Automobile manufacturing supply chains are still under threat from problems faced by car maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), it has been claimed.
Coming just days after a £340 million loan was offered to JLR from the European Investment Bank, manufacturing organisation EEF has said that more cash from the government is needed and is becoming "increasingly urgent".
Martin Wassell, the Midlands region director for EEF, said that both short and long-term measures are required to safeguard the automotive supply chain.
"Acute pressures remain and threaten to undo the great strides made by manufacturers in recent years to improve their performance," he said.
"The need for short-term measures to have an immediate impact is therefore becoming increasingly urgent."
Supply chains are often vulnerable to either suppliers or clients failing and as such, hiring a third-party supply chain management company to provide a strategy for if and when a link fails could be a wise decision.
Mr Wassell added that the chancellor, Alistair Darling, should focus on alleviating cashflow issues as well as introducing a temporary scrappage scheme to boost consumer demand for cars.
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