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  • Maersk
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    Maersk resumes online orders as port operations recover after cyber-attack

    2017-06-30T12:25:17Z

    AP Moller-Maersk has resumed taking online bookings and said operations at all of the ports it has terminals at were now running “close to normal” after Tuesday’s cyber-attack.Earlier this week, Maersk, one of the world’s biggest ocean carriers with 600 vessels, said the ransomware attack had brought down IT systems ...

  • Russia Rail
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    Russia: Ready for a recovery?

    2017-06-28T11:44:08Z

    Vehicle sales in Russia have shown modest rises in recent months, raising hopes that this year will finally return to growth and kick off a longer-term recovery. Following several months of increases, sales of new light vehicles in the first five months of the year had risen by 5.1% compared ...

  • Rick_Alonzo_YTC
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    Alonzo takes senior supply chain logistics role at Yokohama Tire

    2017-06-27T10:43:35Z

    Yokohama Tire Corp in the US has appointed Rick Alonzo as its new senior director of supply chain and logistics. He replaces Jeremy Kahrs who has moved to a new role as chief strategy officer.Alonzo moves from biotechnology company, Roche Diagnostics, where he was director of global supply chain management. ...

  • Automotive_Council_Local_Content_report_2017
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    UK cars now more British but local content still lags behind Europe

    2017-06-20T08:52:21Z

    The percentage of local content in UK manufactured passenger cars continued to increase in 2016, but ‘anecdotal reports’ suggest the country has a way to go to reach levels achieved by other major European carmaking countries.The latest Local Vehicle Content Analysis report from the Automotive Council, a joint UK government ...

  • Rui_Zhu_Schaeffler
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    Zhu moves to new role at Schaeffler Greater China

    2017-06-19T11:07:28Z

    Rui (Richard) Zhu has moved from his role as senior director of supply chain at Chery Jaguar Land Rover (CJLR) to take up a new position (effective June 16th) at the China division of tier one engine and drivetrain parts supplier, Schaeffler, as vice president of logistics.Zhu was at the ...

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    Optimas renews contract with Jaguar Land Rover in the UK

    2017-06-14T17:33:08Z

    Optimas, a supplier of fasteners and c-class components to Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) production facilities in the UK, says it has formally agreed a continuation of its 24-year relationship with the carmaker.The firm, which first began working with JLR in 1993, has been delivering parts direct to the JLR Castle ...

  • Yanfeng Automotive Interiors opens second production plant in the Czech Republic
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    Yanfeng Automotive Interiors opens new plant in the Czech Republic

    2017-06-14T11:11:57Z

    Yanfeng Automotive Interiors (YFAI) has opened a new production plant in Planá nad Luznicí, in the Czech Republic, to produce instrument and door panels.The new plant, near Tabor in South Bohemia, currently employs 170 staff but will increase this to 300 by the beginning of next year as production is ...

  • Session_4_panel
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    Europe conference: No easy way to the digital supply chain

    2017-06-13T18:15:09Z

    The 2017 Automotive Logistics Europe conference reminded delegates that, despite a better economy, the industry is under pressure. However, new technology looks set to offer the supply chain as much opportunity as disruption, if companies are able to keep up. Marcus Williams, Christopher Ludwig and Gareth Tredway report from Bonn, ...

  • Vegard_Synnes_CDC crop
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    Europe conference: Automotive manufacturers could hitch a ride to China

    2017-06-13T14:14:12Z

    The automotive industry in Europe could benefit considerably from an imbalance of rail flows between the continent and China along the fast-growing China-Europe railway to ship goods to China in currently empty return capacity, according to one major Chinese logistics provider.Vegard Synnes (pictured), head of key accounts for CDC International, ...

  • Frank_Schlehuber_CLEPA
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    Europe conference: Using logistics to compete across a digitalised aftermarket

    2017-06-13T10:00:28Z

    Consolidation among parts retailers and changing consumer habits are transforming Europe’s aftermarket, with logistics services both at risk and able to provide a competitive edge, writes Marcus WilliamsThe European automotive aftermarket and service parts business is in the midst of tremendous change, prompted by consolidation among major suppliers and distributors, ...

