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Siemens and Microsoft team up on in-vehicle computing
07 September 07 05:58 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Technorati Tags: Cars , Automotive , In-vehicle software , manufacturing , Car OS Interesting story came out today here . It's interesting for a few reasons: Siemens VDO (the automotive unit) will build solutions for Auto OEMs on Microsoft's consumer Read More...

Filed under: Cars, Automotive, in-vehicle software, manufacturing, Car OS

Acropolis Lives!
05 June 07 03:56 AM | john.mullinax | 3 Comments   

Acropolis is CTP! The WindowsClient.net site says: Acropolis builds on the rich capabilities of Microsoft Windows and the .NET Framework, including Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), by providing tools and pre-built components that help developers Read More...

Filed under: manufacturing, UX, User Experience, context aware, WPF, Rich client, Acropolis

Identity -- It's not just for people! (Part 2)
11 May 07 01:04 AM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Thanks to both Kevin Hammond, Cardspace guru of Casa de Hambone fame, as well as Delbert Murphey, former Architect Evangelist, former managing/chief architect at General Motors, and now Biztalk wunderkind, for their critical insights on this topic! This Read More...

Filed under: Cars, Automotive, manufacturing, identity, counterfeit

Identity -- It's not just for people! (Part 1)
19 April 07 12:29 AM | john.mullinax | 0 Comments   

Yesterday I sent an email along these lines to a few friends: Automotive part counterfeiting costs about $12B/year – just for Tier 1 suppliers . Part counterfeiting costs Ford alone $1B. Beyond automotive, according to the National Association of Manufacturing, Read More...

Filed under: Cars, Automotive, manufacturing, ford, identity, counterfeit

Toyota's Car OS vs. Ford's Sync (Microsoft Windows Automotive)
06 February 07 10:29 PM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

Ok -- let me come clean right up front: the headline here is slightly misleading because Toyota's Car OS and Ford's Sync are not really directly comparable. For one thing, Toyota's Car OS does not appear to exist yet -- though it reportedly is under development. Read More...

Filed under: Convergence, Automotive, innovation, in-vehicle software, manufacturing, Toyota, Toyota OS, Car OS, SYNC

Why bother with lean? Because it Rocks!!
18 January 07 12:13 AM | john.mullinax | 2 Comments   

My last post left off with the following set of questions: Why bother with lean? Really, why would we want to imitate an old and slow industry like manufacturing? Especially given it's long and steady decline in the United States. With the acceleating Read More...

Filed under: continuous learning, lean manufacturing, manufacturing, change, lean, decision making, business intelligence, six sigma, learning, Deming cycle, OODA loop, uncertainty, Lean Everywhere

Lean Everywhere
17 January 07 11:29 PM | john.mullinax | 1 Comments   

Lean manufacturing has been around for a long time. Many of the principles of lean were identified in Henry Ford's work before the US Great Depression of the 1930s, and significantly extrended by Kiichiro Toyoda and Taiichi Ohno during the middle of the Read More...

Filed under: innovation, adaptive, healthcare, lean manufacturing, manufacturing, change, Toyota, secret sauce, lean, Lean Everywhere