NewswireTODAY - /newswire/ - Indianapolis, IN, United States, 2018/03/05 - To Establish AI-driven command center for global process management [NYSE: ALSN] - AllisonTransmission.com / Infosys.com. NYSE: INFY

Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services, today announced that Allison Transmission, the world’s largest manufacturer of fully automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and a leader in hybrid-propulsion systems for city buses, has selected Infosys to provide information technology (IT) infrastructure management services, including leveraging its proprietary artificial intelligence platform, Nia.

Headquartered in Indianapolis for more than 100 years, Allison Transmission is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of transmissions for a variety of applications. The company chose Infosys as its consulting and IT services provider for its flexibility, scalability and expertise to respond to the company’s growing global technology needs. Infosys is undertaking the installation of a new software command center for Allison Transmission using Infosys Nia that will assist Allison Transmission with achieving agility and efficiency through the management of technology processes and its physical assets.

Dean E. Ranalli, Vice President, Information Systems and Services & Chief Information Officer, Allison Transmission, said,“Our priority has been to find a fresh approach to evolve our technology infrastructure to support strategic business imperatives and growing business demand, and create a model that boosts our maturity in how we manage our worldwide information systems and services. We chose Infosys as our partner to achieve these objectives and enable our organization to be more responsive, agile and effective.”

Ravi Kumar S, President and Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Infosys, said,“With digital transformation disrupting processes and decision-making within enterprises in every industry, Infosys enables businesses to simplify their IT landscape by taking the approach of ‘people plus software.’ We’re excited to apply this approach working alongside Allison Transmission as the organization modernizes its mission-critical infrastructure and evolves with digitization.”

About Allison Transmission
Allison Transmission (allisontransmission.com) is the world’s largest manufacturer of fully automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and is a leader in hybrid-propulsion systems for city buses. Allison transmissions are used in a variety of applications including refuse, construction, fire, distribution, bus, motorhomes, defense and energy. Founded in 1915, the company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA and employs approximately 2,600 people worldwide. With a market presence in more than 80 countries, Allison has regional headquarters in the Netherlands, China and Brazil with manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Hungary and India. Allison also has approximately 1,400 independent distributor and dealer locations worldwide.

About Infosys
Infosys (infosys.com) is a global leader in technology services and consulting. We enable clients in 45 countries to create and execute strategies for their digital transformation. From engineering to application development, knowledge management and business process management, we help our clients find the right problems to solve, and to solve these effectively. Our team of 200,000+ innovators, across the globe, is differentiated by the imagination, knowledge and experience, across industries and technologies that we bring to every project we undertake.

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