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August 2002
August 2002

McLaren's Pied Piper

Gordon Murray has designed both Formula One cars and million-dollar supercars. Now the technical director of McLaren Cars has set his sights on mobility solutions for crowded urban areas.

Lear's Full-Service Approach To Interior Development

Interior supplier Lear is implementing the advantage of employing a product and process development approach to creating innovative products for its customers.

THE OPERATIONAL WISH LIST: What Manufacturing People Would Really Like

We ask some of the people who are actually involved in producing products what they would like technology vendors to provide. Some of their answers are surprising. All of their answers ought to be addressed by some enterprising organizations.

Akebono and the Power of Process

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is still what it is: your back-office automation system for managing the vast majority of business transactions in your enterprise. But now ERP is stepping out in multiple directions.

Effectively Managing Inventory In The Supply Chain

Can automotive do a better job at managing inventory in the supply chain? Yes, through data sharing. New technology, better marketing and basic, trusting two-way human communications.

COLUMNS

Gary Vasilash - Marginal: What Goes Around...

Ted Pollock - On the Management Side: How to Create a Creative Climate

Martin Piszczalski - Information Technology Update: Cooking Up a Better Approach to Development & Quality

Christopher Sawyer - On Materials: Repelling Sound, Surf, Sand and Stains

Christopher Sawyer - Dudder: Prescience and the PT Cruiser

Kermit Whitfield - On Cars: Honda Changes the Game

William Kimberly - EuroAuto: VW's Incredible New Phaeton Plant