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Electrifying the Giants: Green mobility solution for M&HCVs in India.

2024-26-013101/16/2024

Diesel operated Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles (M&HCV) account for nearly 70% of all road transportation in India which is expected to quadruple, from 4 million in 2022 to roughly 17 million trucks by 2050. Despite comprising a mere 5% of total vehicle fleet, they consume nearly 57% of fossil fuel used by the transport sector and responsible for 71% ,74% and 55% of CO2 ,PM and NOx emissions respectively. This necessities the transition of M&HCV into green mobility solution. Furthermore, smaller vehicles like 2W, 3W, 4 wheeler like cars and buses are adopting EV technology at a faster pace coupled with incentivization through government policies like FAME-I, FAME-II etc., advocates an immediate intervention on electrification of M&HCVs to multifold the impact. This paper suggests a collaborative approach amongst M&HCV manufactures and government agencies to realize the transition while integrating the benefits of reduced emissions, lower operating costs, quieter operation

Saurabh, Piyush, Giri, Debabrata

MULTI-ENVIRONMENT ACCELERATED DURABILITY TEST FOR EXHAUST SYSTEM FLANGE JOINTS

2021-26-047209/22/2021

Accelerated testing is vital to meet stringent project timelines and is a key consideration for developing new testing methodology. Specifically, durability testing is one of the key fields of interest to deal with all aspects. Fatigue with exposure to multiple environments is a major cause of exhaust system flange joint failure. Physical verification of increased design life expectancy, demands longer testing time, while shorter time to market is main differentiator for competitiveness. Government policy induced timeline pressures added to the need of accelerated tests. The methodology described in this paper embraces these aspects to ensure a quicker flange joint testing, with due consideration to environmental impact. Until the BSVI norms, marginal leakage through the system joints was usual and acceptable. Stringent emission norms demand ‘near-zero’ leakage from exhaust systems. The system joints essentially being the most probable leakage zones, became the focus area

Dhumal, Sagar Prakash, Suryawanshi, Sachin, Mone, Manasi

Mobility Data Sharing Assessment

MDC0000320210808/30/2021

The Mobility Data Collaborative and the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) collaboratively developed a practical set of resources for organizations to ensure appropriate legal and policy review of mobility data sharing initiatives, as well as assess the fairness of these initiatives. Collectively, these resources make up the Mobility Data Sharing Assessment (MDSA): A Tool that provides a practical, customizable, and open-source assessment for organizations to conduct a self-assessment, An Infographic that provides a visual overview of the MDSA process, An Operator’s Manual that provides detailed instructions, guidance, and additional resources to assist organizations as they complete the Tool. The MDSA is designed to be a flexible and scalable process and to support transparent and accountable decision-making about how and when to share mobility data between organizations. This initial MDSA is intended for any organization or group that wants to share or receive mobility data related to

Mobility Data Collaborative

Q&A: How Do You Protect Your IP?

TBMG-3691305/01/2020

Medical device companies are in a race to benefit humanity — and impress potential investors or acquirers in the process. They must stand out enough to be noticed, but this can put their good ideas on the radar of potential copiers. They must convince the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that their products are safe, while convincing buyers that their products are effective and different. How should medical device companies protect their intellectual property (IP) in this labyrinth? In this Q&A, Philip Nelson, a partner with Knobbe Martens, provides some insights for device companies facing these issues.

Guidelines for Mobility Data Sharing Governance and Contracting

MDC0000120200404/08/2020

Digitally enabled mobility vehicles and services, including dockless bikesharing and electric scooter sharing, are generating and collecting a growing amount of mobility data. Mobility data holds great potential to support transportation officials and their efforts to manage the public right-of-way, but the unlimited distribution of mobility data carries untested risks to privacy and public trust. The Mobility Data Collaborative™ has identified the need to improve and coordinate understanding among all parties around foundational policy and legal issues to support mobility data sharing, including privacy and contracting. The guidelines are geared towards supporting a scalable mobility data sharing framework that aligns the interests of the public and private sectors while addressing privacy, transparency, data ownership, and consumer trust.

