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March 2005
March 2005

Oh, What A Company!

Toyota & the Art of Continuous Improvement. How the best manufacturer in the industry just keeps getting better.

Only The Persistent Survive

Although lauded for its lean best practices, Freudenberg-NOK's president and CEO believes that they have to help make their suppliers—and even customers—better if all are to prosper. And he also operates knowing that what may be good today is likely to be insufficient tomorrow, so while continuous improvement is key, innovation is crucial

Looking At Infiniti's M Sedan

Looking at Nissan Frontier and Xterra

Developing Designs: The Public & The Passion

To say "Zoom-Zoom" is one thing. To identifiably design it is another. Here's some of what goes into making it happen

All the (Electronic) Comforts of Home

Watching DVDs in the car is so last year. The latest round of in-vehicle entertainment focuses on watching TV from built-in hard drives and surfing the web while speeding down the highway (passengers only, please).

A New Way to Look at Welding

Researchers at Battelle have developed a modeling method that can predict fatigue life in weld joints and thereby cut millions in development costs.

Creating the "American Design" for Motorcycle Aficionados

Nowadays, behind even the most meticulously hand-crafted machine, is some high-tech design software.

Field Guide to the Vehicles of the 2005 NAIAS

Volvo's Plug-and-play AWD

The Drive for Hard Drives

Honda’s Lean Network

Ford Drives All-Wheel-Drive

COLUMNS

Gary Vasilash - Marginal: Unbreakable

Ted Pollock - On the Management Side: Effective Managers Do These Things

Insight: The Art and Science of Material Selection

Christopher Sawyer - Dudder: Putting Jaguar In Focus

William Kimberly - EuroAuto: Bosch & The Year of ESP