Introduction This report from the Center for Competitive Analysis (CCA) of the University of Missouri is intended to provide background information about the Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories Manufacturing (MVPA) industry. This introductory section will report some basic information about the industry. The MVPA industry is classified under SIC code 3714. Firms in this industry are often split...

Recent epidemiological studies have identified ambulances as high risk passenger transport vehicles, particularly the rear compartment. It appears in the absence of USA ambulance safety standards or guidelines, non engineer end-users are driving changes in practice and policy in place of independent peer reviewed biomechanical and crash injury outcome data. This study’s objective is to compare ...

This vehicle routing problem involves finding a set of trips, one for each vehicle and to pick up known quantities of perishable goods from a set of geographically dispersed suppliers to the cargo terminal of an international airport in south India. The pickup time is based on the deterministic departure time of the flights. The objective of this Vehicle routing problem with Pickup and Delivery...

In 2005, we automated a forklift-based Hot Metal Carrier to be capable of typical metal transfer operations around a smelter. The project was highly successful and the vehicle has demonstrated hundreds of hours of live autonomous operations to thousands of people from industry and the public. As a result of the exposure and success of the project, we have expanded its focus to demonstrate how v...

This paper proposes an extensible solution that gives support to recent growth in wireless communication and allows developers outside of the automotive industry to develop applications leveraging vehicle to vehicle communication. The suggested software architecture, which would integrate with the automotive open source architecture (AUTOSAR) standard, has primary focus on supporting applicatio...

Industry 4.0 is a promising solution for the management of manufacturing processes, due to its potential to increase both energy saving and optimized production. Within this context, in this paper we propose the use of automated connected vehicles fleets for the autonomous handling of products among workstations in manufacturing processes. Numerical results confirm its effectiveness w.r.t a typ...

The aluminium alloys are more frequently used in automotive industry especially as an alternative material for car-bodies. In this article the comprehensive summary concerning technology of resistance spot welding of aluminium alloys was presented. The welding schedules, electric parameters of welding, electrodes materials and electrodes life time by resistance spot welding aluminium were descr...