vehicles
RSS vehiclesPatrick Autocare Drives Vehicle Tracking with LXE
White Paper Patrick Autocare, a publicly owned Australian integrated logistics service provider, offers processing, storage and distribution of motor vehicles. The Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) has been designed and developed by Patrick Autocare to track and... [01 Mar 2004]
Fujitsu Pen Tablets Used in First North American Drive-Through Insurance Claims Facility
White Paper Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI), insurer of all motor vehicles registered in the Canadian province of Manitoba, wanted to improve service for its customers - the province's 800,000 vehicle owners. This new system gives staff at MPI the ability to... [01 Mar 2004]
Tagging and Vehicle Tracking Enhances Security for Consignia
White Paper Tagging - whether of vehicles, criminals on probation, or works of art - is an accepted method of logistics tracking. The 411 Eureka Tagging System from Avonwood is used for identification of the Parcelforce fleet of delivery vehicles at its... [10 May 2006]
Waste Disposal Specialist Streamlines Logistics With New Wireless System
White Paper Journey times and efficient loading of vehicles determine profitability in the trucking industry. This solution exchanges data by radio wave between the head office and computers that are onboard vehicles. [10 Jan 2008]
Supermarkets face online car sales ban
News Supermarkets and other potential online car dealers may be blocked from selling vehicles on the web, following a move by the European Commission. The paper quotes an EC report as saying: "In the long run [allowing them to sell cars] may however be... [14 Jan 2002]
Video Compression Technology for In-Vehicle Image Transmission: SmartCODEC
White Paper Next-generation vehicles will require multiple video channels for safer and more enjoyable driving. This paper describes Fujitsu's SmartCODEC technology, which was specially developed to transmit video data in vehicles to meet these requirements. [14 Feb 2008]
SAP ERP Helps Tata Motors to Serve Their Customers Better and Faster
White Paper Tata Motors Limited, India's largest automobile company, is the leader by far in commercial vehicles in each segment, and the second largest in the passenger vehicles market with winning products in the compact, mid-size car and utility vehicle... [26 Apr 2008]
Ball Grid Array Reliability Assessment for Aerospace Applications
White Paper The test vehicles were subjected to thermal and dynamic environments representative of aerospace applications. The test vehicles were monitored continuously to detect electrical failure and their failure mechanisms were characterized. [24 Feb 2004]
Wireless Solution Helps Port-Based Automobile Logistics Company Keep Track of Shipments
White Paper When Hyundai plans to send vehicles to export markets it schedules a number of shipments. The manufacturer informs the terminal of the date of arrival of each large-tonnage vessel, and provides details of the number and types of vehicles to be... [01 Oct 2006]
Smart cards to stop HGV drivers breaking the law
News Smart cards and digital signatures are to be introduced in heavy goods vehicles and buses by next summer, to comply with new EU rules designed to ensure that drivers are keeping within the law. The UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will... [24 Oct 2003]
Motrac: GPS Improves Service Team Productivity
White Paper Motrac Handling & Cleaning sells and leases fork lifts, warehouse vehicles and floor cleaners, and provides specialised logistic consulting. When one of their fork lifts or warehouse vehicles breaks down, Motrac's customers need to be back in... [09 Nov 2005]
A New Level of Visibility for KLM Equipment Services
White Paper KLM Equipment Services, part of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, is responsible for maintaining a large pool of vehicles at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, such as fuel trucks, catering trucks and aircraft tractors. [09 Nov 2005]
HP BladeSystem and HP Management Tools Together With HP SAN Help Propel Polaris Through the Rough Terrain of IT Consolidation
White Paper Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), RANGER Utility Vehicles and Victory Motorcycles. Polaris started to consolidate their IT infrastructure by moving to the HP BladeSystem, VMware ESX, and... [05 Jul 2006]
Tech leads to crunch time for uninsured drivers
News Record numbers of uninsured vehicles are being seized and crushed thanks to automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology, research reveals. The use of ANPR has led to more than 100,000 uninsured vehicles in the UK being seized this year by... [14 Nov 2007]
Oracle Case Study: SsangYong Motor Company
White Paper Ssang Yong is Korea's leading manufacturer of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and recreational vehicles. The challenge was to increase scalability and flexibility to accommodate for changes in production plans. [06 Dec 2006]
