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More cars, more customisation: logistics challenges ahead for OEMs

With global sales set to soar, the journey for vehicles moving from factory to dealership is going to get more complicated. By Xavier Boucherat

By 2018, global car sales are predicted to surpass 100 million units per annum. For Diane Palmquist, Vice President of Manufacturing Industry Solutions at supply chain technology developer GT Nexus, this presents OEMs with an interesting challenge. Massive growth seems certain - what’s not so certain is exactly where the demand will come from, which complicates the huge challenges ahead for finished vehicle logistics.

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