TransportIntelligenceMarketIntelligencefortheTransportandLogisticsIndustryGlobalAutomotiveLogistics2011DetailedanalysisofthemajortrendsanddevelopmentsaffectingthemarketGlobalAutomotiveLogistics2011AutologisticsfacescomplexchallengesaheadTheautomotiveindustryhasbeenaffectedbytherecessionof2009andtherecoveryof2010asmuchasanysectoroutsidefinance.Yettheeffectonlogisticsstrategieswithintheindustryhasbeensurprisinglymodest,eventhoughtheoperationsthemselveshavebeenhithardbyplungingvolumesandplantclosures.Inthefuture,though,strategieswillhavetochange.Theevolvinggeographyofmarkets,theproductionlocationsofvehiclemanufacturersand,perhapsmostimportantofall,thetechnologyofmotorcars,willresultinfundamentalshiftstologisticsneeds.Theinternaldynamicsofthesupplysidearealsoevolving.Thecorporatestrategyofsomebiglogisticscompanieshasbeguntodevelopandthepositionoftheautomotivesectorinthesestrategieshaschanged.Inthemarketforfinishedvehicles,formerkeyplayershavecollapsed.Someofthelargerplayersininboundhavestrengthenedtheirposition.Meanwhileotherareasdefinedbymode-suchasshippingorrail-remainquitedistinct.Theautomotivelogisticssectorisnodoubtoneofthemostcomplex,duetothediverserangeofsupplychainstrategiesemployedbythevehiclemanufacturers;theuniquedistributionchannelstheyemploy;thevastrangeofgeographiescoveredandthehighlypoliticizednatureoftheindustry.GlobalAutomotiveLogistics2011providesaninsightintotheworkingsoftheindustryexamining:•theproductionandlogisticsstrategiesofthevehiclemanufacturersandcomponentsuppliers•theinbound,finishedvehiclesandaftermarketsegments•themajorlogisticscompaniespresentinthemarket•automotivebusinessspecifictotheshipping,railandintegratedlogisticssectorsItalsoprovidesmarketestimatesandforecastsfortheinbound,finishedvehiclesandaftermarketsegments.LogisticsServiceProviderprofilesGlobalAutomotiveLogistics2011containsprofilesofallthemajorlogisticsserviceprovidersfromthemainsectors:Rail,ShippingandIntegratedLog