“Nothing is more important to our customers’ bottom line than uptime, and Volvo Trucks and its dealers are intensely focused on continual improvement,” said Gӧran Nyberg, president of Volvo Trucks North America. “Even a single day of downtime can affect a trucking company’s reputation and relationship with its customer, so we strive to continue to develop new products and services to keep customers’ trucks on the road.”
Technology is key to Volvo’s success with customer uptime. Volvo Remote Diagnostics, standard on all Volvo-powered vehicles, is a proactive diagnostic and repair planning system that monitors critical fault codes. Using Volvo’s ASIST web-based service management platform, Remote Diagnostics identifies the necessary parts and provides straightforward repair instructions to technicians, even before the truck arrives for service. ASIST also documents all estimates, repair approvals, purchase orders and communications among customers, dealers and Volvo to ensure everyone knows exactly where a case stands at any moment.
Volvo believes that even with market-leading technology, expert human intervention is essential to maximizing uptime for customers. Volvo’s Uptime Center consolidates under one roof the people and systems needed to monitor and respond to vehicle issues in real time, including 24/7 support through Volvo Action Service and ASIST experts.
Volvo Trucks dealers, which offer more than 360 Class 8 locations throughout North America, are critical to Volvo’s uptime services. Since 2010, Volvo dealers have invested $435 million in facilities and personnel, resulting in a 37 percent increase in bay capacity and 89 percent more technicians.
The biennial UPTIME event is another important tool in improving customer uptime, according to James Chenier, vice president, aftermarket sales and marketing for Volvo Trucks North America.
“Our UPTIME conference brings together North American Volvo dealers, personnel and suppliers to share best practices in aftermarket support,” Chenier said. “Everyone comes to the event with the attitude that by listening and learning we can always make our uptime services even better.”
The UPTIME 2015 event featured workshops and presentations – such as this one from James Chenier, vice president, aftermarket sales and marketing for Volvo Trucks North America – and workshops on Volvo’s resources and strategies to maximize customer uptime. In addition to education in formal sessions, participants in UPTIME 2015 learned about the latest in aftermarket support in discussions during the exhibition.
Volvo Trucks provides complete transport solutions for professional and demanding customers, offering a full range of medium to heavy duty trucks. Customer support is secured via a global network of 2,200 dealers and workshops in more than 120 countries. Volvo trucks are assembled in 16 countries across the globe. In 2014 more than 117,000 Volvo trucks were delivered worldwide. Volvo Trucks is part of the Volvo Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and construction equipment, and drive systems for marine and industrial applications. The Group also provides solutions for financing and service. Volvo’s work is based on the core values quality, safety and environmental care.
The Volvo Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 100,000 people, has production facilities in 19 countries and sells its products in more than 190 markets. In 2014, the Volvo Group’s sales amounted to about $38.2 billion. The Volvo Group is a publicly-held company headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and are traded OTC in the U.S. For more information, please visit www.volvogroup.com or www.volvogroup.mobi if you are using your mobile phone.
May 11, 2015
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