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Automobile industry VolvoCommercial Vehicles

VOLVO: The Volvo Group has its origin in 1927 when the first Volvo car rolled off the production line at the factory in Göteborg.  Volvo’s business areas are –Passenger cars, Commercial vehicles, Penta and Aero products and Financial Services.  Volvo in India has its operations across trucks, buses, construction equipment, marine & industrial power systems.

 Volvo operations in India & South Asia are supported through a region-wide sales service & parts network, covering over 150 points.  The production facility, established in mid1998, is located at Hoskote, near Bangalore.  Development and production take place in Sweden, Belgium, Brazil and the USA, with truck assembly operations in a number of countries, both at our own plants and in collaboration with locally-owned industrial concerns.

 They have eight assembly plants and eight factories owned by local interests.  The manufacturing plant of Volvo is situated at Dublin(USA) and Bangalore.  9 distribution centres.  The remanufacturing centre is situated at Middletown, USA.  Volvo is marked by its core values of safety, quality and concern for the environment.

COMMERCIAL VEHICLES:A commercial vehicle is a type of vehicle that is used for carrying goods or passengers. Examples of commercial vehicle include: Truck, Semi Truck, Van, Coach Bus, Taxicab, Box Truck, Trailers, Construction equipments

TYPES OF COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS: Light Commercial Vehicles  Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles

MAJOR PRODUCTS:     

Trucks Construction Equipments Buses Penta Aero Financial Services

MAJOR COMPETITORS :      

Scania-Vabis Toyota Tata Nissan Ashok Leyland Hindustan Motors Swaraj Mazda

PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES:      

Green technology Fuel cells Road to cleaner transportation Mobility Real-time Technologies Co-operative Systems Service Monitoring

 Safety  Security  Information and Communication Technology

MANUFACTURING:    

Foundry Metal shaping and machining Metal coating Assembly Painting and finishing

FOUNDRY: Foundries, whether they are integrated with commercial vehicle assembly facilities or independent shops, cast metal products which play a key role in the production of commercial vehicle.

METAL SHAPING AND MACHINING:   

Shaping(casting) and machining Rolling process Shearing and forming Machining-hole-making, milling, turning, shaping/planing, broaching, sawing, and grinding.

METAL COATING: Pickling and salt bathing  Metal finishing and electroplating-Electroless plating, Anodising.

ASSEMBLY: Welding sides  Attaching to the underbody of the vehicle. The underbody is composed of three primary pieces of galvanized steel that include the floor pan and components for the engine and chassis.  Testing-dimensional and structural accuracy.

PAINTING AND FINISHING:Finishing is a multi-step process subdivided into 3 categories: (1) Anti-corrosion operations, consisting of cleaning applications, a phosphate bath, and a chromic acid bath; (2) Priming operations, consisting of an electrodeposition primer bath, an antichip application, primer-surfacer application and joint sealant application; (3) Finishing operations, consisting of a colour coat application, a clear coat application, and any painting necessary for 2-tone colour or touch-up applications.

OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS: Cost reduction  Quality improvement Volvo is environmentally certified. CO2 – neutral production Increasing energy efficiency Handling solvents and waste Use of water Importers and dealers

 Cycle time reduction Order control Process quality control Product quality control Material control Transport control

COMPETITION IN MARKET

INNOVATIONS:-

Thinking the unthinkable!    

Bio fuels More power less fuel Telematics solutions Gryphin

SUCCESS: Volvo construction Equipment Improves Lead Generation 700% with WebTrends  VEST (Volvo Enhanced Stability Technology)  Volvo hybrids  Volvo’s Green Technology  Volvo Motor Graders utilizes reform software from Eabsoft

FAILURES: Volvo Electronic Throttle Module ETM Throttle Body.  Volvo has some engine cooling problems.  Volvo has emission control failure and various associated warning issues.

AWARDS: Volvo City Bus B7RLE awarded with the Commercial Vehicle Technology of the year 2006 award.  Volvo received award for service components distribution.  Volvo received Synovate Quality Award for light commercial vehicles.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Appoint special delivery point for warranty returns and make sure that the warranty routines are followed so that unnecessary transports can be reduced.  Store less cores for remanufacturing at the Core Hub. Cores that are not needed are not necessary to transport to the Core Hub.  Make better cost registrations and cost follow ups and evaluate customer satisfaction to be able to find improvement areas in the future.

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