Mobility Data Collaborative

SAE TOMORROW TODAY: Building Government Trust in Avs

1288802/11/2020

The career journey of Brad Stertz, Director of Government Affairs at Audi, took him from the news desk to a leadership role in the automotive industry. Brad joins host Grayson Brulte at SAE's Government/Industry Meeting to talk about the importance of showcasing autonomous technology to local government officials as a way to create understanding and develop legislation. Throughout the conversation, Brad shares his insights on a number of government-related topics, including the differing AV policy laws in New York (6:50), California and Florida, as well as how the deployment of scooters in cities compares to AVs. Grayson and Brad discuss the importance of the perception of AV safety among public and government officials, focusing on the false narratives in the Autonomous Vehicle Engagement Reports, building trust and the AV Start Act.

Hineman, Marcie

Autonomous Vehicle Engineering: September 2019

19AVEP0909/05/2019

Editorial The new 'face' of privacy The Navigator No trust in AI systems without data protection Innovation Nation In the mobility space, Israel is rivaling Silicon Valley for smarts and start-ups - and beats it in chutzpah. Autonomy in your Face Biometric technology is deemed essential to ensuring AV driving safety and advancing the user experience-if privacy issues don't derail its deployment. About Face! To win acceptance, deployment of facial-recognition technology needs to fit within a picture-perfect consumer and legal framework that balances benefits with privacy protection. The Vehicle as Gaming Device Audi spin-off Holoride uses VR to turn the back seat into an entertainment platform. BlackBerry Tech Duo Sees Emergence of Vehicle-based Platforms Though likely to provide the OS of autonomy, BlackBerry also anticipates a larger shift to automobiles as software platforms. Improving Lidar - or Defeating It The buzz at Sensors Expo pitted lidar-tech optimism against the reality of

Editorial

19AVEP09_0109/01/2019

Although editor-in-chief Lindsay Brooke's cover story detailing the foundations of Israel's surging tech sector helps to explain the nation's expanding expertise in all things cyber-secure, much of this issue deals with security and privacy of another kind-the access we grant almost daily to all manner of digital “providers” of goods and services. The access we'll be expected to cede is in exchange for some of the promising new features of the looming connected-vehicle future.

Visnic, Bill

EDITORIAL: Kill the EV tax credit by 2025

19AUTP03_0603/01/2019

What role should government play in shifting consumer demand to cleaner forms of mobility? For the past decade, federal tax credits of up to $7,500 have helped woo a miniscule percentage of U.S. buyers into the plug-in electric-vehicle (EV) fold. The tax credits were key to the Obama administration's plan to have 1 million EVs on the road by 2015. That goal wasn't achieved until 2018, when U.S. market share of EVs reached a heady 2.1%-up from 0.62% in 2013.

Brooke, Lindsay

Autonomous Vehicle Engineering: January 2019

19AVEP0101/08/2019

Editorial Trust, testing and transition SAE Standards News SAE updates J3016 automated-driving graphic View from a Visionary Chris Urmson helped give birth to vehicle autonomy. His company, Aurora, is leading the technology to maturity and widespread adoption. Extending EV Range Using AV Programming Intelligent programming of autonomous electric vehicles offers potentially big energy savings, according to a study by IAV. Intel Study: Autonomous Vehicles Expected to be Common-in 50 Years New U.S. consumer survey sees most Americans "expect" AVs, though many currently fear the technology. Europe's Latest AV Testing Facilities Key for Swift Autonomous Adoption The need for data sharing and commonality in burgeoning AV technologies is bringing new meaning to the words 'proving grounds.' End Public 'Shadow' Driving! The best way to test and train AI for autonomous vehicles is through proper simulation, systems engineering, and an end-state scenario matrix. A veteran engineer explains why

Open innovation practices in the automotive industry: an exploratory comparison between Brazil and France

2018-36-021009/03/2018

A decade and a half after its conception, Open Innovation (OI) is still a growing topic in the academic community. The automotive industry, however, is no stranger to the subject and activities that are now known as OI practices have been an integral part to automotive new product development activities for decades. The purpose of the present study is to analyze how open innovation occurs in the automotive industry and to compare exploratory results between Brazil's and France's automaker industries. The study introduces a brief literature review concerning the topics of Product Development Process (PDP) and OI, paving the path towards the analyzed constructs. The chosen research approach was that of a survey, with 57 responses from Brazilian automakers and 15 from French. Questions were designed and then analyzed under three main constructs: barriers and perceived risks in implementing OI projects, the main actors involved in OI, and the main OI activities or practices performed by

