Current problems of the U.S. automobile industry and policies to address them.

Mode of access: Internet.

Oversight hearing on the Chrysler Corporation Loan Guarantee Act and the status of the U.S. Automobile industry : hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, April 22, 1982.

Item 1013-A, 1013-B (microfiche)

500 planes a day, a program for the utilization of the automobile industry for mass production of defense planes,

Mode of access: Internet.

[Miscellaneous bulletins on the canning and preserving industry and trade]

Mimeographed.

The story of English industry and trade.

Mode of access: Internet.

[Miscellaneous publications on the rubber industry and trade]

Mode of access: Internet.

Automobile marketing practices : hearings, Eighty-fourth Congress, second session pursuant to S. Res. 13 continued by S. Res. 163... January 19,20,23, and February 21,22,23,29, March 1,6,7,8,9,10, 1956.

pt. 1. January 19, 20, 23, February 21-23, 29, March 1, 6-10, 1956. 1225 p.--pt. 2. June 4-6, 12, 21, 1956. pp. 1227-1533.

Guide to pollution prevention for the auto repair and autobody repair industry /

"June 1995."

Automobile trade journal.

Mode of access: Internet.

Automobile marketing practices: finance and insurance. Hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, first session, pursuant to S. Res. 26, a resolution to investigate certain problems relating to interstate and foreign commerce ...

Hearings held Mar.18, 1957-Aug.7, 1958.

The Automobile calendar : recent and pending federal activities affecting motor vehicles.

S/N 052-003-00791-6

Technology assessment of changes in the future use and characteristics of the automobile transportation system.

"OTA-T-84."

Impact of electronic data interchange in the Australian automotive industry

Information technology continues to play an increasingly significant role in the development of firms competing in the vast array of markets from those classified as global markets, such as the automotive industry, to the smaller nationally-based markets such as retailing. An objective of electronic commerce is to assist organisations to remain competitive and gain entry to markets which were previously unattainable. This study focuses on the organisational impact of one form of electronic commerce (electronic data interchange) on the component sector of the Australian automotive industry and examines the extent to which trading partner relationships have been affected. The research investigates the extent to which the integration of electronic data interchange (EDI) with an organisation’s internal application system may facilitate specific net benefits. The automotive industry became the first Australian industry to cooperatively adopt EDI. Research to date has not adequately examined the organisational impact of the nature and extent of net benefits gained from EDI adoption. To achieve the objective of assessing EDI net benefits, a conceptual model was developed. The model proposed that the level of EDI net benefits expected is influenced by the size of the organisation and the concentration of trade achieved within the industry via intervening links through (a) the level of senior management commitment and (b) the extent of system integration. Nine empirically testable research propositions are derived from the model, each testing the relationship between model constructs. Data was collected from 114 component suppliers to Ford Australia in 1992 and 1994 using a repeated cross-sectional longitudinal design. Structural equation modelling using partial least squares was adopted in the analysis of the data. A pure longitudinal model together with 12 case studies of selected component manufacturers supplemented the research design. The results of the research showed that the proposed conceptual model is a good description of the data. In particular, net benefits obtained from EDI adoption are directly determined by the size of the organisation, and the extent to which firms integrate EDI into their internal application systems. The level of net benefits is only indirectly influenced by the level of senior management commitment to the EDI project through (a) management commitment’s direct effect on integration, and (b) the direct effect the volume of trade a supplier achieves with the automotive industry on senior management commitment and system integration. The major benefits organisations experienced from EDI were enhanced productivity, clerical staff savings, improved data accuracy, enhanced customer service and reduced administration costs. The research showed that few suppliers gained inventory savings from EDI, a frequently claimed benefit from EDI adoption. Evidence of small improvements in product quality emerged from the results. In summary, this research attempts to make two primary contributions to knowledge, first in providing a method by which net benefits from electronic commerce can be measured within an industry adopting electronic trading, and second, by providing organisations with the knowledge of the specific net benefits organisations could expect from EDI adoption, together with the four major factors affecting these benefits. The research concludes with possible directions for future research, in particular an assessment of the impact of incorporating financial EDI into electronic trading.