Trust the leader in automotive logistics
From tiered suppliers to OEMs and the aftermarket, C.H. Robinson works across the full automotive supply chain to keep your freight running smoothly—no matter the market or the conditions. We work with the vast majority of the top 100 tier 1 suppliers and top 10 OEMs.
Unmatched expertise
Gain a competitive edge and reach your business and sustainability goals with automotive industry experts who know what your customers need.
Unrivaled scale
Integrate and streamline your automotive network with the power of our global connections, relationships, and reach.
Tailored solutions
Build your winning strategy and continuously improve with item-level visibility, end-to-end support, plus multi-modal options for flexibility whenever you need it.
Multimodal flexibility and end-to-end supply chain solutions to drive your business forward
Consolidation
Struggling with costly and inefficient shipments? Our specialized consolidation services can transform multiple partial truckload shipments or ocean containers into streamlined full truckloads or containerloads. Shipping tires? Utilize C.H. Robinson's loose tire consolidation program. Reduce costs, improve transit times, and gain greater control.
Cross-border
With over 2 million cross-border shipments in North America every year, C.H. Robinson is a proven leader in cross-border logistics. We offer integrated solutions and technology that provide a frictionless connection from upstream to downstream, to create ease of flow across the automotive supply chain. Leverage the power of our global scale, multimodal solutions, and automotive cross-border expertise to keep your freight moving.
Expedited freight
When unexpected challenges arise, mitigate delays and reduce costly impacts to keep your automotive production and supply chains going. Access experts who understand the automotive business and flexible transportation capacity that can scale across modes—to get your freight where it needs to be.
End-to-end visibility
Get visibility to where your products are, and where they are going to be. Build reliability and resiliency into your supply chain with insights and tools like C.H. Robinson’s Navisphere that continuously improve your logistics strategy and streamline your shipping.
Managed Solutions
Unlock the full potential of your automotive supply chain with C.H. Robinson Managed Solutions™. Empowering your industry with TMS technology, 3PL managed transportation and 4PL solutions, for enhanced visibility, PO and supplier management, and tools to optimize even the most complex JIT supply chains, and a plan for every part.
Item-level Solutions
Access configurable solutions, including visibility at the item level, purchase order (PO) management, supply chain design, and inventory optimization to understand total landed costs—from upstream to downstream. See where optimization opportunities exist to drive efficiency and cost savings.
Case studies
Success stories: Automotive supply chain
Expedited solutions from C.H. Robinson provided greater reliability, visibility, and control over this tier 1 supplier's logistics operations.
C.H. Robinson helps increase container utilization through LCL shipping and single buyer’s consolidation.
After implementing solutions from C.H. Robinson, Mazda Australia reduced air freight costs by 23%, realized substantial savings on ocean imports, and identified duty refund opportunities.
C.H. Robinson devised a strategic warehouse approach to eliminate redundant cross-border movements.
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"As we look beyond tomorrow and shape a future for electric vehicles, we need logistics providers who understand our business and the customers we serve. We’ve partnered with C.H. Robinson using a collaborative approach to align our transportation strategy which has helped enable and accelerate our growth.”
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C.H. Robinson is focused on providing superior service.
Logistics solutions across the automotive supply chain
Only C.H. Robinson combines leading AI technology, Lean principles, and expert logisticians to deliver continuous improvement designed around your business. By supporting all segments of the automotive supply chain, we ensure the right inventory is in the right place, at exactly the right time.
Tiered suppliers
Optimize your automotive supply chain with tailored solutions and strategies that execute against both planned and unplanned shipments. Leverage multimodal capacity solutions including truckload, LTL, consolidation, intermodal, ocean, and air to strengthen your supply chain.
OEMs
Streamline your shipping with unmatched reliability, service quality, and efficiency. Track, manage, and reduce emissions to meet your sustainability goals and prepare and execute against your unplanned shipments with scalable expedited services.
Aftermarket
Strengthen your retail strategies with our expertise and scale. With over 7,500 retail customers, we provide key services like consolidation to help ensure you’re able to deliver on time and in full, as well as plan for holiday surges and market shifts.
Meet Agentic Supply Chain™ solutions
The new category of logistics is here—intelligent supply chains that think, learn, and act in real time. Powered by AI and backed by the world’s leading logistics experts, Agentic Supply Chain™ solutions deliver smarter, faster, and better.
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