Marin, Rafael, Kaminski, Paulo Carlos, Armellini, Fabiano, Bouchardy, Antoine

New Device Helps Diagnose and Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases

TBMG-2813301/01/2018

École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne, Switzerland

Compliance Verification Matrix (VM) Slash Sheet for AS6174A, Counterfeit Materiel; Assuring Acquisition of Authentic and Conforming Materiel

AS6174/1 (Current)04/11/2017

The verification matrix (VM) in this slash sheet is intended for use to establish compliance to AS6174A. This slash sheet is applicable to AS6174A. Nothing in this slash sheet, however, supersedes applicable laws and regulations, unless a specific exemption has been obtained through judicial/legal channels.

G-21 Counterfeit Materiel Committee

Engineering & Operations Council Guide for Committee Review of Government Documents

EIAEP12A (Current)06/16/2016

Systems Management Council

Engineering & Operations Council Organization and Operation Manual

EIAEP2F (Current)06/16/2016

Systems Management Council

CDIF - Transfer Format Syntax - SYNTAX.1

EIAIS109 (Current)06/15/2016

The CDIF Family of Standards is primarily designed to be used as a description of a mechanism for transferring information between CASE tools. It facilitates a successful transfer when the authors of the importing and exporting tools have nothing in common except an agreement to conform to CDIF. The language that is defined for the Transfer Format also has applicability as a general language for Import/Export from repositories. The CDIF Integrated Meta-model defined for CASE also has applicability as the basis of standard definitions for use in repositories. The standards which form the complete family of CDIF Standards are documented in EIA/IS-106 CDIF - CASE Data Interchange Format - Overview. These standards cover the overall framework, the transfer format and the CDIF Integrated Meta-model. The diagram in Figure 1 depicts the various standards that comprise the CDIF Family of Standards. The shaded box depicts this Standard and the role that it plays in the CDIF Family of Standards

Systems Management Council

City Readiness System Assessment of Electric Vehicle Adoption in China

2015-01-046904/14/2015

The Chinese government initiated the “Ten Cities, Thousand Vehicles” program for electric vehicles from the year of 2009 to 2012. The demonstration results indicate that an integral city readiness system is required in the promotion of electric vehicles, including the government policies, charging infrastructure, after-sales service, business models and consumer awareness. Through the analysis of related literature and summary reports from 25 demonstration cities, a partial least squares (PLS) path model with 5 major factors and 13 observation indicators was developed to assess the city readiness of electric vehicle adoption. The 5 factors consist of government policies and investment, charging infrastructure construction and operation, business models and maintenance service system, consumer awareness education, operation scope and environmental benefits. Based on the PLS results, 25 cities are classified into 6 groups with the clustering analysis model. The assessment results show

Wang, Ning, Liu, Yafei

A New and Effective Approach for Knowledge Sharing among Indian Automotive Industry

2015-26-007301/14/2015

Access to Knowledge resources around the world demands special skills and calls for judicious investments. Networking is an effective tool and building networks through consortia approach is dire need of the hour. Although this approach has been used in academia, its application in industry, especially among corporate entities, is rare. This paper describes in brief an optimised way to access databases, subscriptions & memberships of different technical societies from global platforms for research & progress of Indian automotive industry. It is imperative for Indian automotive industry to enhance and strengthen its knowledge resource base, particularly in product development and manufacturing domains. This will enable the industry to achieve its mission -“AMP-2016” of becoming a hub for global auto industry. Instead of “compete and grow,” an approach of “collaborate and grow” is thought of. It is proposed to have a knowledge-centric Initiative for Indian Automotive Industry namely The

Joshi, Ashutosh G.

Energy Metering MCUs

TBMG-2113612/04/2014

Atmel(R) Corporation (San Jose, CA) has expanded its Atmel | SMART portfolio of energy metering products with the introduction of the SAM4C32 dual-core secure MCU, along with the SAM4CMS32 and SAM4CMP32 for residential, commercial and industrial metering applications. The new system-on-chip (SoC) solutions have 2MB of cache- enabled dual-bank flash and are pin-pin compatible with existing 512KB and 1MB devices in the portfolio. Atmel's SAM4Cx series are built on a dual-core 32-bit ARM(R) Cortex(R)-M4 architecture with flexible firmware metrology capability up to a class 0.2 accuracy designed to meet WELMEC requirements for the separation of legal metrology, applications and communications.

