Automobile logistics survey: What’s subsequent that includes Stellantis and RPM

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The completed automobile logistics sector stays beneath main stress. The trade continues to really feel shocks from international provide chain shortages in semiconductors, labour, delivery and tools throughout transport modes. Rising gas and materials prices are driving up spot charges and total prices to unprecedented ranges. As carmakers plan elevated manufacturing in some markets, there are issues over whether or not they’ll have the ability to safe the capability wanted to maneuver automobiles. On the similar time, rising inflation, geopolitical tensions and rising Covid-19 instances cloud the financial outlook.

And that’s simply 2022. Within the medium-to-long time period, the sector should spend money on the infrastructure, tools and know-how to handle the rise in electrical automobile manufacturing and gross sales, whereas assembly vital sustainability and internet carbon zero targets.

So the place is the worldwide completed automobile logistics trade heading, and the way do OEMs, logistics and repair suppliers anticipate the market will change within the months and years forward?

Automotive Logistics is monitoring tendencies and sentiment within the sector along with automobile logistics specialist RPM, gathering enter from international selections makers and specialists in a quarterly survey. For the discharge of the most recent survey outcomes, take heed to study extra in regards to the newest responses and information. You possibly can obtain a abstract of the most recent survey right here. 

The livestream options Stellantis’s supervisor for completed automobile operations, Nick Thompson, along with RPM’s Invoice Kerrigan, in dialog with Automotive Logistics’ editor-in-chief Christopher Ludwig. Be a part of the talk on:

• How rising gas and power prices will affect automobile logistics companies
• Whether or not automobile logistics capability can be adequate to satisfy quantity forecasts
• How the automobile logistics trade is adapting to handle a low stock, ‘built-to-order’ automobile manufacturing mannequin
• The place leaders see dangers in labour and driver shortages
• Market and enterprise outlooks by areas
• The place OEMs and logistics suppliers are prioritising know-how funding
• And far, rather more.

Speaker

Nick Thompson
Supervisor Automobile Operations – North America
Provide Chain Administration
Stellantis

Nick Thompson is liable for overseeing automobile distribution actions at Stellantis inside North America, together with regional logistics throughout mode, together with automobile imports and exports. He took on the function with then FCA in 2017 and has performed a key function in creating the carmaker’s automobile logistics technique. Thompson joined the carmaker in 2012 and has held varied roles inside completed automobile logistics. Initially, he oversaw operations for automobile distribution centres in addition to a number of meeting vegetation within the area. He additionally accomplished a rotation in truckload procurement and community optimisation, in addition to working in Provider Supply Danger Administration operations previous to main automobile logistics. Thompson started his profession working for JB Hunt Transport in its devoted contract companies division. He holds a grasp’s diploma from Ferris State College (2011) and a bachelor’s diploma in provide chain administration from Michigan State College (2005).

Invoice Kerrigan
Chief Enterprise Growth Officer
RPM

Invoice Kerrigan joined RPM in July 2022, liable for spearheading the corporate’s progress and enlargement into new markets and overseeing the execution of the corporate’s gross sales technique and income mannequin. Kerrigan has greater than 40 years’ expertise within the logistics trade having held government positions at main delivery strains, consultancies and port operators, together with most lately as vice-president of logistics at SSA Marine’s Auto Division, the place he oversaw automobile logistics companies and processing for near 3m automobiles yearly. 

Host

Christopher Ludwig
Editor-in-Chief
Automotive Logistics, Ultima Media

Christopher Ludwig is liable for content material and editorial technique throughout Ultima Media’s international automotive media platforms, together with Automotive Logistics, Automotive Manufacturing Options, Automotive Design Information and its enterprise intelligence unit, Automotive from Ultima Media. He’s lined the automotive trade, manufacturing and provide chain for 15 years and has practically 20 years’ expertise within the media and publishing enterprise. He has an MSc from the London College of Economics and Political Science.

RPM is among the fastest-growing logistics firms in North America and Europe, servicing the Completed Automobile logistics and Freight transportation industries. Leveraging a strong community of fifty,000+ impartial carriers across the globe, we ship 1000’s of hundreds per thirty days and a whole bunch of 1000’s of automobiles per 12 months, addressing our clients’ delivery wants by sourcing and creating capability utilizing our personal proprietary know-how instruments and software program. With our continued international enlargement into new markets, we now have expanded our 3PL solution-driven service choices to incorporate capability planning, data know-how, community design, strategic planning, and transportation companies. www.rpmmoves.com