Current labelling standards including the Global Transport
Label were developed several years ago and it has become apparent that they are
not completely meeting the latest business requirements. Several initiatives
have been proposed at national level with the aim of reviewing and updating the
various solutions currently in use, with work scheduled to start in some cases
as early as Q1 2015.
In order to identify the challenges and decide future
directions for co-operation in the automotive supply chain, Odette has created
a new Supply Chain Management Council (SCMC) comprising senior managers from
European vehicle manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers and some major LSPs.
The
first meeting of the SCMC was held on 1st Oct 2014 in Düsseldorf assisted by
the Fraunhofer Institute who shared their thoughts on the future and moderated
discussions around topics previously identified as having the potential for
collaboration.
A summary of Odette International activities over the past 12 months.
Automotive production in Thailand has increased significantly over the
past twenty years and has now reached more than 2.5 million vehicles per year
from 24 manufacturers taking it into the top 10 in the world. The local supplier base has expanded similarly and now numbers over 2000
companies. In order to ensure that these suppliers attain and maintain world
class performance, many OEMs are requiring or encouraging them to implement the
Odette Global MMOG/LE, the most
significant logistics performance improvement tool in the word today.
During the development of the Supply Chain Risk Management Guidelines,
the project team created a Risk Categorisation Matrix, comprising
details of the possible Supply Chain risks and their causal factors.
Analysis of the matrix showed that one of the OEM’s primary Supply Chain
risks is the availability of adequate and proven production capacity at
the supplier’s site.
For many years organisations have used contingency
plans to mitigate the worst effects of a potential supply risk. However, with
companies now requiring ever-greater flexibility, shorter lead times and
reduced inventories from their long-distance, global supply networks the
probability of a supply failure has become heightened.
Odette and AIAG are pleased to announce the
release of Version 4 of the Global MMOG/LE tool for logistics capability
assessment.
Global MMOG/LE V4 now incorporates two separate
assessment tools:
Odette is
aware of the vulnerability, dubbed "Heartbleed", which is a security
concern for users of OpenSSL, a widely-used open source cryptographic software
library. Please be assured that certificates issued by the Odette CA are NOT AFFECTED by
this bug but we advise all OFTP2 users to check with their OFTP2 software
provider whether there is any threat caused by the OFTP2 application due to usage
of openSSL v1.0.1