Configuration and Data Management References

CMB6_1C (Current)10/01/2014

G-33 Configuration Management

OCT 2012 AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN

AUTODES101210/25/2012

Democratisation of Technology Ian Adcock caught up with Andreas Schamel, Quest for the self-propelled car A team of experts is working to integrate batteries into structural components, in a move that could not only lead to the efficiency and range of vehicles being increased, but ultimately see them powered by their own body structures. Ryan Borroff reports Flexible and intelligent Engine management systems are becoming increasingly complex, in order to cope with a wider range of fuels, as well as tougher legislation. Chris Edwards reports

California - Department of Motor Vehicles/Clean Air Vehicle Decals

RS-BNA-OCT_12_0110/05/2012

Final rule of the Department of Motor Vehicles amends regulations under 13 CCR 156.00 and 156.01 regarding clean air vehicle decals. The rule requires the affixing of clean air vehicle decals in a consistent manner so that they are clearly visible. The rule also updates the form to request a decal (Form REG 1000). The rule is effective Oct. 25, 2012. Contact: Debbie Cockrill; DMV, Legal Affairs Division; (916-657-6469)

Data Management

GEIA859A (Historical)04/01/2012

Data is information (e.g., concepts, thoughts, and opinions) that have been recorded in a form that is convenient to move or process. Data may represent tables of values of various types (numbers, characters, and so on). Data can also take more complex forms such as engineering drawings and other documents, software, pictures, maps, sound, and animation. For the purpose of this standard, Table 1 lists three broad types of data, indicates how each is used, and provides examples of each. Data management, from the perspective of this standard, consists of the disciplined processes and systems that plan for, acquire, and provide stewardship for product and product-related business data, consistent with requirements, throughout the product and data life cycles. Thus, this standard primarily addresses product data and the business data required for collaboration from the team level or extended through the trading partner level during product acquisition and sustainment. It is recognized

EIDM Enterprise Information and Data Management

Integrating Formal Model Checking with the RTEdge™ AADL Microkernel

11VATC4070003/21/2012

Edgewater Computer Systems Inc. product RTEdge Platform 1.2 is a software toolset supporting proof based engineering, implementation and deployment of software components, built using the RTEdge AADL Microkernel modeling subset. This is a small subset of the AADL component model and execution semantics, covering threads and thread-groups communicating solely through asynchronous event ports and through explicitly shared data ports. Threads behavior is expressed as state machines and dispatch run time semantics is encoded in a Run-time Executive, enforcing pre-emptive priority dispatch based on statically assigned event priorities, with ceiling priority protocol access to shared data. This simple AADL microkernel semantic core can support all dispatch policies, communication and synchronization mechanisms of a fully fledged AADL run time environment, permitting the systematic use of the RTEdge static analysis tools for AADL compliant software components. The objective of our work was to

Gheorghe, Serban

The Technical Efficiency of Chennai Auto Industry Cluster

2011-28-010010/06/2011

The Chennai is an one of Automotive hub of India due to it's Automotive Industry presence producing over 40% of the India's Vehicle and Components. During 2001-02, the Automotive Component Industries(ACI) in Ambattur Industrial Estate, Chennai has faced problems on infrastructure(Approach Road, Storm water drainage system, Sewerage System, Sewage treatment plant, Solid Waste Management, Landscaping, Street Lighting and Logistics/ Parking), technology, procurement, production and marketing. In the year 2004-05 under the Cluster Development Approach (CDA), they formed Auto Cluster (AC) got grant under Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme from Government of India under Public Private Partnership Concept and implemented UNIDO-AIEMA Auto Cluster Supplier Development Programme under Consolidated Project for SME development in India. Due to this the infrastructure, technology, procurement, production and marketing interrelationships taken place among ACI. The objective is to find the

Bhaskaran, E.

