CEVA Logistics has been appointed by General Motors as its 4PL to manage its entire ventilator production supply chain. Under GM’s contract with the US Department of Health and Human Services, CEVA Logistics will be responsible for delivering hundreds of parts which will be used in the making of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator at General Motors’ Kokomo, Indiana factory.
Building on an existing relationship between the two companies, CEVA Logistics will be providing supplier management, order management, transportation and customs brokerage management and event monitoring for the components required in manufacturing ventilators. It will be the exclusive logistics provider on the inbound part of this project. More than 600 of a total of 30,000 ventilators are planned to be shipped this month.
CEVA Control Towers in Singapore, Houston and Detroit are directly involved in the implementation and management of this project to keep the supply chain moving at all times. A number of CEVA Logistics personnel have been reallocated to Detroit as a part of this project, and social distancing measures have been put in place within the control towers to ensure the company’s own staff are fully protected.
CEVA Logistics’ CEO, Mathieu Friedberg said, “CEVA’s specialist knowledge of both automotive and healthcare supply chains has enabled us to step up and meet the challenge. Being entrusted with this role by General Motors in the current crisis is a tremendous proof of our reliability and expertise. We have ensured on-time deliveries from multiple locations around the world in record time with tracking of all transportation milestones so that these vital ventilators can be produced as quickly as possible and start saving lives across the US”.
Gerald Johnson, GM executive vice president, said, “Every ventilator we build can help save lives, and GM’s global supply base and manufacturing teams, the UAW, and the Kokomo community are working with passion and unwavering commitment to get the job done. People have moved mountains to help increase production of Ventec’s critical care ventilator. I have never seen anything like it in my career”.
Upon completion of production the initial ventilator shipments will be rapidly deployed from the plant in Kokomo to hospitals in Gary (Indiana), Chicago and beyond.
Source: CEVA Logistics
