The world automotive 3D printing market will garner $2.4bn by 2022, registering a CAGR of 21.8 percent, according to a report from Allied Marketing Research.
The discrete manufacturing industry is entering a new era. Major technological advancements have inspired innovations right through the supply chain, from robotics to 3D printing, automation to autonomous cars. This has exponentially expanded the choices available to consumers, both in the range and selection of products and sellers, but also in their ability to dictate when and where they purchase and receive their goods. The customer is now in charge.
Ten years ago, Continental Tire realized that manual, paper-based communications with suppliers weren't getting the job done with efficiency and accuracy. So it turned to an EDI-based business network for help.
Challenge: A U.S. automotive OEM customer's redesign of one of its car models required Comprehensive Logistics to re-engineer our 640,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing-support facility. This changeover needed to be completed in five weeks.
Amid the gloom and doom that's set in all along America's shale fields these past two years, there has been one small, but consistent, bright spot. Sand.
Fifty-five percent of new vehicles sold in 2020 will be connected, according to IHS Automotive forecasts. And at that time, nearly half of the global fleet of vehicles in operation also will be connected.
The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the automotive industry — which consists of companies that produce automobiles, utility vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and heavy trucks. Learn how automotive companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.
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