Improving Program Management Through Web-Enabled “PLM for All”

2011-01-052004/12/2011

Today's engineers must meet program management demands within the context of the challenges facing the industry as a whole. Resource scarcity, both people and capital, is forcing the automotive industry to optimize the deployment and consumption of enterprise resources. As globally dispersed project teams become more commonplace, efficient and effective communication across geographies is critical. Market segmentation and technology are influencing how well manufacturers deliver products within performance and timing guidelines. Future success means providing global engineering teams with state- of- the- art tools and processes to unify disparate business groups in a virtual workspace -24/7. The solution to this is Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), a strategic business approach that supports collaborative creation across the enterprise and all stakeholders. PLM solutions link information from different authoring tools and others systems to the developing product configuration

Baughey, Kevin

Astronaut Health Participant Summary Application

TBMG-900301/01/2011

The Longitudinal Study of Astronaut Health (LSAH) Participant Summary software captures data based on a custom information model designed to gather all relevant, discrete medical events for its study participants. This software provides a summarized view of the study participant’s entire medical record. The manual collapsing of all the data in a participant’s medical record into a summarized form eliminates redundancy, and allows for the capture of entire medical events. The coding tool could be incorporated into commercial electronic medical record software for use in areas like public health surveillance, hospital systems, clinics, and medical research programs.

Sauer-Danfoss - Managing tomorrow's big challenges with today's limited resources

10OFHD0803_1008/03/2010

Executive Viewpoints-Vehicle Development Insights from Industry: Driving Factors for Future Innovation. While dealing with the unpleasant results of the last year, engineering teams also undoubtedly looked toward the future-most specifically, at new regulations that are in place or on the near horizon. New EU functional safety standards, the advent of Tier 4 in the U.S. and Stage IV in Europe, and the continuing end-user demands of a better operator experience are all compelling events that must be addressed. On top of (or perhaps in spite of) these new regulations, customers demand these machines more quickly than ever, and OEM senior management teams require machines that differentiate themselves in the market. Even through these tough times, Sauer-Danfoss has been working as part of our customers' development teams to take on these big challenges. Despite the downturn, our test lab and research work has continued. We've taken a vehicle-by-vehicle approach to expand our applications

Weston, Marc

Dr. Scott Barthelmy, Research Scientist, Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

TBMG-545807/01/2009

Dr. Scott Barthelmy is the principal investigator for the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT), a sophisticated instrument that detects and precisely locates elusive gamma-ray bursts in the universe. Developed as part of NASA’s Swift mission, the instrument technology is now being considered for a variety of homeland security applications because of its ability to pinpoint and identify nuclear materials – both legal and illegal – in transit or storage. Dr. Barthelmy also created the Gamma-Ray Bursts Coordinates Network (GCN) to distribute data collected on gamma-ray bursts to researchers throughout the world in real time.

HDF-EOS 5 Validator

TBMG-344112/01/2008

A computer program partly automates the task of determining whether an HDF-EOS 5 file is valid in that it conforms to specifications for such characteristics as attribute names, dimensionality of data products, and ranges of legal data values. [“HDF-EOS” and variants thereof are defined in “Converting EOS Data From HDF-EOS to netCDF” (GSC-15007-1), which is the first of several preceding articles in this issue of NASA Tech Briefs.] Previously, validity of a file was determined in a tedious and error-prone process in which a person examined human-readable dumps of data-file-format information.

Building Competencies for Product Development in Brazilian Subsidiaries of MNCs of the Automotive Industry

2008-36-030810/07/2008

Product Development (PD) carried out in subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs) located in countries with emerging markets provides advances in factors of production, creates high-quality jobs, increases specialisation of the workforce, and it is favourable to a strategic insertion of the host country in the international division of labour. Most importantly, it enhances the overall productivity and competitiveness of the MNC as a whole, because it shrinks the time-to-market, dropping development costs and releasing the pipeline pressure from traditional designing centres of the company. This paper analyses the overall conditions of Product Development competence building at subsidiaries of automotive companies located in Brazil, and puts forward an explanatory model of this competence building process. The study was held at two Brazilian subsidiaries that had effectively developed new products - General Motors do Brasil and Volkswagen do Brasil - with the use of Grounded

Amatucci, Marcos, Bernardes, Roberto Carlos

Bentley has secret CO2 plans

AUTOJUN08_0406/01/2008

The company wants to combine luxury and high-performance hallmarks with massive cuts in emissions. Bentley is on a technology roll. With annual sales of 10,000 cars, it is a small company, but its product range incorporates some of the highest performance and most luxurious cars in the world. And now its Board of Management has pledged that its models will produce an average of 15% less CO2 by 2012. The company is also planning a new powertrain by 2012 that will bring a 40% saving in CO2 emissions. How is such a massive reduction to be achieved? “If I told you now, that would only spoil the surprise when it comes,” quipped Engineering Director Ulrich Eichhorn. But he gave some hints.

