Automotive

Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland to Manufacture Fully Built Commercial Vehicles

December 2, 2013

Traditional commercial vehicle manufacturers, such as Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, are increasingly switching to providing vehicles fully built by them, rather than supplying only the chassis.

Developing a Roadmap Toward Global Vehicle Platform and Supply Chain Harmonization

November 19, 2013

UTi Worldwide

Epicor Fashions Hosted Version of App for Auto Aftermarket

November 14, 2013

Epicor Software Corp.

Epicor Software Corp. has developed a hosted version of its Epicor Eagle for the Aftermarket application.

Could Volvo's Fortunes Revive Under Chinese Control?

November 14, 2013

Fortune

Conventional wisdom suggests that the latest attempt to revive Volvo as an automotive brand faces very long odds. Under the umbrella of its corporate parent Geely, the Chinese automaker, Volvo's 450,000 annual sales aren't self-sustaining.

RFID's Role in Today's Supply Chain

November 4, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Use of RFID tags at the item level is upstaging case and pallet tagging among many retailers, says Tom O'Boyle, director of RFID at Barcoding Inc. O'Boyle explains the benefits derived from item-level tagging and looks at other innovative applications for RFID, including hybrid systems that mix active and passive tags.

RFID's Role in Today's Supply Chains

October 29, 2013

Tom O'Boyle, Director of RFID, Barcoding, Inc.

SKU Proliferation: Is There a Cure for the Disease?

October 28, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Retail marketers love complexity. The more variations of a product they can sell, the happier they are. How else can they command all that shelf real estate in big-box stores? How else can they promote innovation? And how else can they drive their supply-chain managers crazy?

Four Regional Clusters Offer 'Most Promising and Most Dynamic' Growth for Car Manufacturers, Suppliers

October 25, 2013

Boston Consulting Group

The "Beyond BRIC markets" -- the rising automotive markets emerging behind the quartet of Brazil, India, Russia, and China -- offer the last great growth opportunity in a world in which established markets are largely characterized by stagnation or low growth and the key stakes have already been distributed in the BRIC markets.

Why Quality Is More Than a Passing Fad

October 14, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Total Quality Management. Quality circles. Quality with a capital "Q." It all seems so...20th Century.

Organization Tasked with Putting Some Pep in Britain's Automotive Industry. It Just Might Succeed.

October 11, 2013

Financial Times

The UK car industry is on a global charm offensive to rebuild the shrunken supply chain behind Britain's auto business, targeting 15,000 new jobs and almost 200 fresh projects over the next three years.

Automotive

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