by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jul 28, 2020
CIO IDG – German logistics company Schnelllecke is in the middle of a digital transformation. All logistics should be digitized by 2025. Smart returnable containers, part of their just-in-time (JIT) and just-in-sequence (JIS) services for automotive clients, are...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jul 27, 2020
SAE International – Toyota ranks as the top performer among the six major U.S. and Japanese automakers in all scorecard categories of an annual study focused on the OEM-supplier working relationship. “Toyota blends two critical elements together: They are...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jul 26, 2020
EMS WORLD – COVID-19 threw the EMS supply chain into disarray. We’ve never had such unprecedented and unpredicted shortages. Before the pandemic, as stock levels got down, a service would just order more, and in a few days, it would arrive. When the pandemic is...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jul 14, 2020
MAELI BUSINESS NEWS KOREA – South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co. is considering implementing a so-called ‘one-kit’ system in local manufacturing lines to achieve multi-variety and small-batch production for better response to market demand and...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jul 7, 2020
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE – The coronavirus pandemic may change many things about the way supplier Valeo operates, but its sprawling global supply chains will not be among them. “Our final customers and auto-parts clients aren’t ready to pay more if our...
by dr. ir. Rob van Stekelenborg CPIM | Jun 23, 2020
ABC – A focus on ‘lean manufacturing’ and eliminating disturbances from the bus production line will allow Volgren to double capacity at its Dandenong, Victoria, manufacturing headquarters, the company confirms. The new ‘continuous flow...
