Growth and other good problems to have in North American supply chains

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By Gavin van Marle

04/10/2013

Exhaustive conference report from Automotive Logistics on its recent conference held in North America. The key theme is that car manufacturers are gearing up for period of growth in the North America – not just in terms of sales but also in production quantities. As manufacturing activities increasingly relocate from Asia to North America, there are considerable challenges for automakers and their 3PLs.

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