Supply Chain Integration (SCI) is defined by Bowersox et al. (1999) as the simultaneous orchestration of four critical flows: product/service, market accommodation, information, and cash within and across companies. Analogously, Supplier Integration (SI) is defined as a practice that links externally performed work of the supplier into a seamless congruency with internal work processes (Bowerso...

Waste minimization in the automotive repair industry is characterized by the large numbers of small quantity generators (SQG) producing solvent, alkaline and detergent hazardous wastes. On-site management of multiple processes which vary depending on the size of shop make the administration of hazardous waste policies particularly complex. This paper presents the quantities and types of hazardo...

MSC.Nastran V70.7 was used on the Cray SV1 to perform large-scale NVH problems typically encountered in the automotive industry. Several MSC.Nastran solution sequences such as SOL 103, 111, 108, and 107 are heavily used by automotive customers in a production environment on the Cray SV1. Significant performance improvements were recently made to key MSC.Nastran kernels to exploit the architectu...

in recent years, there has been a great concern about strategic supply chain management. the supply chain configuration approach is related to strategic management of material and information flows. most of suggested configurations in the part of strategic direction are based on environmental factors and structure-conduct-performance approach. exploring supply chain configuration with emphasis ...

Competition is the driving force of today's economy and it is vital for organizations to gain competitive advantages. In recent years, outsourcing has been the focus of managers as a tool for developing organizations and improving productivity. This study deals to analyze the outsourcing risks of the supply chain in the automotive industry using fuzzy inference systems. For this purpose, in the...

The automotive industry could be facing a situation of profound change and opportunity in the coming decades. There are a number of influencing factors such as increasing urban and aging populations, self-driving cars, 3D parts printing, energy innovation, and new models of transportation service delivery (Zipcar, Uber). The connected car means that vehicles are now part of the connected world,...

This tutorial addresses issues and current practices regarding the important topic of the interaction of software reuse and safety. This topic has become very relevant to modern embedded systems in domains from aerospace to automotive, as new architectures are introduced that encourage the development and use of reusable components. The two sections of the tutorial provide first an introduction...