Digital Supply Chain – Page 11
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ArticleMary Barra set to become GM CEO on January 15, 2014
Mary Barra will become the 1st woman to head a major automaker (Photo: GM)General Motors named Mary Barra to become the carmaker's next CEO on January 15, 2014. Barra, 51, will succeed Dan Akerson, who is retiring earlier than planned to deal with a family illness.Barra, who is in ...
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ArticleVW reaffirms commitment to "clean factories"
Volkswagen Group reaffirmed its commitment to building fuel-efficient cars in sustainable factories as the German automaker celebrated the second anniversary of its "Think Blue. Factory" program. In early 2013, VW inaugurated a large solar park for its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee (Photo: VW)VW's mission is "to deliver clean cars from ...
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ArticleWith acquisition, Accenture moves to further strengthen PLM expertise
Accenture's acquisitions of PCO is its 2nd major move in the PLM business area this year (Photo: PCO)Accenture hopes to further boost its expertise in the growing product lifecycle management (PLM) sector through the planned acquisition of Montreal-based PCO Innovation.The global business consulting group said the addition of PCO ...
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ArticleNTT to deliver cloud platform to Yamaha
Yamaha Motor makes motorcycles and other power products (Photo: Yamaha)NTT Communications Corporation will deliver a cloud computing platform to Yamaha Motor, as the Japanese motorcycle and power products group moves to streamline global IT operations.In a press release, NTT said the platform will let Yamaha operate mission-critical systems in ...
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ArticleProgress cited in PLM openness
An industry-wide initiative to create more open IT solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM) software is gaining acceptance, with most system suppliers now on board for the plan.In recent months, more companies have signed a common agreement ”“ the Codex of PLM Openness (CPO - which documents their contribution to ...
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ArticleSurvey: as costs fall, M2M is growing
(Photo: Analysys Mason)A survey of companies across several industries shows that machine-to-machine (M2M) implementations are set to rise across the board as costs come down.The M2M adoption barometer for 2013 found that costs are one of the biggest barriers in adopting M2M solutions. But as these costs come down, ...
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ArticleSurvey: German BI market set to grow strongly
US-based SAS is Germany's biggest seller of BI software (Photo: BI)MUNICH - The German market for business intelligence software is set to grow sharply this year, as small and mid-sized companies continue to invest in products that can help make them more efficient.According to a survey of Germany-based BI ...
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ArticleAccenture to buy Prion in bid to grow PLM business
Prion is a specialist for Siemens' Teamcenter PLM software (Photo: Prion)Accenture plans to buy Prion Group in a bid to grow its consulting business in the product lifecycle management (PLM) area.The US-based consultant said the planned acquisition of Prion, a privately held German PLM specialist, will expand its end-to-end ...
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ArticleAt BMW, a new central archive for financial records
(Photo: KGS)BMW has reorganized its financial records, bringing all data together in one central archive that can be accessed directly from the company's SAP systems.KGS Software, a provider of SAP interface and archiving software, said it implemented the project at the German premium car maker together with information management ...
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ArticleAt Ford, robots drive test cars
Ford's robotic testers are built with Utah-based Autonomous Solutions (Photo: Ford)At Ford, robots have begun to replace some human drivers when road tests are considered too strenuous for humans.The US car maker said it is using robots in a pilot program for durability testing of its new full-size Transit ...
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ArticleFaurecia, Dortmund University start metals research
Faurecia is a large maker of automotive seating systems (Photo: Faurecia)Faurecia, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, and the Technical University of Dortmund have opened a joint research center for metals processing.ReCIMP (Research Center for Industrial Metal Processing) will develop new manufacturing technologies as well as components for ...
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ArticleSiemens acquires production planning specialist Preactor
Sri Lankan tire maker DSI uses Preactor software to schedule production across several sites (Photo: Preactor)Siemens has acquired production software specialist Preactor, as the German group continues to expand its offering of industry software.Preactor is a UK based maker of production planning and scheduling software. Its advanced planning software ...
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ArticleKaspersky becomes main IT security provider to Ferrari
Ferrari opted for Kaspersky because the internet security specialist could meet its special requirements (Photo: Ferrari)Kaspersky Lab will become the primary IT security provider to race car maker Ferrari.The internet security specialist, which has been sponsoring Ferrari since 2010, said it has signed a new five-year commercial agreement to ...
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ArticleGerman companies see big savings potential from BPM software
Companies want BPM software to be simple (Photo: Metasonic)German managers see big savings potential from the use of business process management software, according to a recent poll.The Software Initiative Germany (SID), an industry association, and software group Metasonic interviewed 100 German business managers and found that 58 pc of ...
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ArticleGerman robot maker Kuka expands in US
Kuka is one of the world's biggest makers of industrial robots (Photo: Kuka)German industrial robot maker Kuka is boosting its presence in the US through the acquisition of the plant engineering business of privately owned Utica Companies. Utica is a Michigan-based welding equipment specialist with a focus on the ...
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ArticleEU car sales plunge 10.2 pc in March
European sales are hurt by continuing economic uncertainty (Photo: EIB)Passenger car sales in the European Union fell 10.2 pc in March, posting the 18th consecutive monthly decline, the European auto industry association, ACEA, said Wednesday.Unit sales fell to 1.307 million in March from 1.455 million a year earlier. Sales ...
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ArticleCovisint launches new automotive supplier portal
Covisint has launched a new cloud-based collaboration platform for automotive suppliers.The US based cloud services company, which is a subsidiary of technology group Compuware, said its new global platform connects more than 80,000 organizations and eight major auto manufacturers.Covisint has teamed up with Akamai, a US based provider of cloud ...
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ArticleDaimler starts product development for vans in China
Daimler and Fujian Motor executives officially opened the new center (Photo: Daimler)Daimler's Chinese joint venture officially opened a new product development center for vans this week, as the German premium car and truck group continues to broaden the geographical spread of its operations.The center, located in Fuzhou in southeastern ...
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ArticleSurvey: Independent IT consultants earn 79 euros an hour
As the role of IT grows, consultants can charge higher rates (Photo: Kuka)Independent IT and engineering consultants can command higher fees as demand for IT services continues to pick up, according to a survey of German IT specialists.According to the survey, which was conducted this month by the Gulp ...
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ArticleT-Systems, Cloudera to offer cloud-based analytics-as-a-service
Big data analytics is a becoming a key offering for T-Systems (Photo: T-Systems)T-Systems has entered into a cooperation with US-based Cloudera to boost its offering of big data analytics.The business services arm of Germany's Deutsche Telekom said it will deliver cloud-based data analytics solutions based on Cloudera's platform for ...
