Volvo Trucks Transport Solutions Helps Logistics Companies Implement Sustainable Development

www.chinatrucks.com: April 23, 2012, Beijing China – The world’s leading manufacturer of trucks, Volvo Trucks, makes a strong presence at the 2012 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition by displaying its multi-brand trucks in the fields of long haul transportation, construction engineering and firefighting, all of which demonstrate Volvo Trucks’ significant strengths in the transportation industry.

 

 
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Volvo Trucks’ business operations in China. During these years, Volvo Trucks has both witnessed and contributed to the dramatic development of the Chinese logistics industry by providing high quality products and services. Volvo Trucks is the first company in China market to offer total transport solutions which aim to improve customers’ operational efficiency and profitability and has received increasing appreciations from Chinese customers as it fits the needs of the customers who are in an intensely competitive environment. With a deep understanding of customers’ core requirements, Volvo Trucks is able to offer valuable total transport solutions which can be well integrated into customers’ operations to help solve their problems.    
 
Mr. Eric Labat, President of Volvo Trucks China stated, “Persisting in our core values of Safety, Quality and Care for the Environment, Volvo Trucks has continuously provided high quality, high fuel-efficient products and considerate services. In addition, we have continued to closely observe the market and noticed that the Chinese logistics industry has grown rapidly, and that the Chinese government has provided great support to the industry by requiring transformations and upgrades within the industry. Volvo Trucks is promoting our Total Transport Solutions--tailor-made for our customers to help them improve transportation efficiency and profitability. We believe our customers will benefit greatly from our full range of services.”

Today Chinese logistics and transportation companies tend to be more open towards modern management concepts: companies at a more mature level expect further improvements to make them even more competitive; less mature companies wish to shift from being merely a truck user to a professional transporter; and some new establishments require extensive supports in regards to know-how. By echoing those demands, Volvo Trucks’ Total Transport Solutions can be designed to fit different types of companies, from start-ups, small-medium enterprises, to large scale companies with fleet of hundreds of trucks.
 
Volvo Trucks’ takes a holistic perspective of its Total Transport Solutions to help logistics and transportation companies optimize their operations through strong leadership, performance management and a continuous improvement process. Its services cover a wide range of areas including transport strategy, management system, transport facilities, and more. A number of successful cases have proved the services’ efficiency. For example: Volvo Trucks used to help a customer reduce its storage cost by 37% by applying a new transport strategy of setting-up a regional hub. As another example, Volvo Trucks advised a customer to operate trucks at different average speeds (67.5\62 and 59km/h) in different months to optimize its profits. A third example is that a customer followed Volvo Trucks’ advice to adjust KPIs by adapting incentive measures into two schemes: peak season and low season. As a result, the customer’s cost dropped by 3% to 7.5%. Recently there has been a notable case in which Volvo Trucks has cooperated with a newly established Chinese energy enterprise by providing a full range of consultancy services to help the customer build up a complete logistics system. In this case, Volvo Trucks conducted months of preparation work in order to ensure the best solution for the customer. Thus, a solid foundation has been established through Volvo Trucks’ efficient, quality and professional services and that the customer’s support is essential to the success of Volvo Trucks’ total transport solution.

By persisting in its core values of Safety, Quality and Care for the Environment, Volvo Trucks continuously provides Chinese customers with high quality products and a considerable, full range of after-sales services. Having made large investments in technology, Volvo Trucks is able to continuously leading in this area in the industry.  The company enables its trucks to reduce fuel consumption at the rate of 1% per year through the use of advanced technology and help owners of their trucks retain a low level of fuel-consumption through trainings for fleet management and drivers. According to Volvo Trucks’ statistics, driving behavior impacts fuel consumption by 20% and poor driving skills can cause a 50% increase in fuel consumption, which means improper driving behavior plays an increasingly instrumental role in fuel-saving. In China, Volvo Trucks has organized the Fuelwatch Competition for four consecutive years and hosted open driver trainings during the competitions. Through these long-term investments and escalation of efforts, Volvo Trucks has helped more and more drivers enhance their driving behaviors and skills, resulting in an increase in both customers’ profits and drivers’ incomes.
 
In the global consensuses of saving resources and contributing towards a cleaner environment, as well as the company’s strong commitments to the social and industrial responsibilities, Volvo Trucks is very strict in the entire lifecycle of its products, from manufacturing, operations, repair and maintenance, to recycling, in order to ensure that its leadership facilitates customers’ and the industry’s sustainable development. 

Views:0