C hicago, IL --As 1997 draws to a close, the handwriting is on the wall for companies supplying the auto industry: Make QS-9000 certification an urgent priority or risk being shut out of future contracts. QS-9000, as most engineers know, is the auto industry's supplier quality standard that's based...

Efficiency of today's internal combustion engines continues to improve, while pollution and cost continue to drop. Most applaud these trends in engine refinement, yet some want more. Truly significant improvements, they argue, demand a radical--not incremental--departure from traditional engine...

No, there will not be an electric car in every garage in the near future. However, based on a few advanced prototype models about to enter the marketplace, EVs seem likely to shed their overgrown golf cart persona and be seen as practical--even fun--transportation. In the early 2000s--a...

Co-locating one of our engineers with our customer's engineers allowed us to cut design time for a four-piece Kenworth T2000 truck instrument panel and glovebox assembly from the industry-standard 36 to 48 weeks to just 26 weeks. The reason: Our project manager, Dave Wix, could provide molding...