Structural change in the automotive sector is placing a heavy emphasis on the supply chain and increasing dependence on international logistics providers. By Mark Seager
Browsing: Logistics & Supply Chain
Increasing product complexity, a desire for make-to-order and the race to source from low cost economies is creating a heady mix for automotive manufacturers. Can the sector rise to the challenge of complexity?
The contract logistics market saw double digit growth in 2005, boosted by expansion in fast emerging markets in Asia Pacific and the strong economy in the US.
Classic Drinks, the drinks wholesaler and distribution company, has replaced its fleet with 16 new MAN TGL 7.180 4×2 BB 7.5 tonners. The replacements have been supplied with two-year warranty packages by MAN ERF Manchester.
Wallpaper supplier CWV has extended its contract with DHL Exel to handle its warehouse operations from a DHL shared user site in Middleton, Manchester for the next two years.
The FTA and RHA are calling on the government to introduce a system of collecting information from visiting lorry operators and drivers which, in future, could be subsumed “into a formal European database exchange”.
The Freight Transport Association has appointed two new vice presidents to support FTA President John Russell.
S&S Distribution has invested £800,000 in expanding and re-branding its fleet.
NYK Logistics has won a further contract with Land Rover, to manage the supply of components to point of fit, on the Defender and Range Rover production lines at Solihull.
The International Container Security Organisation, a new not-for-profit organisation has been set up in Brussels to help combat terrorism and organised crime, in the international container freight industry.
