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Toyota Opens Parts Center to Serve 27 Lexus Dealerships in Southeastern U.S.
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. (TMS) has opened a parts distribution center in Lithia Springs, Ga., near Atlanta. Stocking approximately 43,000 Lexus parts, the facility will serve 27 Lexus dealers in the Southeast, primarily in Atlanta, as well as a five-state area that includes Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.
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Lure of Cheaper Airbag Lands Auto Industry in Litigation, Largest Recall Ever
Automakers embraced Takata's cheaper technology almost 20 years ago despite signs that it was unsafe. The airbags are now at the center of the auto industry's biggest recall.
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World Automotive 3D Printing Market is Expected to Reach $2.4Bn by 2022
The world automotive 3D printing market will garner $2.4bn by 2022, registering a CAGR of 21.8 percent, according to a report from Allied Marketing Research.
The New Kids on the Supply Chain Block
The discrete manufacturing industry is entering a new era. Major technological advancements have inspired innovations right through the supply chain, from robotics to 3D printing, automation to autonomous cars. This has exponentially expanded the choices available to consumers, both in the range and selection of products and sellers, but also in their ability to dictate when and where they purchase and receive their goods. The customer is now in charge.
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Continental Tires of Paper; Embraces EDI to Link Up With Suppliers
Ten years ago, Continental Tire realized that manual, paper-based communications with suppliers weren't getting the job done with efficiency and accuracy. So it turned to an EDI-based business network for help.
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Robust Engineering and Planning Prove Vital to Redesigned Car Launch
Challenge: A U.S. automotive OEM customer's redesign of one of its car models required Comprehensive Logistics to re-engineer our 640,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing-support facility. This changeover needed to be completed in five weeks.
Market Is Growing for Sand, the Simple But Indispensable Ingredient to Fracking
Amid the gloom and doom that's set in all along America's shale fields these past two years, there has been one small, but consistent, bright spot. Sand.
Half of World's Fleet of Vehicles on Way to Being Connected
Fifty-five percent of new vehicles sold in 2020 will be connected, according to IHS Automotive forecasts. And at that time, nearly half of the global fleet of vehicles in operation also will be connected.
How Volvo Summoned an Army of Resources to Cut Energy Use at Its Plants
It wasn't exactly a cast of thousands. But when The Volvo Group set out to slash energy usage at its North American manufacturing plants, it called on a wealth of partners from both the private and public sectors for help.
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Tesla's Electric-Vehicle Business Model Could Leave Automotive Industry in the Dust
The stunning consumer response to Tesla's Model 3, the $35,000 sedan that was unveiled on March 31, appears to prove that Elon Musk's bold master plan remains on track. Moreover, it could well mark the day that electric vehicles went from being niche to mainstream products.
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Complete Supply Chain Visibility of All Your Carriers!
Challenge: Difficulty to get accurate and timely location updates on brokered loads. Traditional in-cab solutions are too costly to install and too difficult to deploy to all outside carriers.
The Dawn of the Age of the 3D Printer
It makes sense that a running shoe would stand for an increase in the speed with which manufacturers can "print" products on demand.
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