Functional build (FB) is a critical process in launching a vehicle, whereby individual prototype parts are stamped and then sent to a central location to be assembled into a prototype vehicle body.
Proceeding of IMECE2005, 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
The Digital Body Development System (DBDS) is 4 year project to shorten the time to launch vehicles by improving the launch problem solving process.
Automotive suppliers find themselves facing a business environment that continues to grow more competitive. Rising materials prices coupled with demands for price cuts, as well as the growing cost of health care and increased competition have created a business environment in which suppliers struggle to succeed.
Prepared for gedas, USA, Inc.
This report will focus on how the industry is addressing warranty issues that appear to be systemic in nature, and would thus present significant potential cost exposure.
Prepared for the Program on Automotive Practices Sponsored by Microsoft Corporation.
This file contains an executive summary of the study. To obtain the complete study, please contact Brett Smith at (734) 929-0491.
Sponsored by the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory.
The motor vehicle industry is the largest manufacturing industry in the United States. No other single industry is linked so much to the U.S. manufacturing sector or directly generates so much retail business and employment. This study describes the economic contribution of an important company included in the U.S. motor vehicle industry: the U.S. operations of Toyota North America.
Prepared for Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
This Delphi report describes the North American auto industry’s perspective on the current and future state of various issues surrounding the product design process and its impact on product design success.
This study sponsored by Parametric Technologies Corporation
This study is an update of a previous report on the economic contribution of the international automotive industry completed in 1998 for the AIAM.
A study prepared for the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.