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June 2002
June 2002


  • Touch and Go
    Automakers currently face the dilemma of how to give customers the increased in-car functionality they demand without creating a corresponding rise in driver distraction. One answer is to better utilize the sense of touch. BMW has done it with its controversial new iDrive system, but will others follow?
  • A Slice of pi
    As business and technology manager for Pi Technology, Julian Styles has first-hand knowledge of the telematics industry. His company is a subsidiary of Ford, but works for OEMs and suppliers as though it was independent, responding to their needs as well as those of consumers. From this, he has gained a clear idea of what constitutes good telematics design, but says it's much too early in the process to pick winners and losers.


  • PLM: Where product meets process
    What pdm is to product, plm is to process. here's what the buzz is all about.


  • Microscopic Manufacturing at Motorola
    Making the microprocessors that are the brains of a vehicle's electronic systems requires an attention to detail that borders on fanaticism and a plant floor that is 10,000 times cleaner than a hospital operating room.


  • 447,000 Heads Are Better Than One
    Thinking about implementing a knowledge management (KM) program? If not, you should consider just how much brain poweryour organization isn't using to its full extent.

    SUPPLEMENT



    automotive finishing  A regional supplement

  • Full Metal Jacket
  • Services Meet Solutions

    COLUMNS


  • Gary Vasilash - Marginal: Creating Tomorrow
  • Ted Pollock - On the Management Side: When Performance Doesn't Match Potential
  • Martin Piszczalski - Information Technology Update: eSourcing To the Rescue
  • Gary Vasilash - On Materials: The Glass-Electronics Connection
  • Christopher Sawyer - Dudder: Bad Brakes
  • Christopher Sawyer - On Cars: Lincoln Takes Flight—Again
  • William Kimberly - EuroAuto: Better Cars for People Who Walk



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