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December 2004
January 2005

General Motors: The Road Ahead

Key aspects of the organization as it undergoes a major transformation. The competitive environment is tougher than ever, but the company has the opportunity to maintain its position through improved products, processes, technologies—and managerial positioning and decision-making.

From NUMMI to MIT to Ford to Hyundai: John Krafcik

The man who helped define “lean” is now helping Hyundai gain ground in the U.S. market by heading up the company’s Corporate Planning Div.

Extroverted & Specialized: Scion’s Strategy

Scion's vp Jim Farley talks about the seemingly quirky brand that has made some in the industry who were initially shaking their heads in disbelief to look wide-eyed at the sales that are being racked up.

Machining Gets Smarter

Machine tools that think? That’s the goal of an initiative that wants to make a quantum leap in machine intelligence.

Easier ERP Implementation?

Historically, enterprise resource planning (ERP) has the reputation of being a project that takes longer to implement than the tenures of those who OK’d the implementation. Then in the face of the year-2000 crisis, ERP implementations became quicker and, dare say, somewhat easier. What happened?

The Possible Future of Robots at VW

Finding the Right Wavelength for Aging Eyes

Simply Irresistible

Market Like Microsoft

Covey’s Addition

Now you see it...

Robotic Deburring for Toyota’s F1 Team

Legends & Those in the Making

A Cellular Approach...to Recycling

COLUMNS

Gary Vasilash - Marginal: The Industry

Ted Pollock - On the Management Side: Dealing with Rule Breakers

Insight: The Importance of Innovation and New Product Development

Christopher Sawyer - Dudder: Six Predictions

William Kimberly - EuroAuto: Considering Diesel Catalysts