In the global automotive industry, for decades, vehicle manufacturers have continually increased the level of automation of production systems in order to be competitive. However, there is a new trend to decrease the level of automation, especially in final car assembly, for the reasons of flexibility and economy. With the increasingly competitive automotive market, corporations often must make...

Modern vehicles are in fact computer networks on wheels. Up to 60 electronic control units are connected using various networking technologies such as CAN (Controler Area Network) or MOST (optical fibres for multimedia content). Many of the control units use state of the art microcontrollers and have complex analog and digital interfacing circuitry. Software is playing an ever increasing role i...

This paper evaluated the value of Volkswagen Company based on multiples valuation method. The study used P/E and EV/EBITDA ratios as to analyse Volkswagen's stock price enterprise value. Guided by theory, author chose several comparable peer firms Volkswagen, calculated average multiples, applied them corresponding multipliers. Based result, concludes that is undervalued when applying ratios. A...

Direct and indirect information on the top quark mass and its decay modes is reviewed. The theory of top production in hadronand electron-positroncolliders is presented. ySupported by BMBF 057KA92P and Volkswagen-Stiftung grant I/70452.

In der Qualitätssicherung der Automobilindustrie steht heute die Früherkennung möglicher Qualitätsmängel im Vordergrund, da aus monetärer Sicht eine frühe Fehlerprävention immer günstiger ist als eine späte Fehlerbeseitigung. Grundlage für eine effektive Fehlerprävention ist das Wissen über Ursachen und Zusammenhänge. Daher stellt die Ressource Wissen, bereitgestellt für alle Mitarbeiter über a...

The Volkswagen Group operates and coordinates the activities of ergonomics from Wolfsburg in Germany and works with its contact persons of every plant and brand of the group towards an integrated proceeding relating to ergonomics. For the ergonomic process it is very important to consider the ergonomics in the whole production process, still from the beginning the conception and construction of...