IHS White Paper: How Online Digital Libraries Can Improve Automotive Processes

Traditionally communication within the engineering profession has come from professional and scientific journals. Knowledge of recent advances can reduce the development process. Standards and specifications from engineering societies, automakers, or international standards development organizations (SDOs) provide the essential community and cooperation within the engineering discipline that enables compatibility, integration of systems, and the outsourcing of component parts. The volume of written material is immense and accurate access is unlikely.

This paper will examine a case example in the auto industry and will address three main questions your company may have:

• What are the advantages of electronic documents over the traditional hard-copy technical library?
• What technical journals and standards documents are available for automotive enterprises?
• How do new electronic research tools and more accessible information improve the engineering, product development, and business processes?

The advantages of how an online digital library can improve automotive processes are discussed. Electronic research tools can provide access to the Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE), which published the SAE Technical Papers. The SAE has more than 90,000 members who share and exchange ideas for advancing the engineering of mobility systems. Access to the entire backlog of journals from the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), as well as others is attainable via electronic research tools. Explore the plethora of benefits to be gained by utilizing a digital library to improve automotive processes.

This white paper explores the implementation of online delivery of technical documents and what benefits are seen in comparison to traditional hard-copy libraries. As a case example, the report examines the use of this digital information at Nissan Motor Company.

Related topics:

• Nissan Motor Company
• SAE World Congress
• FISITA World Congress
• SAE International
• International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
• American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC)
• Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG)
• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
• International Standards Organization (ISO)
• Ford
• GM
• Isuzu
• International Truck and Engine Corporation
• Jaguar
• OPEL
• Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)