The reorganization includes the expansion of its global production and supplier network closer to customers and markets. The increasingly complex incoming production material flows at Mercedes-Benz plants and the transport of newly manufactured vehicles from production facilities will be centrally managed in an even more efficient and flexible manner.

"Logistics plays a key role for our company's success. Our objective is to gear our supply chain management organization towards growth and to make it even more efficient and flexible. This approach marks the next logical step in our global production strategy," says Markus Schäfer, member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain Management.

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