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Passing the Eye Test: Innovative Lighting Solution Resolves Sticky Situation

Challenge: Our company faced a quality issue originating during our sub-assembly of headliners for a major customer, a Fortune 100 automotive OEM. Strands of the glue used to affix wiring harnesses and other parts to headliners' C-surfaces were ending up on their A-surfaces as well and were not detected in the QA process. The problem was discovered after finished headliners were installed on vehicles. We needed to make detection easier and meet production cycle times and quality standards.

How RFID Can Ensure Product Quality and Reduce Recalls

You can't tackle the problem of product recalls without data.

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There Are Roadblocks to Connecting Automotive, High-Tech Consumer Electronics Industries

It's the Daytona 500 of vehicle manufacturing: the race to bring connected cars, light trucks and SUVs to market. Unprecedented safety, driver assistance and infotainment features promise to revolutionize the driving experience. Still, few industry executives are confident that their current connected vehicle initiatives are on the right track.

Subaru Is Incredibly Successful. Would Expansion Change That?

Since 2011, Subaru's global sales have surged 45 percent to 913,100 vehicles, a pace bested only by a few burgeoning Chinese brands and Fiat Chrysler, which has been intent on making Jeep a popular choice in Europe and Asia. In the U.S., Tesla is the only car company that has increased sales as quickly in that period. And Subaru has done all this while cranking out the best profit margin in the industry.

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When It Comes to Public Safety, There Are No 'Small' Recalls

The recall of a single spice can have huge ramifications for food safety.

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Now Hear This: Market for Top-shelf Audio Systems in New Cars to See Robust Growth

Premium audio system sales in new vehicles are expected to grow from just over 8.6 million units globally in 2014 to more than 11.6 million units in 2021, with branded speaker system sales expected to grow from more than 8.7 million units to 11.1 million units in the same time frame, according to the IHS Automotive forecasts for these systems.

Automotive Parts Company Moves to Daily Store Fulfillment

Challenge: A leading automotive parts retailer, with more than 3,000 stores in the U.S., wanted to quickly develop their B2B channel while simultaneously growing their traditional retail channel. But their operations would have to adapt to meet the higher service level that B2B customers require.

DB Schenker Launches Weekly Air Cargo Service

The jet cargo division of DB Schenker has launched a weekly air-cargo service linking Hong Kong with Chicago and Houston.

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Ford Uses RFID Tech to Track Engine Parts Through Manufacturing Process

Ford is one of several carmakers that have adopted the Adept 850 - a passive UHF on-metal tag with an 8.5-meter read range and a 4-meter write range - to store and access data about each manufacturing step.

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Despite Subsidized Loans, Russian Light-vehicle Sales Drop 41.5 Percent Year Over Year in April

Russia's light-vehicle market is still in the mire as a result of the very poor macro environment and it remains to be seen if subsidized car loans will move the dial.

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West European Car Market Continues to See Robust Growth

The Western European passenger car market again recorded a strong result in April as Southern Europe, Germany and the UK continued to fuel growth.

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QuestaWeb Technology Automates $6 Billion Firm's Importing Processes

Challenge: The U.S. subsidiary of a $6 billion multinational electronics and electrical equipment company imported products from its Japanese headquarters using manual processes. Beyond the inefficiencies of using paper documentation and having brokers manually key data, the post-import reconciliation of broker documents for correctness and compliance was labor intensive.

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