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In-house competence propels Volvo and Continental’s logistics

Changes at the top for Renault-Nissan Alliance supply chain

Groupe PSA special report: Refait à neuf

A five-part feature assays the recent fortunes of Groupe PSA – and the effects on its logistics functions – under the leadership of Carlos Tavares and senior vice-president of supply chain, Francesca Gamboni.

Groupe PSA report: Chef d’orchestre prepares to begin a new movement

PSA’s vice-president of supply chain, Francesca Gamboni, is bringing a new vision of supply chain management inspired by the kind of cross-departmental responsibility found in the FMCG sector. She reveals how this could improve PSA’s supply versus demand balance

Groupe PSA report: Connecting a supply chain par excellence

PSA’s vision of end-to-end supply chain planning will help support its global expansion and acquisition of Opel, as the combined operations roll out some 59 new model launches by 2021

Groupe PSA report: Engineering logistics partnerships

PSA’s partnership of choice with Gefco aims to reap benefits in purchasing, pooling and packaging innovation, as well as bringing further intermodal options

Groupe PSA report: Full throttle towards pole position

A look ahead to the technological developments and personnel requirements that will drive PSA’s analysis of supply and demand

Article 50 triggers worry over UK automotive supply chain

Trump’s campaigning ignores supply chain might

PSA touts European scale and supply chain synergy in Opel/Vauxhall acquisition

E-commerce automation: Ocado bags a revolution

For UK carmakers, ‘Global Britain’ may not be enough

Record UK vehicle exports while Brexit weighs on investment and supply chain

Electric vehicle firm Rivian buys former Mitsubishi plant in Illinois

UK sets Brexit timetable as carmakers worry about market access

Last Mile: Another brick in the wall?

JLR part 1: Ensuring logistics is not a victim of success

With so much expansion, change and inevitable risk still ahead of the carmaker, JLR’s director of global material planning and logistics, David Dyke, is pushing his department’s influence across the company and the supply chain to gain efficiency and further strength

Volkswagen to deepen common platform and component sharing across MAN and Scania

Eberspächer expands supply network for western Europe and north Africa

Hyundai loses exports from South Korea over strikes

Global conference: Know your supply chain better

Manufacturers and logistics providers at the Automotive Logistics Global conference are doing more to integrate their supply chains from end to end, and are keen to use data and analytics to anticipate problems before they arise.

Plant locations: Right place, right time

Considerations such as market demand, time to market, regulations, supplier and infrastructure issues are essential in choosing new manufacturing locations.

Supply chain boost for the UK

Brexit would hurt wider European automotive logistics sector

Supply Chain Conference executive report: A connection worth more than the sum of its parts

Supply Chain conference: No less global than ever

Krathwohl and Kampe named corporate officers at Cooper Standard

Tesla: ramping up and stepping down

China conference: preparing for the new and the old, for growth and decline

In-depth analysis: strong logistics and supply base central to Ford’s new Mexico plant

Tesla’s Model 3 puts customers and the supply chain to the test

Canada’s Metro Supply Chain buys emergency freight provider Evolution Time Critical

UK-EU: Better connected

Europe conference: how to manage more with less in plants

Europe Conference: Planning for more than the Zeitgeist in the supply chain

Europe conference: How to solve a problem like complexity

Hyundai opts for Indian coastal service but ro-ro rates are prohibitive

Bill Cook to lead FCA’s logistics in Asia Pacific

Video interview: Karl-Friedrich Koch, vice-president, production control, logistics for BMW

Haulage permit conflict will push up logistics costs

Kia begins moving cars through Paragon’s Grimsby facility

Kuehne + Nagel opens Singapore logistics hub

Magna: One for all, and all for one

Focus on Spain part 3: Closely controlled growth

Nissan North America part 5: Carrying the weight of expectation

Nissan North America part 3: The search for southern comfort

Nissan North America part 2: Building on global experience

Spain must improve logistics to remain competitive

Spain could lose carmaking in five years, warns Machado

Richard Wilding named as new CILT chairman

Lear doubles car seat production in the UK to meet demand from OEMs

Panel discussion: where is the industry heading?

