Smarter–lighter–greener: research innovations for the automotive sector

Deployment in the Automotive Sector

Started in February 2008, the DEPLOY project, probably the biggest Formal Method project ever funded by the European Community, is finishing in April 2012. During more than 4 years, 86 researchers and engineers from 14 partners have collaborated to the development, improvement and assessment of the Rodin platform, plugins, and educational materials, while sharing the common objective of easing ...

5G Mobile: Disrupting the Automotive Sector

E-Business Standardization in the Automotive Sector

Successful cooperation between large manufacturers and their suppliers is a crucial aspect, especially in the automotive industry. Such mutually beneficial cooperation requires at least a certain level of integration and interoperation of the partners’ IT and e-business systems. This chapter looks at two approaches in order to achieve this goal: sector-specific harmonization (in the form of ele...

A Workflow Formation Architecture for the Automotive Sector

Companies in the automotive sector have been forced to react on trends, such as an increasing globalization and decreased numbers of cars per type. This resulted in new forms of cooperations, called Networks of Automotive Excellence (NoAE). Interoperability between the parties within such networks is crucial. For parties to operate effectively together, they have to align their local workflows....

The diffusion of management accounting innovations in the public sector: a research agenda

There have been numerous studies of the transformation of the public sector. This paper has a different focus: the dissemination and adoption of management accounting practices within the new public sector. The aim of the paper is explore the manner and means of diffusion, the obstacles to adoption and to establish a research agenda. The paper discusses findings of a survey on diffusion sent to...