Despite intense competition among 100 or so vendors, numerical control (NC) software pricing is relatively stable, based on the NC Software Pricing Report, a survey of NC software vendors published by CIMdata Inc. of Ann Arbor, MI. "Although...
Imagine: You need to renew your license plates and suddenly you discover you can't just go to your corner gas station to have your car's tailpipe tested for that all-important certificate giving your car its tailpipe exhaust a clean bill of health...
Electric power steering systems currently are used only on very small or very exotic cars, but their fuel-saving benefits will be hitting the automotive mainstream soon, say officials at General Motors Corp.'s Saginaw Div.The steering system and...
Two new fuel-efficient transmissions for light-duty trucks are being developed by Chrysler Corp., and that should soon translate into some big orders for high-volume production equipment, company sources say. Known as the 45/55 RFE and the 46/47...
While GM's capitulation grabs most of the headlines, it was not an entirely one-sided affair. The UAW agreed to hold its members to a performance benchmark for scrap and errors, including only 25 parts-per-million returned; 95% uptime on equipment...
The use of lean systems saved Freudenberg-NOK $8.2 million, or $2,300 per employee, during 1994, the rubber and plastic component manufacturer reports. CEO Joseph C. Day says the cost savings and improvements -- $3.2 million higher than 1993 -...
Now that they con trol Congress, analysts expect the Republicans to move quickly on tax-cut and credit measures that could put more money in consumers' pockets, helping to stretch out an auto sales boom that some economists fear could start to...
Dreamers, schemers and down-to-earth electric vehicle diehards shared the stage at the 12th annual International Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS-12) in California in December. Major automakers joined many would-be manufacturers at the conference...
A lot of large companies are not only going outside of their organization to fill top positions, but often they're even going outside of their particular businesses.I find this strange. It tells me that some CEOs and boards of directors do not...
When Toyota introduced its Lexus Div. five years ago the big question was, "Can it build a luxury car that will sell in the U.S.?" The big question today is, "How is Toyota holding the price on the Lexus?" The '95 top-of-the-line LS400 now is...