The objective of Rail/Haul-Away Visibility was to create an industry guideline/standard of data that will be shared between the carriers and OEMs to ensure all parties are up-to-date on the status of each vehicle, which ultimately supports better management of carriers assets resulting in quicker delivery to the dealer network. Standardizing vehicle handling practices globally leads to a reduction in damage rates and the more rapid and effective transporting of vehicles, on haul away trucks, as well as rail cars and ocean carriers.

This collaboration between the OEMs and carriers looks to provide administrative & hard cost savings along with improved efficiencies for all parties.

The AIAG Finished Vehicle Logistics Quality Handling Manual improves operations by reducing duplicated activities and provides a common vehicle handling guideline between the European Union and North America.

Rail/Haul-Away Visibility Work Group

This former AIAG working group was made up of Haul-away carriers, OEM's, and railroads. They collaboratively worked together to improve supply chain status reporting and visibility of finished vehicles as they are transported from the assembly plant through to delivery to the dealer. Specifically focused on alleviating congestion at the destination railhead. This group's efforts looked to improve electronic visibility/reporting, enabling improved asset management and alleviate congestion.

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