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Vincent Lu's List: Covisint

  • Sep 11, 08

    knowledge.emory.edu/article.cfm

    • First, it hopes to promote collaborative product development by harnessing the Internet’s communications prowess. Second, Covisint wants to streamline procurement for the auto companies by setting up market mechanisms such as auctions. More efficient procurement would lower transaction and other costs – some reckon that it could slash as much as $3,500 off the cost of a car. Third, Covisint wants to streamline the operations of the auto industry’s supply chains. As networks of buyers and suppliers interact in virtual space, the exchange’s founders hope that that the auto industry’s work processes will become more efficient and customer-friendly.

      • 3个目标，很重要，是performance的主要measurement

    • three major goals

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  • Sep 11, 08

    news.zdnet.co.uk/...0,1000000121,2083163,00.htm

    • Oracle on Wednesday announced a software-licensing agreement with Covisint, just one day after the giant automobile-industry marketplace signed a deal with its other key technology provider, Commerce One.

      • 令两个竞争者变成同事，愚蠢

    • Oracle, which entered into the Covisint venture through its alliance with Ford, will own an equity stake in Covisint. Financial terms were not disclosed.

      • Oracle也持股，晕死

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  • Sep 11, 08

    blog.e-works.net.cn/...2886.html

    • 他们负责汽车的设计和总成。

      • 价值链中加入设计环节。

    • 汽车行业的发展趋势是整车新车型的研发时间大大缩短，美国在这方面保持领先，其平均的研发周期为3.5年

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  • Sep 11, 08

    www.enet.com.cn/...A20010610016269.shtml

    • 当Covisint最初在2000年2月份发布时，该网站的幕后支持者 - 通用汽车、福特和戴姆勒·克莱斯勒都认为Covisint将在一个月内便可步入正轨，并预测这个网站最终将实现年采购额7500亿美元的目标。
    • 官僚主义和技术方面带来的问题

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  • Sep 11, 08

    en.wikipedia.org/Covisint

    • In February 2000, General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler founded "NewCo" as an independent online automotive exchange. Shortly after its announcement, Renault and Nissan joined. The original vision was to create the world's largest online marketplace where the OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and their supply base would perform business activities using online catalogs, sourcing, auctions, supply chain management, portals, and other collaborative applications.
    • Covisint's sourcing and services business was sold to FreeMarkets in January, 2004 while the remaining online messaging, portal, and identity management portions were sold to Detroit-based Compuware Corporation in February, 2004. The company's software and employees have since been folded into Compuware's suite of offerings as Covisint, a susidiary of Compuware.

  • Sep 11, 08

    www.covisint.com/about

    • In 1999, a consortium of the world's largest organizations -- General Motors, Ford Motor Company, DaimlerChrysler, Nissan, and Renault -- jointly addressed escalating costs and gross inefficiencies within their industry. Through these efforts, a new breed of business was created, one positioned to leverage the power and potential of the Internet to solve industry-specific business problems in real-time. Its goal: to deliver a secure marketplace, portal and application sharing platform for the global automotive industry. 

  • Sep 11, 08

    ias.cass.cn/...show_project_ls.asp

    • 目前，福特联合
       其他汽车公司在其总部所在地成立了一家名为"考维森特" (Covisint）的机
       构，其含义为"合作、远见和一体" (collaboration, vision and integrity)
    • 借助于因特网，可以减少交易成本。目前福特平均每笔交易的费用约为150美元，
       而通过网上的"实时" (real-time）交易，平均费用则为15美元。

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  • Sep 11, 08

    ecommerce.hostip.info/...Covisint.html

    • expectations that it will achieve significant savings by streamlining the purchasing and production processes of automobile making. In its first five months of operations Covisint had secured only 40 of the 30,000 manufacturers that supply parts to the world's largest automakers.

      • failure

    • A universal online automotive marketplace could improve the process of new parts development by facilitating better communication between automakers and suppliers. It also had the potential to speed vehicle development times and give dealers better control over inventory by allowing them to stock what customers want and maintain fewer numbers of cars on their lots.

      • product design span period

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