The innovative automaker will also implement additional QAD Adaptive Applications
QAD Inc. (Nasdaq: QADA) (Nasdaq: QADB), a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based business software and services to global manufacturing companies, announces that Volta Trucks, the manufacturer of all-electric commercial vehicles, will implement l'ERP Adaptive in QAD and other QAD Adaptive solutions, including EQMS (Enterprise Quality Management System), DynaSys DSCP (Digital Supply Chain Management), Sourcing e Supplier Management di QAD.
“We are living in one of the most important and transformative periods for the automotive industry,” he underlined Essa Al-Saleh, CEO of Volta Trucks. "We are entering a market that is undergoing a major transition from an ecosystem of internal combustion engines to a zero-emission system, with battery-powered vehicles playing a major role. This creates incredible opportunities for us as we have developed the world's first fully electric large commercial vehicle from scratch. While we need to be agile in our approach, we need to have the best systems and processes in place to continue to achieve our goals. We were looking for a partner who could help us adopt quickly a scalable solution to support us in our strategies, and we found it in QAD”.
Volta Trucks is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in Sweden, France and the United Kingdom. It was founded in 2017 to help reduce environmental pollution from the transport sector and make downtown environments safer and more sustainable places to live and work. The company's first vehicle, the Volta Zero, is the first 16-tonne full electric commercial vehicle built specifically for the delivery of goods in city centres. The company initially launched its operations in London and Paris, and recently confirmed that it will expand further into other European cities, as well as North American and Asian cities. Volta Trucks will implement QAD solutions across all company locations.
Volta Trucks plans to expand its product portfolio to offer a complete range of full-electric commercial vehicles from 7.5 to 19 tons, rethought and re-designed specifically to support the reduction of environmental pollution in the logistics sector. To support portfolio development and revenue volumes, Volta Trucks needed business solutions that met current business needs while providing a foundation for future expansion. The management started looking for a cloud-based solution that presented the best best practices of the automotive sector, descriptive process diagrams, operating instructions and test scripts. After a comprehensive review of numerous vendors on the market, Volta chose QAD.
“The migration from internal combustion engines to electric ones has already started and is progressing very quickly,” he commented Charlie Eggerding, Senior Vice President, Automotive and Mobility di QAD. “Of all changes that the automotive sector is facing, the exponential growth of electric vehicles is the most radical and, the choice of a leading electric vehicle company such as Volta Trucks, demonstrates how QAD's suite of solutions is geared towards meeting the needs of the new generation of automotive manufacturers. QAD has years of experience and a wide range of clients nell’automotive industry and our fast, agile and effective approach to global implementations is helping many more enterprises adapt to this emerging development model. As the automotive market continues to evolve, QAD looks forward to supporting innovative companies like Volta Trucks to innovate and succeed.”
