Strategic Vision’s 18th Total Quality Index study, which rates a number of different factors related to vehicle quality, found that domestic automakers have moved up on the list, with Ford in second place and General Motors in third (tied with Hyundai).
Ford is adding more than 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City Assembly Plant. The company said it is adding these jobs to meet F-150 demand, specifically adding 900 jobs and a third crew for that vehicle, and the other 1,100 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2013 to prepare to build the all-new Ford Transit. […]
Peter Schreyer, who was so successful as Kia’s design boss that he was recently promoted to president of design at both Hyundai and Kia, says the two brands still are working on their future positioning and image.
General Motors’ first quarter net profit dropped 14 percent, to $865 million, as earnings in North America slipped and losses in Europe narrowed.
Daimler is setting up transmission assembly at a second site affiliated with its Romanian subsidiary, Star Transmission, from the middle of this year. The new facility in Sebes will mean an eventual total investment of €300m. The decision has been made because the Stuttgart transmission facility in Germany has reached full capacity and there are […]
BMW North America has outsourced the management of its parts distribution centre in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and chosen logistics and transport provider Penske Logistics for the job. The facility was previously managed in-house by BMW.
Renault-Nissan has announced it will produce the next generation Nissan Micra at its Renault Flins plant in France. Production will begin in 2016 with an estimated annual output of 82,000 vehicles. The vehicle is currently produced at the Renault Nissan Alliance plant in Orangadam, near Chennai, in southern India.
Faurecia has approved a new contract with DHL Supply Chain as the demand for sequenced deliveries increases at the Jaguar Land Rover advanced manufacturing plant in Solihull. As the JLR plant moved to 24-hour production earlier this year the logistics between Range Rover and the tier 1 supplier’s manufacturing plant in Fradley, Staffordshire had to improve. […]
Wilson has been appointed general manager of vehicle logistics and will replace Joerg Schnackenberg who is returning to Wolfsburg, Germany at the end of June, in the role of project manager in the Regions Planning Department at Group Logistics.
