EXEL AND SAAB AUTOMOBILE ANNOUNCE 10-YEAR SUPPLIER PARK CONTRACT IN SWEDEN
Following Saab’s award of its wheel assembly,
warehousing and sequencing operation to Exel, a world leader in supply chain
solutions, the automotive company has also awarded Exel a further 10-year
logistics contract valued at around #12 million per annum.
The contract, operational from January 2002, is focused around an innovative
supplier park in Trollhattan, Sweden. The new development will support the
delivery of new and existing Saab models into growing global markets .
Utilising Exel’s proven supplier park experience and technology, the operation
will receive, store, sequence and deliver into production complex parts on
behalf of more than 20 of Saab’s first-tier suppliers. Future plans include
the development of suitable sub-assembly operations at the site.
Exel was awarded the business following a competitive tender. Key to winning
the contract was Exel’s solution set methodology, which has delivered
successful solutions to customers on repeated occasions around the world. Not
only does this methodology enable best practice to be transferred from
operation to operation but also uses Exel’s proprietary system, Glupex, which
has been continually developed and applied to similar projects around the
world since 1992.
Glupex receives and translates sequencing signals from the assembly plant,
creates industry standard sequencing and container labels, distributes pick
assignments to specific work areas and monitors the integrity of the broadcast
and communications from the plant.
“We have selected Exel to manage this major project for several key reasons,”
explains Anders Svensson, Executive Purchasing Director of Saab. “The
development of this new facility is an essential part of our inbound logistics
strategy. Exel has one of the leading technology systems available. The
combination of Exel’s proven, global ability to implement and operate supplier
parks and sequencing centres, together with an experienced team of people who
have designed and managed these operations, to time, make us confident that
Exel’s global strength in automotive logistics will make this operation
efficient and effective.”
Xavier Soucheiron, Exel’s Automotive Vice-president added, “This new contract
with Saab not only continues to strengthen our ongoing partnership with
General Motors worldwide, but also builds on our global success implementing
supplier parks and sequencing centres on behalf of leading automotive
manufacturers. We are delighted to have been awarded, what we believe to be
the longest automotive contract of its kind and look forward to working
together with Saab to create value for all involved.”
