AL Magazine - In this Issue

Stacking up the benefits of IT

In the wake of economic troubles that still persist on many levels, the growth of the aftermarket sector has led to greater demand for technology that optimises supply chain efficiency from supplier to dealer. Among the more significant trends is to offer solutions for worldwide supply chain ...

Heavy ideas on weighty prices

The construction and agricultural vehicle segment of the ‘high-and-heavy’ business may not attract quite the profile that passenger car production and distribution does, but the sector nevertheless represents a major demand generator for inbound and especially outbound logistics. ...

Lean logistics on the rise in the East

Sustained high growth in China’s automotive industry has generated increasing demand for logistics services, and more recently for outsourced services that go beyond transport for inbound logistics.

With a somewhat simpler set of transport operations to follow, vehicle logistics ...

Making the most of a reusable resource

The principle is compelling. Instead of pouring money into expensive, fragile wood or corrugated board boxes to protect parts as they move through the supply chain, fleets of reusable containers can shuttle between customer and supplier for the life of a programme. No more piles of waste pack ...

An almost endless potential

Logistics is always important to a carmaker’s bottom line, as it represents a measure of production efficiency, inventory control and, critically in recent years, a means to improve cash flow. That is no different for BMW, except that today logistics is also acting as a kind of autobahn ...

Wishing bon voyage to global parts