find viable rescue plan means Audi’s troubled plant in Brussels will close in February 2025

Low electric vehicle demand in Europe forces Ford to cut working hours at Cologne EV plant

Better visibility supported by digital technology makes for a more resilient supply chain at Brose Group

ALSC Mexico 2024 recap blog: Discussing nearshoring, digital transformation and cross-border strategies

BMW using cloud-based guidance system for complex in-plant logistics at Regensburg assembly plant

A digital transformation at Seat Martorell

Stellantis moves supply chain and logistics from purchasing to manufacturing in leadership reshuffle

AI, logistics automation will play central role in reducing Stellantis manufacturing costs

Shopping and shipping with Volkswagen in Emden

Antolin, Gestamp and Fersa embrace AI to transform industrial processes

BMW Group rotates logistics leads as Ulrich Wieland will lead in Spartanburg and Oliver Bilstein leads overseas supply

BMW starts using autonomous platform truck for press tools and blanks

Automotive Logistics Systems and Software Survey 2024

ALSC Digital Strategies North America: Recap blog

BMW’s Michael Nikolaides on a localised, digital supply chain

Danny Auerswald returns to VW Saxony to oversee technology and logistics

Volvo Cars promotes Francesca Gamboni to chief supply chain officer, integrating procurement, manufacturing and supply chain

Porsche boosts logistics efficiency at Zuffenhausen with MHP software

BMW navigates the new ‘never normal’ in logistics

Mercedes-Benz looks at logistics uses for Apollo humanoid robots

An end-to-end logistics mission at DP World

ALSC Digital Strategies North America conference launches in Nashville

The quest for one source of truth in Volkswagen Group’s digital supply chain

Auto1 Group rolls out Inform optimisation tools across European network

Red Sofa Interview: VW Chattanooga is sharing EV logistics learnings with the VW Group

Red Sofa Interview: VW logistics using rail and digital twins to boost sustainable operations in US and Mexico

Hyundai parts division deploys autonomous robots in Alabama

Skoda adopts SAP digital platform for logistics overhaul at Vrchlabí

Digital competency is needed to predict the unexpected

VW Group looks for partnerships to build a resilient North American supply chain

UK government reveals Battery Strategy to support EV production

The automotive supply chain is preparing for the next generation of AI

Core connections for quality output at JLR

Red Sofa Interview: Seat’s Alexandre Lerma on control tower creation for automated, robust and flexible supply chains

Red Sofa Interview: Volkswagen’s Frank Göller on Catena-X and supercharging automotive supply chains

Red Sofa Interview: Autoliv’s Dr Gisela Linge on the human-centric engine driving digitalisation

Red Sofa Interview: Dr Birgit Boss talks about Bosch’s adoption of digital twins and semantic models

Red Sofa Interview: how BMW is digitalising supply chains for greater speed, standards and traceability

BMW’s digital strategy for better supply chain visibility

BMW battery cell centre integrates engineering, purchasing and production to scale supply chain

Insights from ECG conference: steering sustainability in European vehicle logistics and beyond

Red Sofa Interview: Material control is BMW's next frontier for AI at Plant Spartanburg

Automotive Logistics & Supply Chain Global: Recap

Material mission impossible: digital control of BMW’s inbound logistics

BMW rides the path of logistics automation

Planning BMW’s logistics in the factoryverse

‘Performing while transforming’ BMW's logistics in Spartanburg: Special series

Aston Martin partners with EV specialist Lucid for battery systems

Transform, connect and flex: JLR’s end-to-end supply chain upgrade

Renault and Bosch reap the benefits of digital investments

Interview: How Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing learned to be flexible

Building a blueprint for battery logistics at PowerCo