A couple of weeks ago, my colleague Steve Banker wrote an interesting posting on “Baby Boom Logistics.” A few days later, Autoblog published a piece on how BMW has revamped one of its assembly plants in Germany to accommodate its ageing workforce (thanks to my friends at CTSI for the heads up). The posting was based on a segment that aired on CBS News recently (click… Continue reading
Toyota, the company that invented the Toyota Production System and brought lean manufacturing techniques to the world’s attention, is one of the most respected names in Supply Chain Management. But over the past few weeks, Toyota has recalled about 9 million vehicles worldwide due to problems related to accelerator pedals, and last week the company decided to halt production and sales of eight models. As a result, Toyota’s… Continue reading
I recently spoke with key members of Ford’s service parts supply chain and IT organization in North America to better understand how the company is using SAP’s end-to-end service parts supply chain solution (SAP is an ARC client). Ford and Caterpillar Logistics, as key customers and partners, have helped SAP to build out this solution, particularly in the area of service parts planning. Ford has implemented service… Continue reading
Last Friday, President Obama signed into law a $2 billion extension to the “Cash for Clunkers” program, after the initial $1 billion in funding was consumed in the program’s first week. The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save (CARS) program, the official name of this legislation, offers consumers up to $4,500 to trade in gas guzzlers for new cars or trucks with better fuel efficiency.
There are valid… Continue reading
When Danny Boeykens, a partner at MÖBIUS, a European boutique consulting firm, read my posting on “Supplier Risk Management and the Automotive Supply Chain,” he pointed me to a Financial Times article by Richard Milne that provides a European perspective on this problem.
As stated in the article, “When Edscha, a German manufacturer of sun roofs, door hinges and other car parts, filed for insolvency [in… Continue reading
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