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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedLean production helps logistics firms; Specialists move more parts and even do subassemblies as the industry seeks greater efficiency.
Automotive News Europe, August, 2002 by Kochan, Anna
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Logistics operations are playing an increasingly important role in the auto industry's quest to achieve cost savings and manufacturing efficiency.
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The science of moving automotive components from supplier to final assembly has always been a vital part of manufacturing. The drive to lean production and increased manufacturing flexibility makes logistics even more important. Combined with the relentless pressure to reduce costs, automakers and suppliers are asking specialist logistics companies to handle more of the task of getting the right parts to the right place at the right ...
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