Press releases in English
| Today, 24 September, Volvo IT is inaugurating its new, global command centre in India. In less than a year, Volvo IT has transferred the task of monitoring computer systems from seventeen locations in different countries to Bangalore. |
| The Volvo Group has developed a computer game to teach the principles of lean production, a concept designed to increase the efficiency of working processes. In this game, the players can see how different changes impact efficiency and profitability. The results indicate that what is known as serious gaming is an excellent complement to training at work. |
| Volvo IT has signed a three year agreement with the City of Göteborg in Sweden, worth SEK 20 million. The deal was completed as a result of Volvo IT’s capacity to run low-cost mainframe environments. |
| A group of employees from the Volvo Group in Göteborg, Sweden, have been taking part in a project in which a personal CO2 “pedometer” has kept a check on what their commuting to work costs in the form of carbon emissions. Their journeys were registered using software in their mobile phones and a concept developed by Volvo IT. By changing their behaviour, the group succeeded in reducing their carbon footprint by more than 30%. |
| Volvo IT and business system supplier IBS have signed an agreement making it possible for IBS’ customers to allow Volvo IT responsibility for operating their business systems. |
| Volvo IT has been commissioned to develop and maintain FordEcat, a system Ford's dealers in Europe are using to streamline the sale of parts and service. A new version of the system will have been installed at 5,500 dealers in 40 countries by the end of June. |
| The Elektroskandia wholesale company is handing over responsibility for running its business system to Volvo IT. This means that both customers' and suppliers' electronic transactions will pass through Volvo's computers at Torslanda in Göteborg. |
| The Västra Götaland Region is signing a three-year agreement with Volvo IT. As a result of this deal, Volvo IT will assume responsibility for running the region's economy system and the system that handles salaries for the region's 50,000 employees. |
| Volvo IT is going to store X-rays with the associated patient information from hospitals in the Västra Götaland Region. This assignment has been commissioned by the medical devices company GE Healthcare, which is building a new, central system for hospitals. |
| AB Volvo’s subsidiary, Volvo IT, is signing a new three-year agreement involving all mainframe operations for Ford-owned Volvo Cars. The agreement represents the continuation of a 40-year partnership. |
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