Birch, Stuart

The Education of Automotive Engineers to Meet the Global Demands of the 21st Century

2008-01-129504/14/2008

The purpose of this paper to present an educational vision that involves increased collaboration between industry and academia in the training of automotive engineers to meet the global demands of the 21st century. It will outline the increasing need for industrial contributions towards the development of automotive specific courses to suit industry specific needs, recognized educational standards to meet the needs of the automotive industry, validation and accreditation of courses, approved centers of excellence, automotive academies, worldwide collaboration in the internship of students, inter-university collaboration, joint responsibilities to provide training facilities for teaching and research, scholarship schemes and inter-country educational & industrial exchanges and possible globalization of the educational process.

Fieldhouse, John D.

Fault-Tolerant Coding for State Machines

TBMG-262002/01/2008

Two reliable fault-tolerant coding schemes have been proposed for state machines that are used in field-programmable gate arrays and application-specific integrated circuits to implement sequential logic functions. The schemes apply to strings of bits in state registers, which are typically implemented in practice as assemblies of flip-flop circuits. If a single-event upset (SEU, a radiation- induced change in the bit in one flip-flop) occurs in a state register, the state machine that contains the register could go into an erroneous state or could “hang,” by which is meant that the machine could remain in undefined states indefinitely. The proposed fault-tolerant coding schemes are intended to prevent the state machine from going into an erroneous or hang state when an SEU occurs.

Global Research and Development: GM Case Study India

2006-21-008610/16/2006

Global R&D is in its infant stages. Senior executives and their organizations need to develop deeper understanding of the opportunities and challenges of off-shoring R&D. While global pressure will continue to mount to deliver more value at ever lower cost, the labor cost arbitrage break in countries such as China or India will not last forever. The fundamental challenge is to use the current low-cost advantage to build rapidly a sustainable technology, product and service advantage. This requires the development of a balanced local growth strategy that is well adapted to the regional strengths while ensuring a seamless global integration of people, organizations, and processes. This paper focuses on the build-up of GM's R&D activities in India with an emphasis on research in one of the key thrust areas in GM R&D - Automotive Electronics, Controls, and Software. Lessons learned apply also to development.

Popp, Patrick, Shorey, Rajeev, Bharati, Prakash

Advancing the State of Strong Hybrid Technology

2006-21-005810/16/2006

As the hybrid automotive market becomes quickly saturated with highly competitive products and vehicles, auto manufacturers struggle with business models and the combination of current manufacturing with next generation development. The hybrid development cooperation amongst General Motors, DaimlerChrysler, and BMW offers a new business model that promotes the advancement of the state of strong hybrid technology while maintaining the strong global leadership and competition.

Schell, Andreas

Program Management/Systems Engineering Guidelines for Managing the Transition to Lead-Free Electronics

GEIAHB0005_1 (Historical)06/01/2006

This handbook is designed to assist program management and/or systems engineering management in managing the transition to lead-free (Pb-free) electronics to assure product reliability and performance. Programs may inadvertently introduce Pb-free elements (including piece part finish, printed wiring board finish, or assembly solder) if careful coordination between buyer and supplier is not exercised. For example, piece part manufacturers may not always change part numbers to identify Pb-free finishes, especially if the previous tin-lead (Sn/Pb)-finished piece part has been discontinued. Detailed examination of piece parts and documents at receiving inspection while crucial, may not be sufficient to identify Pb-free piece parts. Note: Pb-free technology can impact any program regardless of whether the program itself is exempt or bound by environmental regulations. The industry conversion to Pb-free solder technology may affect an aerospace program in one or both of the following ways

G-24 Pb-free Risk Management Committee for ADHP

Responsabilidade Social Empresarial: Ética ou Estética? – Uma análise do setor automobilístico brasileiro

2005-01-417011/22/2005

This paper has as objective to investigate the reasons of the companies to adopt the concept of Social Responsibility, as well as the respective alignment between this concept and the purpose of the actions for them undertaken. The concepts of Social Responsibility, Ethical Enterprise and Enterprise Social Responsibility had been used to analyze as the Social Responsibility is used in the strategy of marketing of the companies, combined with the tool Marketing for Social Causes, in order to understand the reason of the companies to practice action of this nature. Another argued aspect was the increasing evolution of variable that before was not part of the strategical development of the company, together with the biggest concern of the company - the profit -, for the attainment of an increase of recognition of the society, beyond a on interest to the question of the improvement of its institutional image. An increasing persistence for the association of these social actions in