  • PWC
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    Europe conference: Two-thirds of UK car manufacturing ‘could move to EU within a year’

    2017-06-07T15:32:24Z

    Up to two-thirds of the UK's automotive manufacturing base could theoretically be relocated to the EU within a year after the country leaves the trading bloc, global lead analyst at Autofacts PwC, Christoph Stürmer, has warned.Speaking on the first day of the Automotive Logistics Europe conference in Bonn today (Wednesday ...

  • Article

    Mercedes-Benz destaca o valor do abastecimento localizado na fábrica dos EUA

    2017-06-01T13:12:37Z

    A Mercedes-Benz destacou o valor de uma base de suprimentos local, após uma reunião com sua base de suprimentos no Alabama na semana passada.O Supplier Forum 2017 envolveu discussões estratégicas com fornecedores selecionados para o futuro programa de produção da fábrica de Tuscaloosa.A empresa vem produzindo modelos SUV lá desde ...

  • Mercedes-Benz Werk Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
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    Mercedes-Benz highlights value of localised supply at US plant

    2017-05-31T17:08:54Z

    Mercedes-Benz has highlighted the value of a local supply base, following a meeting with its suppiers in Alabama last week.The Supplier Forum 2017 involved strategic discussions with selected suppliers for the future production programme at the Tuscaloosa plant.The company has been producing SUV models there since 1997 and it was ...

  • gartner_Top_25_2017
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    Gartner rankings highlight trend towards digitalisation

    2017-05-31T16:54:42Z

    This year’s supply chain rankings from research and advisory firm Gartner have shown little change as far as the automotive sector is concerned but highlight digitalisation as one of the key trends accelerating companies’ capabilities.BMW remains at 22nd in the list of the top 25 companies, which seeks to identify ...

  • BMW 1 series
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    Part shortage limits BMW production around the world

    2017-05-30T17:20:31Z

    BMW has been forced to limit or stop vehicle production at several of its facilities globally this week after tier one supplier Bosch was unable to provide a sufficient number of steering gears to the German carmaker.Various plants in Germany were affected, while the Tiexi plant in China and Rosslyn ...

  • Container harbour
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    US officially kicks off Nafta renegotiation process

    2017-05-23T17:34:04Z

    Recently sworn-in US Trade Representative (USTR), Robert Lighthizer (pictured, left), has notified Congress of the Trump administration’s intention to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) with Mexico and Canada, officially kicking off the process of reworking the two decade-plus old pact.During his election campaign last year, Trump took ...

  • CEVA_Flag2_High_opt
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    Ceva extends Sogefi deal after move to Madrid

    2017-05-22T10:08:03Z

    Ceva Logistics has renewed its contract with automotive components manufacturer Sogefi for a further three years.Under the new deal, Ceva will continue managing receipt, storage, order picking and shipment preparation, as well as Sogefi’s spare parts delivery to customers.Earlier this year, these activities were moved to Ceva’s multi-user hub at ...

  • Export promise to seriously grow in coming years
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    Russia reveals plan to deal with counterfeit parts

    2017-05-19T16:36:57Z

    Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has revealed it plans to force components makers to microchip their products to help crack down on the counterfeit parts trade in the country.Speaking at a recent meeting of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, ministry spokesman Pavel Fink said that around half of ...

  • Toyota_opt
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    Toyota top, Nissan bottom in North American supplier relations index

    2017-05-17T17:59:03Z

    Toyota has beaten Honda to the top spot in the latest update of an index measuring working relations between North American OEMs and their suppliers. It’s the seventh time in a row Toyota has held first position. Nissan was at the opposite end of the ranking, meanwhile.The 17th annual North ...

  • afterglow_lowres
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    Supply Chain Conference: The future is already here

    2017-05-16T17:04:51Z

    A drone demonstration by Venture highlighted the potential of new technology for inventory management at plants and warehousesThat the automotive industry will see [sta_anchor id="1"]exponential change is something that many, if not all, experts and executives predict – even if they disagree about the pace and scale of change. ...