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FEATURES BY DEPARTMENT
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| November 2003
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Twins: Ford Freestar & Mercury Monterey
Twins: Chevy Colorado & GMC Canyon
Generation 5
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Despite the controversial styling, the fifth generation BMW 5 Series hasn’t lost its sporting focus or dynamic prowess. It remains a benchmark for sport sedans and for the hard work needed to stay on top.
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Alfred Sloan was right
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According to automotive writer and historian Thomas Bonsall, the domestic auto industry’s corporate-centric structure stands in the way of its success. Only by looking to the past and giving its divisions a degree of autonomy can U.S. automakers hope to thrive.
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IBM Forges Ahead in Automotive
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IBM’s Automotive Software Foundry initiative seeks to bring order to the chaotic world of automotive software development and put OEMs back in the driver’s seat.
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Flemish (car-making) Masters
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Both Opel and Volvo hope to score big in Europe with new versions of the Astra and the S40. To that end they have sunk tidy sums into upgrading their manufacturing plants in the Flanders region of Belgium and are counting on new technology to improve quality and productivity.
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Casting And Machining the Porsche Cayenne Block
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With a specialized vehicle like the Porsche Cayenne there’s a need for specialization in aspects of its production. Like the use of a specialist casting supplier to not only produce the aluminum-silicon alloy block, but to completely machine it as well.
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Composite Coverup
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The latest product from Quadrant Plastic Composites currently smoothes out the airflow under BMW’s 5 Series. Plans are underway, however, to mate this material with Class A panels for use in roof, hood, and trunk panels.
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Rapid Prototyping: Rapidly Getting Stronger
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When it comes to rapid prototyping (RP), there are a variety of available systems, but one statement holds true across them: “Materials are critical,” says Mervyn Rudgley, senior director for product development at 3D Systems (Valencia, CA). And when it comes to equipment, size matters, and for some, smaller is better.
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IBM’s Near-Future Technologies for Telematics
COLUMNS
Gary Vasilash - Marginal:
Virtually Yours
Ted Pollock - On the Management Side:
Needed: Your Ideas
Insight: What Suppliers Can Do About Customer Pressures
Martin Piszczalski - Information
Technology Update: Emerging Business-to-Business Process Automation
Christopher Sawyer - Dudder:
Stop Whining!!
Christopher Sawyer - PartsBin:
No Starter. No Alternator. No Problem.
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