Scania Top Team
Top Team is a global competition for professional service teams within the Scania service network. The best national teams compete in the national finals, to qualify for the regional finals. From each of the six regions, the two best teams will meet in the Top Team World Finals.
Top team news articles
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Scania Top Team highlights workshops sustainability contribution
27 Oct 2022 Scania’s global workshop network plays a key role in the company’s shift towards a sustainable transport system. One of the tools helping to raise awareness and create commitment to the company’s sustainability targets is Scania’s global competition for service technicians, Top Team. -
How Scania Top Team became a global phenomenon
29 Sep 2022 Scania Top Team has grown from a modest Sweden-only event to a global phenomenon where teams of service technicians from 70 countries compete in practical and theoretical skills. “The pandemic has strengthened the case for putting extra focus on service technicians and their importance for the transport industry,” says Project Manager Håkan Sjögren. -
Top Team: The perfect Competition for workshops – and customers
22 Sep 2022 Meet Omar, Luca, Giuseppe, Cristian and Lorenzo. Two engine mechanics, two electricians and a spare parts expert from Italy who are competing to be the best team of Scania service technicians in world. Here’s how they’re preparing for the 2022/23 Scania Top Team finals.
About top team
Top Team encourages internal collaboration and increases knowledge and motivation. This way, service personnel develop their skills by combining training and teamwork with the competition. The results benefit Scania customers by providing a more effective service. The competition is much appreciated by service personnel and helps improve the attractiveness of Scania as an employer.
A contest rooted in reality
Scania Top Team begins at the team’s workshop with theoretical challenges in two parts. The best teams advance to the national final where theoretical exercises are supplemented with practical exercises. Winners of the national finals meet at the international regional finals. From here, only 12 teams will make it to the world finals. In the end, there will be one winning team. Competition exercises require knowledge, team spirit, and discipline. The format of the competition will follow daily work patterns, the most essential objective being to satisfy the needs of the customer.
Global demand for qualified service workshop personnel
The Scania Top Team competition is a way of highlighting the importance of service personnel. It is brains, technological skills and teamwork that characterise the service personnel that Scania needs. The industry’s need for service personnel, in terms of service technicians, parts experts and service advisors, is growing. Truck, bus and engine uptime determine customer profitability. And uptime, to a large extent, lies in the hands of skilled and motivated service personnel.
The transport industry is about to undergo a technological shift. With skills and knowledge, Scania’s service personnel will guide our customers through this journey. The next Scania Top Team represents the outstanding talent and expertise of Scania’s service organisation. The best performing service team will become the world champions
The prizes
• The winning team receives 50,000 EUR
• The second-place team receives 30,000 EUR
• The third-place team receives 20,000 EUR
