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Aptiv takes a global approach to mobility

Automotive Logistics

Aptiv is taking a highly centralised approach to the logistics operation supporting the new division and has made Jeffrey Richards its global director of logistics and supply chain operations, responsible for the sourcing, network design, continuous improvement and emergency logistics for all operating units.

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Disaster recovery: Prepared for the worst?

Automotive Logistics

“It saves valuable time: when difficulties arise, the framework is already in place for our people to join an auto manufacturer’s own supplier technical assistance team on the ground, and be ready to deal with the logistics dimensions of whatever the root cause of the problem is,” he notes. Increasingly, those providers do exist.

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Three Logistics Imperatives for Managing Uncertainty in 2022

Logistics Viewpoints

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.