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When it comes to gauging delivery quality, the growing trend within our client base is to implement a fairly structured approach by which delivery success is evaluated across time, quality, and cost parameters. This approach allows for a 360-degree review of each specific engagement, with the client evaluating CARNORAMA and vice versa. A weighted average overall performance score can be calculated for the engagement and evaluated against a detailed scoring grid. Read more

Creating Automotive Value

Automotive consulting, it is all about creating value! Today countless innovative automotive business models are emerging. Entirely new automotive technologies and supply chains are forming as old ones crumble. Automotive startups are challenging the old guard, some of whom are struggling feverishly to reinvent themselves. How will automotive business models look like in two, five, ten, or even twenty years from now? Who will be among the dominant automotive players? Who will face competitors brandishing formidable new business models? Which trends can make automotive business more challenging? Or, which trends are being missed right now? Read more

miMOTIVE, Startup Out Of Silicon Valley Psyche, Embraces Automotive Expert Content

When miMOTIVE - a Founder Institute startup - was kickstarted as an idea a few months ago there was still some debate as to the real value of automotive content. Should automotive professionals really act as content providers? Is automotive expert content a legitimate investment? And don’t even mention the topic of ROI. Read more
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Upcycling Car Parts

March 14, 2013 | Posted by Anthony Spark in Commodities & Other Resources, Design, Environment, Factors, Manufacturing, Needs & Demands, Style, Substitute Products & Services, Topics, TrendsNo comments

Upcycling Car Parts: Taking a car part that would otherwise go to waste and finding a way to make it into something else/useful. Two of the most basic terms in the automotive Eco-Design field are ‘Cradle to Grave’ and ‘Cradle to Cradle’. They relate to the product life cycle from the raw materials (Cradle) to disposal (Grave). Cradle-to-Grave A term used in life-cycle analysis to describe the entire life of a material or product up to the point of disposal Cradle-to-Cradle A model of industrial systems in which material flows cyclically in appropriate, continuous biological or technical nutrient cycles. All waste materials are productively re-incorporated into new production and use phases. Read more

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