Automobile industry

Volvo-
Commercial 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 mid-
1998, 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 electro-
deposition 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.
GROUP NO.-7
 SWATI SAINI (849)
 SURBHI LAKHANI(846)
 SHUSHANT YADAV(842)
 RISHU BATRA(834)