This report, the first to be published taking into account the impact of the global financial crisis and the heightened economic volatility on the foot print of the international automotive industry and the vulnerability of its supply chain, provides a unique insight into the state of the industry in mature, developed markets in Europe, North America and Asia as well as offering a special focus on emerging market challenges of Russia, China and India. It will be of interest to all those involved in planning for a future within the automotive supply industry, as the issue of logistics grows in importance and becomes of ever broader significance to the future of the industry.
Background to this Research
In-bound logistics has been at the heart of the transformation of the automotive industry of the last decade and its significance is likely, in anything, to increase over the next several years. High quality logistics has been critical to the geographical extension of the automotive supply chain into emerging manufacturing countries. Further optimization of the supply chain offers huge potential for cost saving and the lessons of best practice on an international scale will drive the development of the future structure and location of the global international supply base.
Table of Contents:
Section One : Executive Summary
Section Two : Analysis, Trends and Issues
1 Introduction
2 Market Size
Introduction and Market Context What is the Global Spend on ALP?
3 JIT, Globalisation and Outsourcing
The Emergence of Global Supply-Chains The True Costs of Manufacturing in Low-Cost Countries Conclusion
4 Environmental Issues and Cost Reduction
Conclusion
5 Cooperation and Supply Chain Efficiency
Conclusion
6 Lean Logistics
Learning From Other Sectors Automotive Examples: Delphi, Bosch, Toyota, BMW etc Customer Focus Conclusion
Introduction Daimler – Flexibility to Meet New Business Strategies Webasto – Supplier Portal Based on Odette PID BMW SESAM Project – Collaboration via Federation Services PSA Peugeot Citroen – Standards Help Transport Cost Reduction Software As A Service Conclusion
10 Emerging Market Issues
Russia Central & Eastern Europe China India
11 Conclusion
Appendix 1: Logistics Glossary Appendix 2: The World Bank Logistics Performance Index
Section Three : Company profiles
12 Company Profiles
List of tables and figures
Example Outcomes of Bosch’s Supplier Development Project – part of a Lean Logistics programme The global market for automotive containers and packaging 2008 - 2013 Ford Strive for Total Supply Chain Visibility Logistics Cost Breakdown Automotive sales incentive schemes by country Trend of global automotive sales to 2014 Global GDP forecasts Estimated size of Automotive Logistics for Production market Projection of world light vehicle production until the end of 2010 Percentage-change figures Estimates of the size of the ALP market The road we travelled with the automotive industry Impact on logistics of low cost country sourcing ALP Industry Scorecard Fuel bunker price development Vessel operating costs A traditional logistics concept which fails and leads to waste Improvements made at just one Bosch production site by introducing lean practices using BPS Processes adopted by Robert Bosch Changes in the percentage of sales revenue spent on various aspects of getting a typical Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) product into the hands of the customer Conceptual diagram of an automotive supply-chain Daimler's involvment in the development of standards for Automatic ID Ford: AutoID Technologies and Applications Ford's vision of the positioning of the various technologies which could be used by an OEM AutoID as envisioned by Volvo Some of the suppliers involved in the Honda RFID Project Containers & Packaging Global Industry Sales Volume and Value - 2008 - 2013 Project Flash: Odette Container Management Supply Chain: Current Trends Container Adapted Packaging Relative Purchase Cost/Usable m Environmental Impact Calculator Supply chain diagram showing the processes involved in getting engines from a manufacturer in China to an assembly plant in Michigan Automotive Supply Chain - Efficient Collaboration Processes Key to Success Matching business challenges with IT Using‘Federation Services’ to enhance integration with partners PSA Peugeot Citroen – Logistics Cost Breakdown Covisint: Software Outsourcing Growth: Emerging Markets - Future Global Port Bottlenecks Evolution of Supply Chain Service Outsourcing Prefered Chinese Export Business Model Major OEM Clusters in India
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