Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2018

Hans Bert Bong, former head of finished vehicle logistics for Ford of Europe and now a logistics consultant, points to an evolution towards more proactive management of weather-related events in the automotive supply chain, much of which is already evident on the inbound side.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 18, 2018

For BMW, explains Scholz, these events in Japan served as a wake-up call. More specifically, a decision was made to use emerging technologies to digitally overlay disruptive events on a global map of all its suppliers, irrespective of their tier. BMW has started to go further than supply chain mapping.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 5, 2021

And, once again, it will be incumbent on logistics teams to deliver better, faster service, at a lower cost, to get products to market in the face of these continuing issues. As I write this in the fourth quarter of 2021, there’s just no telling what the new year will bring in terms of emerging logistics challenges.

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