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GM prognostics use 4G for data acquisition, cloud analysis, from SAE International. Prognostics uses real-time monitoring to detect impending fault and deploys an in-car display, smartphone text, email, and/or remote notification to chosen receiver.

Wrong Car Dealership Staffers Stuck Fielding Customer Questions, from WardsAuto. Service advisers and auto technicians say they’ve got other things to do than explain how infotainment systems work. It’s the job of dealership auto technicians to f

Vehicle TLC: Proper Vehicle Care Has Many Merits, from AutoCarePro. While raising the awareness of preventive maintenance sounds good in theory, especially during April Car Care Month, the reality is many ­motorists’ ­vehicle maintenance habits j

Auto Dealership Service Dept. Relationships Need Repairs, from WardsAuto. Repair work is needed to fix flawed communications between dealership service advisers and auto technicians. That’s according to a Carlisle & Co. survey done in coopera

What Are the Different Types of Fixed Operating Costs?, from wiseGEEK. Fixed operating costs represent any cash outflows for business necessities that do not change over time. In most cases, all businesses have some type of fixed costs in their o

TrueCar projects record certified pre-owned vehicle revenue in 2015 , from benzinga. ANTA MONICA, Calif., April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — TrueCar, Inc., the negotiation-free car buying and selling mobile marketplace, estimates consumer purchas

How Cloud Enables and Supports the Lean Warehouse, from IMPO. For many manufacturers and distributors, a seamless supply chain of highly efficient and tightly integrated business processes sharing a single unified source of accurate real-time data se

Assume Nothing: 5 Tests Every Manufacturer Should Run Quarterly, from Industry Week. Spring brings showers, flowers and a fresh round of decluttering at homes and offices all around North America. Others will use the time to perform an annual review

IT Disruption Risk in the Supply Chain, from Supply Chain Management Review. A recent survey conducted by APQC indicates that many organizations have been affected by various types of IT disruptions within the last two years. Although high-impact nat