Automotive Logistics Global 2009
28 September - 30 September 2009
Dearborn Inn, Dearborn, Detroit, USA
Everything has changed
Meet, learn and do business in today's automotive landscape
The re-structuring of GM and Chrysler; questions about globalisation; the electric car; government involvement: these factors have dramatically changed the landscape for automotive logistics.
There has never been a more important time for logistics professionals to meet and listen to customers, suppliers and partners across North America. Automotive Logistics Global is the conference where the most senior executives responsible for purchasing and delivering logistics services come together.
2009 sees our 10th anniversary event, and arguably our most important ever.
You can now register for the 2009 conference
2008 Conference Report, Automotive Logistics Global.
Conference Report, Automotive Logistics 2008.
Weathering the economic storm
Detroit, 19 September 2008
It was neither a secret nor a surprise to hear during the 9th annual Automotive Logistics Global conference that the North American industry is facing a tough year. With sales at their lowest point in decades and costs dramatically high, more than 250 industry leaders from carmakers, Tier suppliers and logistics service providers met in Dearborn, Detroit to reflect on these challenges and the impact they are having on logistics.
While 'collaboration' has long been an over-used word at conferences, and an under-used idea in the marketplace, Ford's Frederiek Toney and Chrysler's Peter Weiss emphasised that this is a market environment that demands innovation and partnership to drive waste out of the supply chain...
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