As technology continues to beef up the types and volume of data that can be extracted from trucks and trailers alike—largely in real-time—the way fleets and even dealerships manage parts is changing ...

GGS Information Services of York, PA, a technical information management services provider, has developed a custom parts database system for Great Dane Trailers of Savannah, GA. Great Dane's new parts ...

Modern cars have become high-tech, and insurance conditions for repairs are demanding, so only professionals in the business — auto repair shops or service centers, as well as online stores — are ...

Especially for independent dealerships who have service drives catering to any vehicle that ends up in a bay, a new resource from the Auto Care Association could help find parts more efficiently. This ...

The battle of the electronics parts databases is about to get far more competitive, driven partly by the demand for better information, partly by the growing technical capabilities of the databases, ...

Sales of cars and trucks have risen since the end of the 2009 Great Recession, and because vehicle owners are driving their vehicles longer, service has also expanded. Consumer awareness of the need ...

Parts databases for the electronics industry may be the best way to find parts and to get details about them, but they're also remarkably incomplete, or just plain wrong. Even at 95 percent ...

A federal border patrol initiative sparked by 9/11 terrorism may lead to an automotive industry breakthrough in mapping its complex supply chain. The Southfield-based Automotive Industry Action Group ...

How reliable are your systems? Do you know the failure rate of your subsystem or components and how that affects your system? An often overlooked aspect of failure rates involves the nonelectronic ...