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Vehicles are now computers in motion
This edition of Automotive Industries took me back to another life, when I edited a technology magazine in the mid 1990's. That was the time when...
Automotive Industries, 09/22/09 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
"Continuous improvement" needs a quantum leap
One of the mantras heard most often in auto production plants around the world has, for many years, been "continuous improvement". Designers and...
Automotive Industries, 06/22/09 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
CAFE sets new course for US auto industry: the US auto industry has been thrown both a life-line and challenge by President Barack Obama's plans for tighter fuel and emission standards which, he says, will put the United States on the road to a cleaner en
For US-based car makers, this could prove a life-line. They are in the best position to take advantage of what will become global changes in...
Automotive Industries, 06/22/09 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
2009 Ad
South Africa is geared up to nearly double vehicle production to 1.2-million by 2020--and component manufacturers from around the world are welcome...
Automotive Industries, 06/22/09 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
Components maketh the car
Your Challenge: A world leader in automobile production is in financial trouble, and is fast running out of cash. You have to take over, and try to...
Automotive Industries, 03/22/09 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
A battle for hearts and minds
While editing the articles appearing in this edition of Automotive Industries, I was reminded of a conversation with a Volkswagen plant manager at...
Automotive Industries, 09/22/08 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
Buggy whips and $200 oil
Most Marketing 101 courses will include a mention of what happened to the makers of buggy whips. Inspired by rapid growth in the early 1800's,...
Automotive Industries, 03/22/08 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
The search for new markets
Those with very long memories may be t able to recall a time when the motor industry was not facing one or other crisis. A time when sales were...
Automotive Industries, 09/22/07 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
AI- the power to influence
We've all heard stories like the couple who, try as they might, couldn't get their rowboat moving. All it took was for a passer-by to point out...
Automotive Industries, 06/22/07 by Ed Richardson · More from publication -
In search of excellence: Automotive Industries is on a quest—a "Quest for Excellence". We are looking behind the badge, to the suppliers whose innovation, research and development, commitment to quality and a constant eye on costs are drivi
Samuel Johnson: "Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier...
Automotive Industries, 03/22/07 by Ed Richardson · More from publication
