Infosys to deploy Cloud Based IoT solutions for Toyota Material Handling North America

Toyota Material Handling North America has selected Infosys to develop a cloud-based, Internet of Things (IoT) enabled telematics solution, according to recent Infosys press release.

Toyota Material Handling North America, is the leading provider of forklift sales and is composed of three main groups of companies: Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg, The Raymond Corporation and Toyota Material Handling USA.

As a part of the collaboration, Infosys will help to develop Toyota Material global telematics solution, which can be leveraged to perform tasks like the vehicle access control, system maintenance, and location tracking.

The telematics solution will also help the manufacturer process data to draw insights on how to improve services and after-sales customer experiences.

The solution will be going to be paired with the Infosys ValuePLUS service, which will offer application support and development for the Toyota SAP Platform, which even allows it to improve productivity and efficiency, said the announcement.

Executive Opinion

Jasmeet Singh, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Manufacturing, Infosys, said, “It is essential for companies to continue focusing on new opportunities to transform their business and we are excited to be selected by TMHNA for this transformative project. GTS has the potential to transform communication between different teams and also provide insights that can add immense value to the business. Our AMS offerings will leverage automation and our extensive experience to help TMHNA with a comprehensive managed services model aligned to its future business.”

Alan Cseresznyak, Chief Information Officer for Toyota Material Handling North America, said, “We are seeing greater customer demands, and we believe we can gain a competitive advantage by leveraging leading-edge technology as we go through comprehensive digital transformation. We are concentrating on providing a better customer experience, and we truly feel that Infosys is a good partner in this area.”

Infosys and Digital Transformation

Infosys has partnered with several organizations to help them in their digital transformation journey. The company is leveraging frontier technologies to automate operations for their clients.

Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait has partnered with EdgeVerve Systems, a subsidiary of Infosys to steer its automation journey using AssistEdge Robotic Process Automation (RPA).

In June 2019, this year, Infosys announced their a long term IT services strategic partnership with Toyota Material Handling Europe. Infosys planned to digitally transform by rolling out a scalable digital hybrid cloud platform, providing application services, digital workplace, infrastructure management and a dedicated data center operation.