Global Manufacturing provided a great solution for the automotive market - reducing costs by manufacturing cars for many markets within a single plant and therefore keeping the cost of production down in turn gives competitive advantage.

However, what was not anticipated was the power of consumerism and the service that the customer now demands and expects. The benefit of Global Manufacturing is far too great to revert back to local manufacturing in order to shorten the Supply Chain. An additional solution is needed to tackle the problems of the extended Supply Chain:

• The lengthened time in the Supply Chain
• The number of unnecessary movements
• Increased inventory
• Increased damage (often due to the lengthened time in the Supply Chain)
• Security
• Fragmentation
• Interest costs paid by the manufacturer

This in turn will achieve the true benefits of the industry move to Global Manufacturing.

For more information, please click on these links to our brochures:

	Are You In Control of the Outbound Supply Chain
	Taking Back Control of the Outbound Supply Chain