Digital Supply Chain – Page 18
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ArticleBosch opens new photovoltaics competence center
Bosch will coordinate global solar energy activities from Arnstadt (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch has opened a new 530 million euro photovoltaics center in Arnstadt, eastern Germany.The automotive supplier will coordinate its global photovoltaics activities from the 382,000 square meter facility. Bosch's solar energy division headquarters brings together research and development departments, ...
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Bosch, Daimler agree electric-motor JV
Bosch already builds electric motors at its plant in Hildesheim, GermanyPremium car maker Daimler and automotive supplier Robert Bosch have agreed to establish a joint venture to develop and produce electric motors for electric vehicles.The two companies said in a press release that the cooperation, which is subject to regulatory ...
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ArticleBosch issues supplier awards
Bosch CEO Franz Fehrenbach presented supplier awards to 60 companies this year (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch resumed its "Bosch Supplier Awards," which recognize suppliers that have performed particularly well in terms of quality, pricing, reliability, technology and continuous improvement.The German automotive supplier presents the awards every other year, but skipped 2009 ...
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ArticleAudi's new logistics center: Saving 500 tons of CO2 a year
Audi needed better logistics managements to deal with an increase in model variations (Photo: Audi)Audi said its new 34 million euro logistics center in Neckarsulm, Germany, can save up to 500 tons of CO2 a year.The premium carmaker, a member of the Volkswagen Group, said the new building is designed ...
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ArticleAt Mercedes, windtunnels offer weather at the touch of a button
Two new Mercedes windtunnels allow earlier testing of prototypes in extreme climatic conditions (Photo: Mercedes)Mercedes-Benz has inaugurated two new climatic wind tunnels that will enable the German premium carmaker to test new vehicles' performance in extreme weather conditions early in the development process.The wind tunnels, located at Mercedes' Sindelfingen, Germany, ...
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ArticleBosch to acquire BPM software maker inubit
Bosch will expand its offering of internet-based services through the acquisition of inubit (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch plans to buy inubit, a Berlin-based maker of business process management (BPM) software.The German automotive supplier said the acquisition will boost its offering of internet-based services.inubit AG offers process solutions for companies across a ...
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ArticleAVL incorporates NTC's software team
The control of this gearbox was developed by NTC’s software engineers, who are now part of AVL Powertrain UK (Photo: AVL).Engineering group AVL has completed its acquisition of NTC Powertrain and has integrated that company's software team into its UK powertrain operations."NTC’s software team are a great fit with our ...
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ArticleDassault says Renault, JLR opt for Version 6 platform
Dassault’s Version 6 opens car development to consumers (Photo: Dassault Systemes)Dassault Systemes said carmakers Renault and Jaguar Land Rover have decided in favor ofthe French PLM software group's Version 6 platform.Dassault said the carmakers evaluated other systems but decided to adopt its platform to address increasing vehicle complexity, the need ...
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ArticleTesis, Magna promise better thermal management simulation
Thermal simulations are crucial in the development of EVs (Photo: Kuli)Automotive supplier Magna and simulation specialist Tesis Dynaware are combining their simulation products to provide a complete analysis of a car's energy and thermal management.The two companies are coupling Tesis Dynaware's DYNA4 full vehicle simulation with Magna's KULI thermal simulation ...
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ArticleFactory 2.0 challenges Toyota manufacturing concepts
Software can generate manufacturing productivity improvements (Photo: Forcam)New IT systems are beginning to compete with the Toyota manufacturing system, which has been a template for efficient production in the auto industry for many years.Sophisticated production software, which analyzes a plant's production data on a continuous basis, can sharply boost efficiency.At ...
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ArticleToshiba to provide inverters for Ford EVs
Toshiba Corp, which wants to grow its automotive business globally. said it will supply inverters for hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids that Ford Motor plans to start mass-producing in 2012.The Japanese electronics group, which announced a year ago that it would manufacture drive motors for Ford EVs in its ...
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ArticleMitsubishi Electric, FAW unit to set up Chinese car multimedia JV
Mitsubishi Electric conducts tests in an electromagnetic anechoic sound chamber (Photo: Mitsubishi Electric)Mitsubishi Electric Corporation said it plans to grow its Chinese automotive multimedia business by establishing a joint venture with QiMing Information Technology Co, a subsidiary of carmaker FAW.The two companies, which have worked together since 2004, agreed to ...
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ArticleGlobal IT market set to top 1 trillion euros in 2012
Global IT demand continues to rise despite the Japanese earthquake and weak consumer spending in some European countries (Photo: Infineon)The global IT market is set to top 1 trillion euros in 2012, according to the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO).The IT researchers expect the market to grow 4.3 pc to ...
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ArticleFord steps up quality drive, using laser robots for inspection
Laser robots inspect the quality of a new Ford Focus built at the company’s Michigan Assembly plant (Photo: Ford)Ford hopes to boost quality through a major investment in robots that can check for problems using laser technology.The U.S. based carmaker said it is investing $100 million globally to install laser ...
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ArticleBMW Financial Services interview: IT as a success factor
Ebner von Eschenbach: IT helped BMW Japan cope with the aftermath of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunamiBMW Financial Services depends for all its IT needs on the group's internal service division. IT at BMW is run by Karl-Erich Probst, CIO, while financial services at the German premium carmaker is headed ...
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ArticleT-Systems provides Cloud services to Magna
T-Systems will provide a range of Cloud-based IT services to Magna, as part of the Canadian supplier group's effort to modernize and upgrade its global information and communication technology.T-Systems, a subsidiary of Germany's Deutsche Telekom, said it is providing Magna with a Cloud infrastructure that allows the supplier to connect ...
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ArticleIndustry strives for no-fault automotive microprocessors
Here's what the auto industry wants: Microprocessors that are tailormade for the automotive environment, that can withstand huge temperature swings and near-constant vibration and, most importantly, never ever fail.To make microprocessors that meet those requirements, experts say a rethink of the entire production process is order. And that's exactly what ...
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ArticleManaged security is a growth area in Cloud-based services
The Cloud can work especially well in the provision of security services (Photo: IBM)Experts say managed security is a major growth area for Cloud-based services."We estimate that through 2015 half of all e-mail security products will be used in SaaS form," said Ruggero Contu, principal research analyst at market researchers ...
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ArticleVisteon to do more testing locally in Brazil
With the expansion, Visteon can handle more tests locally in Brazil than it could before (Photo: Visteon)Visteon Corporation is expanding automotive component testing capabilities at its engineering test center in Brazil.The US-based automotive supplier said it will start performing thermal cycle tests on internal and external components for vehicles at ...
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ArticlePanasonic Automotive to get new ECM software
Panasonic Automotive’s Neumuenster operations are 1 of 4 German locations to get the new softwarePanasonic Automotive Systems is streamlining invoice processing at its four German locations, the division of Japanese electronics group Panasonic said.The new software comes from Berlin based enterprise content management specialist Optimal Systems.In Germany, Panasonic Automotive makes ...
