General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler will create an international network for the sourcing of components around the world. The virtual automotive supermarket will help level the playing field for smaller companies and isolated source countries.
What happens when one of the largest retailers in the country starts working on e-commerce business models? It sets up an Internet franchise business. McCarthy Online may even consider a separate listing.
Bynx has issued a profit warning prior to its 29 February year-end results. The company says it will not make the forecasted R8.5 million before tax profit because of an extension to its software development cycle.
Oxbridge Online has announced a new-look board while the JSE eagerly awaits the company`s annual report, which was due today on pain of having the share suspended.
Following the implementation of SAP R/3, Toyota SA has won a gold award in the corporate category from the National Productivity Institute.
Experts gathered in Detroit for the Automotive News World Congress have this week been forecasting massive increases in the use of the Internet as a marketing tool by motor companies.
A US study of new car buyers shows Generation Xers (20- to 30-year-olds) are showing less brand loyalty as their Internet usage increases. They also use the Net to facilitate most of their purchasing decisions.
Control Instruments (CI) subsidiary, Electromatic, has finalised deals with BMW and Samcor to fit electronic components manufactured by Shurlock, a subsidiary of the company, to various vehicle makes.
Computer Associates International (CA) has announced that Unicenter TNG, its enterprise management software, played an important role in West McLaren Mercedes driver Mika Hakkinen`s successful defence of the Formula One World Championship title.
3Com announced that Xpress Enterprises, a truckload carrier in the US, is standardising a new nationwide enterprise network on 3Com e-Network systems.
Conlog, a subsidiary of Conlog Holdings, has been awarded a R6.4 million contract by Netstar, a subsidiary of Allied Technology Holdings, to supply and manufacture specialist electronic vehicle tracking and recovery systems.
Corporate Defence Solutions (CDS), a subsidiary of UK-based MIS-CDS, has completed a security audit and risk analysis for Imperial Motors at three of its Gauteng sites.