Partner Presentation:

The Volkswagen Group consists of 12 independent brands from seven European countries. Each brand has its own character and operates independently in the market. The range extends from motorcycles and small cars to luxury cars. In the commercial vehicle segment, the range starts with pick-up vehicles and extends to buses and heavy trucks. The Volkswagen Group also manufactures large diesel engines for maritime and stationary applications, turbochargers and machines, special gearboxes, compressors and chemical reactors in other business areas. The Volkswagen Group also offers a broad range of financial services. These include dealer and customer financing, leasing, banking and insurance business and fleet management.
At the end of 2017, around 642,000 people were employed throughout the Group. This makes the Volkswagen Group one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers. In 2017, more than 10 million automobiles were delivered to customers (12.1% share of the global passenger car market), generating annual sales of 230.7 billion euros. Research and development costs amounted to around 13.1 billion euros in the same year. This means that the Volkswagen Group is investing more than any other company in the world in future technologies. At the end of 2017, around 49,000 people were employed in research and development, accounting for around 7.7% of the total workforce.
The Group operates 120 production facilities in 20 European countries and 11 countries in America, Asia and Africa. On average, 642,292 employees around the world produce around 44,000 vehicles every working day, provide vehicle-related services or work in other business segments. The Volkswagen Group offers its vehicles in 153 countries.
With its “TOGETHER – Strategy 2025” program for the future, the Volkswagen Group has paved the way for the biggest change process in its history: the realignment of one of the best automotive companies into one of the world’s leading providers of sustainable mobility. To this end, the Group will transform its core automotive business, including more than 30 additional all-electric models by 2025, as well as expanding battery technology and autonomous driving as new core competencies. At the same time, a second pillar, a cross-brand business unit for intelligent mobility solutions, will be established. In order to successfully implement this change, the Group is placing its innovative strength on a broader foundation: Digitization is being accelerated in all brands, areas and functions.
Volkswagen AG is involved in a wide range of national and European research projects on a variety of automotive topics, from research into new drive concepts and innovative vehicle electronics components to the use of innovative production technologies.

Role in project:

The aim of Volkswagen AG within the AKKORD project is to solve the problem by developing a data-based decision support system for the industrial engineers who carry out the work process design and optimization.

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