Remanufacturing Is Key to Supply Chain Growth A supply chain includes all the processes to produce and distribute a product to buyers. It involves creating and allocating raw materials and transforming those raw materials into products that can be sold to retailers or directly to consumers. Eventually, buyers discard the product they bought after it […]
What is Remanufacturing?
What Is Remanufacturing? Remanufacturing is a type of manufacturing that is prevalent in the automotive industry and others that use mechanical and electronical components. When you purchase something brand-new, everything down to the material components was created from scratch. However, this is often an expensive and inefficient process. Remanufacturing is one alternative to manufacturing products […]
Future Predictions for Electric Cars
In recent decades, electric vehicles (EVs) have transitioned from an obscure idea to a significant portion of the vehicle market. Today, with environmental concerns more widespread than ever before, EVs are moving further into the spotlight. Members of the EV industry compete to improve charging and battery technology. Several major players are planning to release […]
Audi & Qualcomm to Deploy Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Technology on Virginia Roadways That Will Alert Drivers When Workers Are Present
A new pilot project in Virginia aims to make the state’s roads safer using wireless communications technology known as “cellular vehicle-to-everything” (C-V2X), which allows vehicles to communicate with infrastructure, such as traffic signals, road signs as well as other nearby vehicles.
Is this Last Mile for the Million-Mile Battery?
Announcements from Tesla and CATL show that a long-lived, cobalt-free and competitively price EV and grid/home batteries may finally have arrived. John Blyler Jul 06, 2020 The much discussed 1 million-mile (1.6 million kilometers) battery may now be a reality. As the name suggests, these batteries would last for 1 million miles without breaking down. […]
Taking electric vehicles from science project to reality
March 06, 2019 / Brian Straight INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana. Medium-duty truck applications seem primed to accept a rapid deployment of truck electrification projects, but several factors continue to slow progress, including infrastructure. Weight considerations, range limitations and more are limiting opportunities right now for electrification, but that is changing as manufacturers work to solve these challenges. […]
What is the business case for autonomous vehicles in the supply chain?
Even the Jetsons could not fully imagine a future dominated by autonomous vehicles. Flying vehicles and robots went hand-in-hand during the animated show. But a world without a driver? Although self-driving cars have been in the popular imagination for decades, the technology has long eluded society. In the past years, however, we have seen autonomous […]
ATS Successfully Completes Annual ISO Audit
Advanced Technical Services has successfully completed a re-certification audit by NSF in May of 2018. The certification verifies that the Quality Management System implemented and maintained by ATS meets the requirements of the ISO 9001-2015 standard for our repair processes. ATS has been ISO certified since 2007 and is proud of the ongoing commitment from […]
ATS Sponsors Local Little League Baseball Team
Advanced Technical Services is proud to announce their Tier 2 team sponsorship for the Crystal Lake Little League Baseball. Owner, David Vikartofsky, truly believes in the teamwork and sportsmanship that little league helps develop in its young players and was overjoyed with the opportunity to assist by becoming a tier 2 team sponsor in the […]
Happy Valentines Day 2018!!!
We would like to take today to thank all of our customers for their continued loyalty. Without each and every one of you there would be no ATS. Thank you to all!