FARAH, MÁRIO LUÍS, MUKAI, CASSIA YUKI, PERINI, MARCELA PAMPLONA

Driving to global, speaking the same language

AUTOSEP05_0609/01/2005

SAE 100 Future look: Globalization is an essential strategy for success in the automotive industry. The key differentiator is how companies capitalize on their business processes, teams, and technologies across the global supply chain. Strategy-The driving forces are familiar: growing competition, emergence of new players, overcapacity, legacy financial strains, increasing demand for safety, and product innovation. Many tactics are under way: organizational consolidation, new business alliances, faster product development, research on new technologies, and a shift of cost and risk to lower tiers in the supply chain.

Krauss, Russell J.

Forecasting the Future of European Automotive Retailing: A Foresight Vehicle Research Project

2002-01-018003/04/2002

This paper presents the results of a Foresight Vehicle funded research project addressing the future of Automotive Retailing. The aims of the research are to develop a series of global scenarios of what car dealerships will be like in 2010 and identify the implications for the global Automotive Retail Environment (A.R.E.). The research methodology utilized is the Delphi technique: a judgmental forecasting technique that obtains the opinions of experts via a number of rounds of data collection. The results identify three initial scenarios: Bricks and ‘Clicks’, Experience Centers, and Virtual Reality with no one scenario being ideal. In reality, various combinations of the three will be used to develop a very different dealership offering. So whilst dealers are a critical element of the automotive retailing sector and will remain an integral part of the transaction process, the findings suggest that there will be a fundamental reconfiguration in terms of both number and style of

Story, Victoria, Saker, James, Smith, Gareth

The UK Foresight Vehicle Programme

2002-01-016903/04/2002

The Foresight Vehicle programme is a UK Government initiative to identify, develop and demonstrate appropriate product and process technologies for road transport for the future. Launched in 1995, the programme now comprises 110 projects with over 400 participating organisations and a total value approaching £100 million. The paper explains the strategy developed by the Steering Group and the process it has used to select the technologies in which proposals are sought. It also gives an overall picture of the coverage of the current programme as an introduction to the technical papers reporting progress on particular projects.

Sporton, Mike

Improving Adaptation Equipment Quality Standards

2001-01-342910/01/2001

This paper discusses the current UK situation with adaptations fitted to vehicles for the use of a person with disabilities. Many of the products are of poor design, inferior quality, dated and in some cases all of these. In the absence of legislation that relates directly to this type of product, a British Government supported charitable organisation ‘Motability’, has implemented a process of accreditation for services and products on which it grants charitable and public monies. The paper will discuss how successful this has been and how this process has now been further strengthened. It also discusses this within the European context and the work being done in this area by an EU sponsored research group project ‘QUAVADIS’.

Gambrell, Paul

The Coupling of Operational Safety and INFOSEC Assessments ¹

2001-01-264109/11/2001

This paper describes an approach to integrating security and safety analysis of an Air Traffic Service (ATS) using the security assessment as an additional input to the risk management process. This approach helps address potential problems in coordinating safety and security requirements such as: different system models used for safety and security; different documentation structures for the analyses and their results; and the practice of isolating safety and security requirements processes. What motivates this approach is the overlap between security and safety considerations in the identification of hazards and associated risk management strategies.

Abrams, Marshall D., Joseph, Mark

Aggregate-Search Approach for Planning and Scheduling

TBMG-730504/01/2001

Several algorithms developed for use in automated planning and scheduling of sets of interdependent activities employ aggregation techniques to increase the efficiency of searching for temporal assignments that are legal in the sense that they do not violate constraints. In the aggregate-search approach, one computes the aggregate state and resource requirements of a cluster of interdependent activities and searches for minimally conflicting temporal placements for the corresponding cluster of requirements. During the search, all activities that temporally constrain each other (for example, as in the requirement to complete activity A before starting activity B) are moved in unison. In computational tests based on a synthetic planning and scheduling problem and on problems from spacecraft and Rocky-7 Mars Rover operations, the aggregation-search algorithms were found to out-perform alternative algorithms that follow the "naïve" approach of searching for legal placements of the

