Contingency plan for automotive industryWhen designing or reconfiguring manufacturing lines or facilities, SIMUL8 enables automotive companies and suppliers to prove throughput, figure out constraints and reduce downtime. Automotive provide chains are especially exposed. 60 per cent of parts supplied for vehicles constructed in the UK are imported. The Society of Motor Producers and Traders (SMMT) equates that to 1,100 trucks crossing into the UK from the continent every day. Leipzig has loads of trucking from the automotive region, exactly where there are lots of components suppliers, in to the UK,” mentioned Andre Morrall, company improvement director, Airport Park Leipzig Halle.

EU nations are already competing for inward investment from automotive makers, who themselves are highly unlikely to abandon decades of Just in Time philosophy to revert back to a warehousing and inventory model. If they cannot operate as they want in the UK, the ultimate sanction is for them to … READ MORE ...