Ford extends contract with NYK Auto Logistics in India

Aston Martin opens warehouse and logistics hub near Gaydon assembly facility

Cummins opens global aftermarket logistics hub in Singapore

Mercedes-Benz to invest “several hundred million” in global logistics realignment

Super Group moves into Europe with In Time Express Logistik acquisition

Honda part 1: Field of dreams

Clouding the future

GM chooses Argentine port of Rosario as regional hub

Russia conference: learning to grin and bear it

JLR extends contract with Neovia for aftermarket services

Roger Crook resigns from DHL Global Forwarding

China conference: the big come to get stronger

Part 5: More than just words

Editor's note: virtually keeping up with customers

Toyota part 4: Looking for the ‘holy grail’ of predictability

3PLs in China are raising the bar

JDA Software webinar: Meeting the new normal

E-commerce: Online and on the road

Mitsui invests in Penske Truck Leasing

Toyota part 1: NAPO organisation and 'One Toyota'

Russia: Running on empty?

Nissan starts work on logistics park in Smyrna

Europe conference: Are logistics companies ready for the future?

Future visions of European automotive logistics

Kintetsu World Express buying APL Logistics

Opel wins 2015 VDA Logistics Award

Just retirement leads to shake up at Schenker

Kamontus Nuansrisai moves to new position at Titan-VNS

Bluegrass Supply Chain Services consolidates business

Wayne State and AIAG offer second vehicle supply chain programme

Editor's note: Planung und Ordnung

Editor's note: expect the unexpected

Shipping focus case study: A crow’s nest view of the supply chain

Chery JLR puts complex logistics plan into action

Audi special report: Vorsprung durch Logistik

Audi is a major profit and innovation centre for the entire Volkswagen Group – and that includes its logistics processes, systems and infrastructure. The company’s in-plant and inbound logistics in Europe have helped to maintain high volumes and product variety despite space constraints in factories and have set the standard for global expansion in China, Mexico and elsewhere.

Audi special report: Managing from the centre and the periphery

As ever with a sprawling entity like the Volkswagen Group, power shifts between the centre and its satellites. In Wolfsburg, Konzernlogistik (group logistics), led by Thomas Zernechel, has responsibilities that include group programme planning, setting standards (including IT and returnable packaging) and transport tenders. It also manages bundled and network transport flows, including ocean containers and ro-ro shipping, and consolidated logistics for all suppliers in the transport network.

Audi special report: A question of complexity and convergence

The plethora of models, derivatives and options that has boosted Audi’s success over the past decade would not have been possible without an evolution in its logistics management and processes

Audi special report: A fast, flexible network

Audi’s inbound logistics depends on tight planning and delivery adherence, while the carmaker is also exploring more consolidation within the Volkswagen Group

Audi special report: One crossdock, many brands

The Volkswagen Group’s European transport network is well engineered, however there is ambition for even deeper freight consolidation within it. After synchronising in-plant processes, the next stage in the NLK is to use crossdocks based close to supplier locations, which then feed multiple group plants in high frequency, full truckloads.

Audi special report: Strong at the core

The complex nature of Audi’s German production requires highly planned and coordinated in-plant logistics processes and infrastructure

Audi special reports conclusion: Experts at managing change

Preventing unnecessary complexity can be just as important as managing it in Audi’s supply chain

Symbols for better days ahead

Ryder webinar: the challenges of the US-Mexican border

Kirchner suddenly resigns as CEO from UTi; Feitzinger steps into role

Magna puts more in providers’ hands

Analysis: logistics in China still needs to shift from big to strong

Moving into an up-and-coming neighbourhood

Mahindra to make supply chain more efficient

ZF marks 10 years in Solihull; installs second line

Editor's note: good problems to have

Delivering a new world of order

Editor's note: looking for smart guesswork

General Motors: waste not, want not

Is there still a place for leaders?

When supply is a close run thing

Dressing for a hot market in a cold network

ProAct – overcoming supply chain complexity is a key issue

Russian bans may not keep down imports for long

Labour flexibility and logistics outsourcing key to Daimler union deal

A logistics drinking tour

Infiniti, Mercedes-Benz will build together in Mexico

All systems ‘go’ at Nissan

Nearby and nimble

Right at the heart of it all

Down Mexico way...and back again

Special report: Many shades of Mexico

Warehouse excellence at Robert Bosch

Case study: Bosch Diesel in China goes lean