Harmonized Provisions for Installation of Lamps and Retro- Reflecting Devices on Road Vehicles Except Motorcycles

J2442_200009 (Historical)09/01/2000

This SAE Recommended Practice applies to the location, number, color, and functioning of lamps and retro-reflecting devices installed on road vehicles. It provides a common denominator for installation requirements of lighting and light signaling devices based on existing regulatory requirements and industry standards of North America, Europe, and Asia. This document does not replace regulatory requirements in effect at the time of application. It is subject to changes to reflect additional experience, technical advances, and especially changes in government and industry documents used as references. Users of this document are advised to verify current legal requirements, regarding the mandatory installation of additional lighting devices or installation restrictions for devices described herein, directly with the appropriate authorities in the territory where their products are intended to be registered.

Heavy Duty Lighting Standards Committee

The role of government in the change from national to supranational legislation

2000-05-038406/12/2000

As a result of the modification of the 58th Geneva Agreement in 1995, which invited non-European countries to join the Agreement, a process of harmonization of the compulsory-compliance standards in the automobile sector is taking place, to the detriment of the particular laws of each country. The number of countries involved in this process grows year by year. At the moment, governments must make new legislation reconcile the interest of their countries, derived from their particular problems, with the interest of all the other countries involved. This process entails long negotiations, due to the existence of sometimes conflicting interest, defended by the different governments and manufacturers and consumers organizations. In this new context, the role of national governments is directed at two complementary lines of action: a) active participation in the elaboration of the new standards at international forums, through the contribution of specific proposals based on previously

Mu\anoz, Antonio, Nacenta, Jos\ae M.

Economic development Heart bypass?

AUTOJAN00_0901/01/2000

Is Detroit still the heart of the automotive industry? Will the massive incentive packages being offered to manufacturers by the southeastern states ultimately shift the balance of power from the Midwest to the Southeast? For our first issue of the new century, AEI editors put these and other questions to industry and economic development experts. Their answers may surprise you. Since the early 1970s, when Big Steel first began its meltdown, Detroit has been a city in crisis. Despite withstanding numerous hammer blows from Japanese and German contenders for the hearts and minds of the American car-buying public, the Motor City still must work overtime to retain its reputation as the hub of the automobile industry. But there's reason to believe that Motown is succeeding.

Molter, Dave, Ponticel, Patrick

3 Things Engineers Need to Know about Patents

1999-01-279409/14/1999

Engineers need to have a basic understanding of intellectual property: patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. This article is designed to serve as an introduction to patents as well as a guide for the technical professional who may or may not have the assistance of corporate legal counsel. Practical approaches to the three common issues that engineers are likely to get involved in: patent searching a product; avoiding patent infringement and protecting a new product idea are covered. Many facts about patents and intellectual property are introduced and a few myths are exposed.

Manley, Mark

Licensing Agreement

1999-01-279609/14/1999

As the technological revolution continues to hurtle forward, the importance of the licensing or technology transfer contract grows apace. This article gives a relatively brief introduction to certain parts of the licensing agreement and various principles and procedures of licensing negotiations. There is also included a brief explanation of the Disclosure and Secrecy Agreement and its growing variety of applications.

Price, Gary K.

Filtration of Bio-Degradable Oils in the Earthmoving Industry - 10 Years of Specialist Experience in the Demanding German Market

98149804/08/1998

Legislation is forcing the introduction of biodegradable lubricants onto the earthmoving industry. It is the responsibility of both manufacturers and users to protect the environment whilst maintaining the highest engineering standards. The use of biodegradable oils is important, but is only part of the solution. A comprehensive approach is required which goes beyond the simple, but normally adopted method, of replacing a mineral oil with a biodegradable alternative. An Environmentally Friendly Lubricants Policy is required which increases the benefits for both the user and the environment. A combination of biodegradable oil, specialist off-line filtration and a monitoring program is the key to this policy. Cardev International in association with Panolin AG has successfully implemented this policy in the demanding German market for over 10 years, and it has enabled hydraulic machinery to run over 56,000 hrs without oil change, and over 12,000hrs so far in an earthmoving machine.

Cartwright, Stephen, Devonshire, Colin

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