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- Car Rental Agency Accelerates Success by Using Cutting-Edge Programming Model
- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group serves value-conscious travelers through its familiar brands, Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental. However, modifications to the company's COBOL, mainframe-based, car rental system were time consuming. Dollar Thrifty remedied its problems by using Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 formerly WinFX with Windows Workflow Foundation and...
- Tags: Agency, Microsoft Corp., Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
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- Thrifty Car Rental Gains Rapid Increase in Productivity With the Informatica Data Integration Platform
- Thrifty Car Rental and Dollar Rent a Car are subsidiaries of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group. Together Dollar and Thrifty have close to 1,000 rental locations. The company wanted to integrate data from approximately 1,000 locations with national reservation systems in the most cost effective and efficient manner. As a solution...
- Tags: Informatica, Data Integration
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- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. Upgrades and Integrates IT Systems to Reduce Costs and Enhance Flexibility and Reporting Capabilities
- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. is a Fortune 1000 Company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company wanted to consolidate two operating companies into one, integrating disparate systems to reduce operating costs. The challenge was to ensure IT scalability to support continued growth and handle foreign currency in the financial system...
- Tags: Application Development Tool, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance
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- Automotive Solutions: Technology That Matters
- This IBM paper describes the potential role of IT in helping automotive companies respond to current trends in the industry. It also describes automotive solutions from IBM. Plus it illustrates, using current customer success stories, how companies are using IBM technologies to derive differentiating value from automotive solutions. This paper...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Manufacturing, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2005-05-08
- Just-in-Sequence Solution With SAP for Automotive Supports Leaner, More Cost-Effective Manufacturing Processes
- The Brose Group, a worldwide supplier to the automotive industry, is setting standards in Just-In-Sequence JIS production. Each component reaches the customer at the right time, in the right sequence, and in the appropriate version. Based on the industry solution SAP for Automotive, JIS processing is being implemented at various...
- Tags: Industry, SAP AG, Manufacturing, Strategy, Management
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- Aussie dollar outranks greenback
- At time of posting one US dollar is worth 1.0963 Australian dollars.I know squat about economics so I am hoping that some of you geniuses will explain to me how this effects Australia, the USA, and the world.I am not aware that the Australian dollar has ever previously been so...
- Tags: jardinier, Australian Dollars
- Discussion threads 2007-11-11
- Automotive
- The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. Automotive domain comprises of manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, retailers, aftermarket parts manufacturers, engineers, mechanics, electricians, producers, environmental and transport safety groups and trade unions. United States, Japan, China, Germany and South Korea are...
- Tags: Industry, Manufacturer, Softweb Solutions, Manufacturing
- White papers 2008-02-13
- Wireless Automotive Communications
- This paper presents an overview of wireless automotive communication technologies, with the aim of identifying the strong candidates for future in-vehicle and inter-vehicle automotive applications. The paper first gives an overview of automotive applications relying on wireless communications, with particular focus on telematics. Then, the paper identifies the key networking...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless
- White papers 2005-06-13
- Driving Toward Change: The New Role of IT and the CIO in the Automotive Industry
- This paper examines the steps that automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers OEMs and suppliers are taking to not only reduce IT costs and increase productivity, but also to leverage IT so that it delivers real business value to the enterprise. HP considers structures and practices - such as consolidation and standardization,...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Industry, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-03-01
- AA1Car Quick Links Page (zip)
- Quick links to hundreds of automotive diagnosis & repair articles, auto diagnosis software, automotive parts & tools, training resources & automotive Web sites. AA1Car also provides links to automotive training resources, software, tools, and parts.
- Tags: Training, Workforce Management, Productivity, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2007-02-26
- Innovate Automotive Design and Improve Productivity, Sales and Services to Grow and Reach New Markets
- At the same time that automotive companies are facing the pressure to meet customer demands with rapid, regular improvements, a number of challenges stand in the way. Quality and innovation costs continue to increase. Supplier integration and collaboration complexity increase. Marketing costs rise. The demands of global regulations continue to...
- Tags: Sales, Automotive Company, IBM Corp., Manufacturing
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Just-in-Time and a Maximum of Flexibility Peguform Uses mySAP Automotive to Optimize New Plant Operations
- Creating prototypes is one of the most challenging processes in the automotive industry. No other process demands more flexibility from production facilities, suppliers, and IT solutions. Using mySAP.com and mySAP Automotive, Peguform GmbH & Co. KG, a leading manufacturer of interior and exterior automobile equipment, was able to meet prototype...
- Tags: mySAP, SAP AG, JIT, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software
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- Seyfer Automotive: Increases Productivity & Improves Customer Service
- Seyfer Automotive made its nine employees more productive with the Cisco Smart Business Communications System.
- Tags: Customer Service, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Webcasts 2007-09-24
- Production Planning and Procurement Processes Accelerated Using SAP for Automotive
- Borg Instruments, based in Remchingen, Germany, is the European leader in the development and manufacturing of innovative automotive electronics. Borg had no integrated database and needed to replace IT system with standard software. Borg selected SAP for Automotive. This resulted in Cross-company cooperation with business partners in real time and...
- Tags: SAP AG, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Manufacturing, Leadership, Business Operations, Management
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- Steering an Automotive Giant to Efficient Backup and Archiving
- How do you tackle the problem of protecting data from 17 European automotive subsidiaries? That was the challenge facing Mazda - one of the world's leading and most innovative automotive manufacturers. By standardizing on an integrated portfolio of Symantec backup and archiving solutions, Mazda Motor Europe the European operating company...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Archiving, Backup, Mazda Motor Corp., Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-09-26
- Photos: Sun fires up Niagara servers
- First look at energy-thrifty systems based on Sun's UltraSparc T1 processor.
- Tags: photograph, processor, server, Sun Fire, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, T1
- Image galleries 2005-12-05
- Infrastructure Upgrades Drive Better Collaboration, Faster Development at Hyundai
- Korea-based Hyundai Kia Automotive Group manufactures and sells motor vehicles throughout the world. But the group's software infrastructure hindered its ability to communicate and collaborate efficiently across regions. The 100,000 users placed a heavy demand on the group's server system, employees struggled with outdated collaboration software, and developers took a...
- Tags: Hyundai, Collaboration, Group, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Groupware, Servers, Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Enterprise Software, Hardware
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- Integrated Manufacturing Application Provider Standardizes on XOsoft's WANSyncHA as Its Global, Automated Instantaneous Recovery System
- 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 company set out to find a solution that would provide its customers with truly seamless ERP system availability. The first PdMAIN client chosen to...
- Tags: Manufacturing Application, XOSoft, Supply Chain, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software
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- SAP NetWeaver XI and SAP NetWeaver Adapters for the Automotive Industry by Seeburger Help Lower TCO by 30%
- Kongsberg Automotive - based in Kongsberg, Norway - uses the SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure SAP NetWeaver XI component and SAP NetWeaver adapters for the automotive industry by Seeburger to handle varying Electronic Data Interchange EDI communications such as refreshing delivery schedules, transmitting updated delivery notes, and issuing invoices. SAP NetWeaver...
- Tags: SAP NetWeaver, Adapter, Industry, SAP AG, TCO, SAP NetWeaver XI, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Why the Automotive Industry uses RFID Technology for its Container Management Needs
- This white paper describes SAP's radio frequency identification RFID technology and how it is being used in the automotive industry. The paper explains what kanban processes are and outlines the advantages automotive manufacturers are realizing by using RFID-enabled kanban and container management systems. Those benefits include: Reduced...
- Tags: Industry, SAP AG, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics
- White papers 2005-07-01
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