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• Service Supply Throws Off Its Chains

  BNET - 2004-12-01

  Equipment companies are well versed in manufacturing supply chains. But as their only real revenues in future are likely to come from service, do they have the vision, systems, and processes to build a powerful service supply chain? Companies supplying products to customers will make no money from what they...

  Tags: Supply Chain, PRTM, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software

• On Board the Voice-Enabled Vehicle: What's Likely?

  BNET - 2002-03-01

  The ability to interact with the vehicle via voice-issuing commands and receiving audio responses-has long occupied a central role in the telematics game plan. The vision of drivers interacting with their vehicles by talking to them in conversational tones is still only that-a vision-and perhaps a dubious one. However, there's...

  Tags: Vehicle, PRTM, Voice, Board, Telematics, Manufacturing, Games, Strategy, Personal Technology, Management

• Significant Development Chain Advances for Automotive Manufacturer

  BNET

  A $20 billion division of a major automotive manufacturer needed to address overall competitiveness in the face of increasing globalization and accelerating technological change. A strategic assessment by senior management indicated several actions the company needed to take: invest in knowledge-intensive value-chain elements; execute an asset reduction strategy; and build...

  Tags: PRTM, Globalization, Manufacturing, Asset Management, Strategy, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations

• Integration of $1.6 Billion Acquisition Saves $40 Million in Manufacturing Operations Costs

  BNET

  The $165 million North American division of a global $8 billion diversified manufacturer of industrial and automotive products had just completed a $1.6 billion acquisition of one of its key competitors. The acquisition thrust the division into a dominant market position with an expanded product portfolio, but also left the...

  Tags: Acquisition, PRTM, Manufacturing, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations

• Creating a Telematics Subsidiary for an Automotive OEM

  BNET

  A division of one of the world's leading automotive OEMs wanted to evaluate the business potential of the emerging telematics industry and identify opportunities to leverage telematics to help the company: transform from a product- to a service-centric organization, become closer to the customer, and maximize shareholder value. PRTM rapidly...

  Tags: PRTM, Telematics, Manufacturing

• Integrated Supply Chain Design

  BNET

  A leading international supplier of avionics components and integrated aircraft systems asked PRTM to design a supply-chain strategy in response to a major U.S. military aircraft modification program Request for Proposal RFP. Working with two separate client divisions, PRTM assessed their functional supply-chain resource capabilities using previously completed benchmarking study...

  Tags: Supply Chain, PRTM, Aircraft, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Aerospace & Defense, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing