Articles from Automotive Design & Production (March 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Assembly: how standard can you get? For assembly equipment, standardization is becoming the standard. Which leads us to ask: how long before you can order an entire assembly line from a catalog?	Whitfield, Kermit		990
Composites 2004: the sky's the limit composites technology soars.			1622
Do you have fans or customers?	Vasilash, Gary S.		631
Heavyweight collaboration through lightweight JT: the ability to visualize design data of various types across platforms is now possible through a file format named "JT." What's more, the file sizes are but a fraction of what's ordinarily been the case. This could be a tremendous boost for those who are looking for more collaborative processes.	Gould, Lawrence S.		1752
High velocity materials improvement: here's how better rust protection can be applied to body panels and electrical machines can be created on planar surfaces--both (and more) with the same process.	Vasilash, Gary S.	Editorial	1412
Honda's descent into hell.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		566
How to teach more effectively.	Pollock, Ted		1810
Infiniti goes big: the full-size QX56 is not only a big SUV, but the division and its parent, Nissan, are clearly thinking big as they are filling up the Canton, Mississippi, assembly plant with new, innovative products.	Vasilash, Gary S.		1184
Lights! Camera! Quality! At Johnson Controls' annual Team Rally, acting skills are nearly as important as the ability to explain Six Sigma.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		1192
One pumped-up automatic.	Sawyer, Christopher A.		582
Talking about technology under the hood: A Q & A with Dr. Gerd Kleinert, CEO of Kolbenschmidt Pierburg, a Germany-based tier-one supplier with operations from Shanghai to South Carolina.	Vasilash, Gary S.	Interview	978
The general('s) direction: GM execs speak.	Vasilash, Gary S.	Cover Story	7072
Toward the "connected car"; Two big trends in automotive electronics: in-car entertainment and wireless connectivity are merging to make vehicles full-fledged "nodes" on the infotainment superhighway.	Whitfield, Kermit		1105
What makes an automotive supplier "strategic"?	Cleveland, John		1063
Windy and hot.			6239