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Intelligent Network Planning in Automotive Logistics and its Challenges
by Shimoli S. Engineering GraduateMore than 15 million vehicles worldwide travel
from factories to the customers on an everyday basis. The different parts of a
vehicle might be produced in different countries and assembled in a totally
different country. When a customer living in some other country wants to buy a
car, the cars often have to travel a long way from the production site to the
end customer. The route can be by ship, rail, trucks or a combination of them.
The cars are even temporarily stored at huge terminals if a stop is required.
The car manufacturers need to have proper
networking when it comes to organizing the transport. Some of the challenges
faced by the auto logistics in India
and across the world are:
Growing distances between the factory and
dealer
For higher profits, car manufacturers have
shifted their assembly plants to low-wage countries. Because of this, the
distance between the plant and the customer’s doorstep becomes longer, and the
transport distance increases too.
Variety and relocation of production steps
impact the transport route
The increasing number of variant options also
have an influence on the network planning. The demand for specific vehicle
equipment has increased the number of necessary vehicle modifications that
cannot be carried out in the factory. These operations are carried out on
terminals instead. These factors also need to be considered during network planning.
Specific equipment for vehicle transport
The challenges in vehicle distribution can
also increase because of the ports not having special equipment for the same.
Special equipment like railway carriages for vehicle transport, vehicle
terminals and transporters, roll-on roll-off ships and ro-ro vehicle terminals
should be incorporated in the ports.
To meet the above challenges, some of the
requirements for better network planning can be optimizing network in terms of
cost and delivery time. Also, you can review the entire network and use the
combination of access routes and means of transport that give optimum results
and saves cost.
The ultimate aim of intelligent network planning in automotive logistics is to effective designing of transport networks for cost saving and reduced delivery time. A logistics company can help you with all your auto logistics needs.
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About Shimoli S. 
Engineering Graduate
2 connections, 1 recommendations, 27 honor points.Joined APSense since, September 21st, 2017, From Kolkata, Asia/Pacific Region.
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