SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION WILL CUT AUTOMOTIVE COSTS, FINDS BIBBY-LED PANEL AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF BUSINESS
25 June 2014Collaboration in the supply chain is essential for cutting costs in the automotive industry, a panel discussion led by Bibby Supply Chain Services with speakers from Toyota has found. In an event attended by key decision makers in the logistics and automotive engineering sector, Jonathan Ballard, Director of the Parts Supply Chain Group, Toyota Motor Europe, said that underutilised capacity in existing supply chains costs manufacturers dearly, but greater collaboration and partnership could dramatically cut those losses. Ballard said: “By working more closely with our