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Automotive Parts Manufacturer Boosts Efficiency With Enhanced Monitoring, Reporting

whitepaper To help its enterprise run more efficiently, Gates Corporation, a leading manufacturer of automotive and industrial belts and hoses, needed a monitoring system that could provide comprehensive reporting data on its 400 business-critical servers.

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Leader in Automotive Auctions Shifts Into Higher Gear With New Desktop Standards

whitepaper Carmel, Indiana-based ADESA Car Auctions is a leading automobile auction provider, employing nearly 11,000 people in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. With a variety of computing environments in its geographically dispersed offices, the...

Tags: erp

[11 May 2008]

High Volume SCM Implementation Supply Planning and Manufacturing

whitepaper The performance project presented in this paper is a Supply Chain Management implementation based on the current and projected requirements of an automotive industry component supplier. The volume of data to be processed surpasses that of any SAP...

Tags: supply chain management

[11 May 2008]

Company Improves Data Analysis and Reporting With Business Intelligence Solution

whitepaper Large automotive manufacturers, as well as individual car and truck buyers, use the Kelley Blue Book Web site to find in-depth pricing information. Kelley Blue Book analyzes and publishes data on new and used vehicles.

Tags: data mining - analysis

[04 May 2008]

AutoNation Achieves Backups 12 Times Faster, Cuts Costs With New Backup Software

whitepaper Leading automotive retailer AutoNation watched its data expand as rapidly as its car sales. When its data stores hit 15 terabytes, the company could no longer back up all of its data in a 24-hour period.

Tags: network disaster recovery, backup, file, backups

[03 May 2008]

Integrated Manufacturing Application Provider Standardizes on XOsoft's WANSyncHA as Its Global, Automated Instantaneous Recovery System

whitepaper Founded in 1977 and based in Burlington, Ontario, PdMAIN Corp.is a provider of integrated business solutions for the manufacturing, distribution, service and automotive industries. The first PdMAIN client chosen to benefit from the new solution was...

Tags: wide area networks (wan), erp, availability, automotive

[10 Apr 2008]

Who's king of advertising? Web set to overtake TV

News Among the different sectors, recruitment led the market with 25.7 per cent market share, ahead of the automotive sector and technology, which overtook finance for the first time. The UK has the most developed online-advertising market in the world.

Tags: tv, 4od, online ads

[09 Apr 2008]

Wakefield Refines IT Operations and Reduces Costs With Microsoft Dynamics AX

whitepaper Wakefield Canada Inc.is a recently created sales and distribution corporation that provides sales, marketing and distribution capabilities for the Castrol brand of automotive oil and lubricants. Wakefield wanted to migrate from the legacy main...

Tags: infrastructure management

[02 Apr 2008]

Mobile Solution Helps Specialty Chemicals and Materials Company Improve Customer Focus

whitepaper Global specialty chemicals and materials company Cytec Industries develops, manufactures, and sells value-added products to markets such as aerospace, adhesives, automotive and industrial coatings, inks, and plastics.

Tags: crm software

[02 Apr 2008]

Increasing Profitability With Standardized Global Used Truck Management System for a Leading Automotive Manufacturer

whitepaper Leveraging the expertise in automotive domain and web application development, they designed and developed a centralized, multilingual, multi-currency contract management system that became the first of its kind to be adopted by all countries in...

Tags: business management

[27 Mar 2008]

Developed an On-Board Diagnostics and Telematics Unit That Enabled the Client to Offer Services From Remote Location and Enhance the User Experience

whitepaper MindTree developed an on-board automotive diagnostics and telematics unit for the world's leading manufacturer of automotive tools. The solution re-engineered the earlier design, reduced the BOM cost and added a lot of user-friendly features...

Tags: diagnostics and analysis

[27 Mar 2008]

New Intranet Generation Increases Access Rates and Simplifies Content Management

whitepaper Siemens VDO Automotive AG has reorganized the intranet for 32,000 employees. The information pool had grown to 270,000 pages, and the system no longer fulfilled many requirements. It lacked a uniform design, a large portion of the information could...

Tags: application servers

[24 Mar 2008]

Automotive Company Reduces Server Costs With Terminal Services

whitepaper ITW Deltar Engineered Fasteners wants a cost-effective way to host its business applications and remote desktops. The company's short-term plan for enhancing network performance involves replacing an old server that uses Citrix server software.

Tags: windows nt - 2000 - 2003, windows server, engineered, fasteners

[23 Mar 2008]

Auto Group Improves Sales, Reduces Cost to Open New Dealership

whitepaper Grindstaff Automotive Group wanted to enable information sharing among dealerships and reduce voice costs. The challenge was to increase sales. The group subscribed to managed Ethernet and managed LAN services, centralized applications and support...

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[04 Mar 2008]

Automotive Services Retailer Shrinks Data Center by Half, Cuts Operational Costs

whitepaper Midas is one of the world's largest automotive service providers, including exhaust, brakes, steering, suspension, and maintenance services. There are more than 1,700 franchised and company-owned Midas locations in the United States and Canada.

Tags: server consolidation

[29 Feb 2008]

Honeywell Uses Smart Tags to Improve Interoperability, Save $1.5 Million Annually

whitepaper Honeywell Transportation Systems employs thousands of engineers who design engine-boosting systems and other automotive products. Early in the design phase, they consult parts data that resides in an SAP R/3 ERP system, and parts drawings that...

Tags: erp, microsoft office, sap, windows xp

[29 Feb 2008]

Innovating Retail Business Processes With a Hosted Dealer Integration Network

whitepaper As the operator of the Dealer Integration Network for the automotive retail industry, Oxlo Systems must deliver a solution that is easy to implement, highly reliable, secure, and cost-effective. The company's solution enables a robust and efficient...

Tags: programming languages

[28 Feb 2008]

Global Manufacturer Enhances "Culture of Speed" With New Communication Tools

whitepaper Gates Corporation of Denver, Colorado, manufactures automotive and industrial belts, hoses, and power transmissions. The company has 13,500 employees and customers all over the world. Gates employees were unable to communicate and collaborate fast...

Tags: customer support services

[28 Feb 2008]

Delphi Drives Up Productivity With Microsoft .NET

whitepaper To achieve seamless automation across its global supply chain, With 195,000 employees and nearly $30 billion in annual revenues, Delphi Packard Electric Systems, a leading manufacturer of automotive switches, connectors and electrical/electronic...

Tags: switching

[20 Feb 2008]

SAP NetWeaver Platform Provides It Solutions for a Global Market

whitepaper As one of the world's two leading lighting manufacturers, OSRAM offers products in six divisions: General Lighting, Automotive Lighting, Ballasts and Luminaires, Opto Semiconductors, Display/Optic, and Precision Materials & Components.

Tags: infrastructure management

[20 Feb 2008]

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