Recently added articles from Automotive Design & Production:
GM 2.0: will the reboot make it viable?
Sep 01, 2009; ... It has finally come to this. GM. No, I don't mean filing for and reemerging from bankruptcy. I mean building a couple of new products that are truly as good as the people at GM say they are. Well, maybe not that good, but a damn sight closer to what is real than is generally the case. A ...
The current state of commercial relationships: a look back at better days and some thoughts about what we may find in the future.(Survey)
Sep 01, 2009; ... As we prepare to conduct the seventh biennial IRN survey on price reduction requests, we have some theories and some questions about what the results will reveal. The context has certainly changed since our last survey of the supply base in 2007. North American light vehicle production ...
Flexibility Now.(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Recently, I had the opportunity to talk to a group of manufacturing executives about flexibility. As I was preparing the presentation I began to put together the major items that many are familiar with in terms of flexibility drivers: common vehicle architecture, consistent PLP points, ...
Ford's better idea: improving the IC engine.(NOTABLE)
Sep 01, 2009 ... As the Advanced Engine Design and Development Manager at Ford, Brett Hinds has been leading the team there that developed the "EcoBoost" engines. That's as in one part fuel economy--as in an improvement up to 20%--and one part an improvement gain--the EcoBoost V6 in the 2010 Ford Flex ...
Power(ful) savings.(NOTABLE)
Sep 01, 2009 ... Looking for the ways and means to become (1) more energy-efficient, (2) more operationally efficient, and (3) more dollar efficient? In factories, HVAC systems account for a lot of operational costs, and as existing mechanical systems and controls are already there, a new development from ...