Volkswagen de México synchronizes global vehicle logistics with INFORM
Volkswagen de México operates one of Volkswagen’s most important production and export hubs worldwide. To synchronize production output with import and export flows and ensure fast, reliable deliveries to global markets, VW Mexico relies on INFORM Yard and Transport Management to centrally plan, optimize, and control its end-to-end vehicle logistics processes.
Challenge
At its Puebla plant, Volkswagen de México produces around 600,000 vehicles per year, many of which are exported to Europe as well as North and South America. Every day, thousands of vehicles must be moved from production through yards, rail, truck, and ports - all under tight delivery schedules.
Key challenges included:
- Coordinating production output with global import and export flows
- Managing extremely high daily vehicle volumes across multiple yards and ports
- Avoiding congestion and inefficient use of yard space
- Synchronizing road, rail, and sea transport modes
- Ensuring transparency and real-time control across the entire logistics chain
VW Mexico needed a highly integrated logistics system that could optimize yard and transport processes centrally while reacting dynamically to daily operational changes.
Solution
Volkswagen de México implemented INFORM Yard and Transport Management to centrally control and optimize all vehicle logistics processes from its Mexican operations.
The solution enables:
- Central planning and optimization of yard operations, including storage, sequencing, and loading
- Intelligent coordination of truck, rail, and vessel transports
- Real-time synchronization of inbound and outbound vehicle flows
- Automated generation of optimized workflows based on production and shipping data
- Seamless integration with Volkswagen’s global logistics planning systems
Vehicles are planned before they even leave production, ensuring optimal routing, minimal dwell times in yards, and efficient loading sequences for all transport modes.
Results
By introducing INFORM’s integrated vehicle logistics solution, Volkswagen de México achieved significant operational benefits:
The result is a highly efficient logistics operation that saves time and costs while supporting Volkswagen’s global delivery commitments.
- Most vehicles spend less than 1.5 days in yards
- Smooth daily handling of around 2,500 vehicles
- Optimized utilization of yard space and transport capacity
- Reduced congestion and minimized handling times
- Fully transparent and synchronized logistics processes
With INFORM's software solution, we can optimize all processes centrally and in real time and synchronize the entire supply chain - our highly integrated approach has been realized.
Future Outlook
With INFORM’s solution in place, Volkswagen de México has established a scalable logistics platform that supports growing volumes, increasing export complexity, and continuous process optimization. The integrated planning approach enables VW Mexico to further enhance efficiency and reliability across global vehicle flows.
Conclusion:
Integrated optimization and high acceptance
With INFORM's software solution, VW has a highly integrated system that synchronizes and transparently controls all logistics processes. “In the past, we had a number of different car terminal management systems. INFORM's software solution provides us with a system that allows us to optimize all processes centrally and in real time,” explains Beckmann.
The continuous development and improvement of the optimization algorithms enables VW to make strategic decisions in real time. The user-friendliness of the software leads to a high level of acceptance among employees.
Hartmut Haubrich
Senior Vice President Vehicle Logistics
