Finished Vehicle Logistics

The purpose and focus of AIAG’s Finished Vehicle Logistics (FVL) division has always revolved around creating ways to share best practices to help reduce costs and improve finished vehicle supply chain management processes for OEMs and their service providers. This has been accomplished through the collective and continued support of OEM volunteers, along with AIAG members from rail, truck, and ocean carriers, custom brokers, and terminal operating organizations.

Since the development of this division, significant strides have been made in improving processes while reducing complexities in the FVL supply chain. With continued efforts to improve processes for current and ongoing challenges in the FVL space, AIAG work groups have released three critical publications:

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Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV)

Addressing critical questions including charging points, charging speed and much more.

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Connected Vehicle

Standardizing the data transmitted between transportation partners to improve vehicle supply chain management from OEM to dealer.

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Damage Claims Reporting

Global practices related to finished vehicles damaged in transit.

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Rail & Haul Visibility

Improving visibility between the OEM’s, Rail & Haul-Away entities to reduce congestion at rail yards & reduce transit time for delivery to the dealer.

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Free Online Assessment

Test your knowledge in multiple areas of Supply Chain Management as it relates specifically to the world of Finished Vehicle Logistics.

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Electronic Proof of Delivery Business Process Standard [E-21]

Marine Terminal Handling Import/Export Included

This document augments the current E-21 by adding the process to follow for Export & Import of Vehicles through an Ocean Marine Terminal.

FVL Work Groups

Finished Vehicle Logistics Advisory Group

The Advisory Group is comprised of seasoned supply chain Finished Vehicle Logistics & Supply Chain Management leaders including automotive OEMs, vehicle transportation service providers (Ocean, Rail and Haul-Away), Marine Terminal managers, railroads, port authorities and port processors. The objective of the group is to raise awareness of the AIAG Finished Vehicle initiatives and present industry ‘pain points’ for development of an AIAG work group that will create improved industry operating standards that will alleviate the pain points.

These are the participating member companies:

Participants

Current Participants

  • Auto Warehousing Corporation
  • BNSF Railways
  • Canadian National Railway Company (CN)
  • Cassen’s Transport Company
  • FAPS, Inc.
  • FCA US LLC
  • Ford Motor Company
  • ICL Systems
  • Kansas City Southern (KCS)
  • Liberty Global Logistics
  • SSA Marine (Auto Division)
  • Union Pacific Railroad
  • Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
  • Wallenius Wilhelmsen

Finished Vehicle Logistics North American Transportation Scorecard Work Group

The N.A. Transportation SCORECARD group, made up of vehicle logistic OEM’s, is working to create an industry ‘standard’ scorecard for measuring the performance of transportation providers. The team is working together to identify those specific KPI’s that directly impact transportation performance and delivery to the dealers and are of importance to all OEM's and available to both the OEM's & their carriers. Once the “Master” Scorecard is completed, the team will then determine the 'vehicle' with which to make the document available to the industry (publication, portal, etc).

These are the participating member companies:

Participants

Current Participants

  • FCA US LLC
  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Motors Company
  • Nissan North America
  • Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

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