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J.D. Power Launches Online Ordering For New Car Sales Channel

TROY–The data and customer experience analytics firm J.D. Power announced its first entrée in Modern Retailing as a Service with the launch of J.D. Power Online Ordering, a product designed to reduce the friction of completing a new-vehicle transaction online. The new software helps automotive manufacturers, dealers, lenders, marketplaces and digital-retailing websites with the entire

What Industries Feel The Effects Of Inflation The Most?

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last year, you would have been hard pressed to have avoided the constant flow of news about rising levels of inflation. Although the effects of this have been quite varied around the world, with some economies managing to grow despite increased inflationary pressures, such as

By |2023-01-30T10:27:06-05:00January 30th, 2023|Guest Columns|

General Motors Gifts Northwood $100,000 For Automotive Camp For High School Seniors

MIDLAND — General Motors has awarded Northwood University $100,000 to host an automotive camp for high school seniors. “Full Tank Automotive Camp will help students explore careers throughout the automotive industry, including design, development, manufacturing, sales, marketing, service and aftermarket,” explained Elgie Bright, who chairs the Automotive Marketing/Management program at Northwood University. The camp will

By |2023-01-28T16:31:31-05:00January 28th, 2023|ESD|

Strange UFO Sighting At US, Mexican Border Witnessed By Thousands

MEXICO - During a game at Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez, a multi-purpose stadium in Juarez, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, soccer fans in attendance spotted a strange dark shape hovering among the clouds. Looking closer, many agreed they had shared a UFO sighting and reached out to ufologist Jaime Maussan

By |2023-01-28T16:33:13-05:00January 28th, 2023|Science|

LTU Dedicates One-Of-A-Kind Factory Automation Lab To Speed Industry 4.0

SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new robotics and factory automation laboratory that the companies that helped create it say is unique anywhere in the United States. “What you’re about to see behind that door is state of the art technology: world class control architecture, controller based safety, mechatronics, and the list

By |2023-01-30T10:54:08-05:00January 28th, 2023|Featured, Industry 4.0|

Has A Rock That Generates Electricity Really Been Discovered In Africa?

AFRICA - Viral videos that have exploded across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok claim to show a new mineral that somehow holds a charge, with users demonstrating by rubbing them together and creating sparks, as well as connecting them with wires that then appear to power an LED. The rocks were supposedly discovered in the

By |2023-01-28T14:23:03-05:00January 28th, 2023|Industry 4.0|

Researchers Claim Path To Cheaper Clean Energy With Advance In Perovskite Solar Cell Manufacture

BEIJING, China - Chinese scientists have developed a method to manufacture more advanced solar cells on a large scale and for a better price, according to the researchers who are looking to a future with more accessible and affordable solar energy. With global carbon emissions increasing year by year, the development of clean energy such as solar cells is attracting

By |2023-01-30T10:43:15-05:00January 28th, 2023|Clean Update|

New Technique From National Lab Promises To Strip Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Power Plants, Factories At Record Low Cost

NEW YORK - Scientists at one of the country’s premier research labs have discovered a record-cheap way to capture carbon dioxide as it’s emitted from power plants and factories, including the likes of iron and steel manufacturing facilities. Globally, industrial processes are responsible for 31 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions and electricity generation accounts for

By |2023-01-28T14:23:04-05:00January 28th, 2023|Carbon Capture, Industry 4.0|

All About POS Integration As A Retail Software Solution

Since Retail Software development links and builds a communication bridge between your two primary business channels—your online eCommerce platform and offline POS system—eCommerce POS integration is crucial. This essay will explore the definition, benefits, and practicalities of POS and eCommerce integration. An eCommerce POS integration is a digital method for creating a seamless link between

By |2024-05-01T12:13:58-04:00January 28th, 2023|Guest Columns|

Pawl Steps Down As Chief Mobility Officer, Managing Director Named Interim

LANSING – On Friday the Whitmer Administration announced Kathryn Snorrason has been named Interim Chief Mobility Officer and head of the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification after now former Chief Mobility Officer, Trevor Pawl, stepped down Jan. 27. “I want to thank Trevor for his service to Michigan and his comprehensive vision for mobility

By |2023-01-28T11:18:39-05:00January 28th, 2023|Featured, Mobile MI, Mobility|