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porsche logistics.qxd 24/11/06 11:33 am Page 59 by the local harbour company, from where they are taken finish, but we can be an excellent partner to make directly to Uusikaupunki on the southwest coast of maximum use of capacity and so lower costs. Finland, unmanned and without the trailers. Nybrok Porsche is committed to the on-going pursuit of trailers then transport them to Valmet's plant. As part of a excellence. We are looking for continuous improvement closed cycle, the train heading in the opposite direction all the time, not only in the big projects, but also in smaller transpor ts supplier parts and empties to southern things like the fine-tuning of our organisational Germany. structures, says Wels. Lean, for us, stands for the best We find Deutsche Bahn to be an excellent logistics solution for a specific situation. To find the best way of partner, says Wels. Today we have between 40 and 50 doing something with the highest level of effectiveness. percent of our finished vehicle transportation going by We believe we are setting the course for the smooth- running logistics of the future. a rail. When the Panamera comes on stream, this will increase to 50 percent. It is, after all, in our interests that our customers have free space on the roads in order to drive our cars in the correct manner, he laughs. In Germany we have not so many speed limits on the highways. Wels is greatly interested in the question of collaboration between carmakers as regards finished vehicle distribution. As a relatively small volume manufacturer, it is difficult for Porsche to fill ocean- going vessels. We use the port of Emden in the north-east of G e r m a ny to ship to North America, Japan and the UK, he says. For far-eastern markets such as China or to Australia we don't have the volumes to fill the ships. The latest car carriers can hold up to 8,000 vehicles, which is more than we could ship to these destinations. Collaboration is, therefore, a big issue for us. Many other OEMs are interested in work ing with us because our smaller volumes can balance their mass-production. We are not so big in volume that we can define the whole process from start to 59  http://www.esystem.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AutoMOTIVE 5

Editors Note
News
Here For The Long Haul
Halewood. Rebirth of a Car Plant
Safety First
Focus on Flexibility
A Prophet Without Honour?
Chrysler Cuts It Four Ways
A MINI For All Reasons
Porsche Plans Continuous Logistics Improvement
Flawless, Consistent Execution
Ford's European Supplier Parks Deliver Lean Manufacturing Efficiencies
Cheap and Cheerful
Onwards and Upwards
Schrader and Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems Take the Pressure
No Faults Forward
A Long Way From Wheelbarrows and Bath Tubs
A New Era in US/Japanese Cooperation
A Dialogue of the Deaf

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