More than 600 of a total of 30,000 ventilators will be shipped this month
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 is 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.
CEVA Logistics and General Motors have had a working relationship for more than a decade. On this specialist project CEVA Logistics is providing supplier management, order management, transportation and customs brokerage management and event monitoring for all the components required in manufacturing ventilators.
It is the exclusive logistics provider on the inbound part of this project.
CEVA Control Towers manage global inbound deliveries
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.
CEVA has had an extensive US operation covering air, ocean, ground and contract logistics for the last decade and it provided full service logistics nationwide for 15 years prior to that – under the EGL banner it became a global force in freight management – before it was merged with TNT Logistics to create CEVA.
CEVA Logistics’ CEO, Mathieu Friedberg said: “Our important, long-standing relationship with General Motors has been key to the success of this unique project. CEVA’s specialist knowledge of both automotive and healthcare supply chains has enabled us to step up and meet the challenge.”
Friedberg continued: “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.
“We are pleased to have played our part in the success of this project and we will continue to deliver everything that is required for the duration it runs”.
Gerald Johnson, GM executive vice president, Global Manufacturing, 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 far beyond.
