 Logistics in the “three‐day car” ageMatthias Holweg and
Joe Miemczyk ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: It is now becoming apparent that the prevalent "stock‐push" approach in the automotive industry of building vehicles against a long‐term forecast and fulfilling the large majority of orders from existing stock is no longer a viable proposition. Pressure from rising stock levels in the market and the discounts needed to sell these vehicles is forcing the vehicle manufacturers to rethink their sourcing strategy in favour of "build‐to‐order" systems. More responsive order fulfilment at vehicle manufacturer level however will have wide implications on the component supply and logistics subsystems. Based on findings of the 3DayCar research programme, this paper aims at assessing whether current logistics systems are capable of supporting such a "build‐to‐order" approach. Based on empirical evidence of benchmarks covering three million annual vehicle movements in the UK vehicle distribution system, key constraints in current vehicle distribution logistics will be established, and the cost and environmental impact of more responsive logistics will be assessed Keywords: Automotive industry; Logistics; Environment; Supply chain; United Kingdom (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 2002, 32 (10), pp.21. ⟨10.1108/09600030210455438⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01118746 DOI: 10.1108/09600030210455438 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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