I oktober 2011 meddelade Sony Ericsson att den japanska delägaren tar över hela bolaget, och för vårens nya modeller gick namnet officiellt över till endast Sony. Nu kommer nästa steg, där Sony Mobile meddelar att högkvareret flyttas från svenska Lund till japanska Tokyo. Samtidigt vill företaget banta bort 15 procent av den totala personalstyrkan till och med 2014, motsvarande cirka 1 000 personer. Av dessa berörs minst 650 personer i Lund, där i dagsläget cirka 2 400 fast anställda samt 600 konsulter arbetar.
Today Sony Mobile filed a redundancy notification ("varsel") with the Swedish authorities to notify them that the company expects around 650 employees across a number of functions at Sony Mobile in Lund to be affected by job closures. The remaining headcount reductions will be primarily consultants in Sweden.
Trots nedskärningarna menar Sony att Lund fortsätter vara strategiskt viktigt för företaget, och att verksamheten ska koncentreras runt mjukvaruutveckling. Det skånska kontoret har ända sedan Ericsson-tiden arbetat med både hård- och mjukvara till mobiltelefoner, genom hela övergången från egna system till Symbian och senare Google Android.
Sony Mobile satsar för 2012 på telefonserien Xperia Nxt, där toppmodellen Xperia S är mest omtalad. Svenska Ericsson är fortfarande inblandade i vissa modeller, framför allt genom samarbetsbolaget ST-Ericsson. Företagets tvåkärniga ARM-plattform Novathor U8500 sitter bland annat i modellerna Xperia U, Xperia P samt Xperia Sola.
Sony Mobile Communications Announces New Operational Structure and Reduction in Workforce
LONDON, August 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Mobile Communications AB ("Sony Mobile") today announced that it is altering the global operational structure of its development sites in Tokyo, Japan, Lund, Sweden and Beijing, China. In October 2012, Sony Mobile will move its corporate headquarters and certain other functions from Lund, Sweden, to Tokyo, Japan. Sony Mobile has also redefined the roles and responsibilities of each major development site to leverage the strengths of each respective site. These measures aim to enhance operational and development capabilities of Sony Mobile such as time to market efficiency, streamline supply chain management and drive greater integration with the wider Sony group.
"Sony has identified the mobile business as one of its core businesses and the Xperia™ smartphone portfolio continues to gain momentum with customers and consumers worldwide," said Kunimasa Suzuki, President and CEO of Sony Mobile. "We are accelerating the integration and convergence with the wider Sony group to continue enhancing our offerings, and a more focused and efficient operational structure will help to reduce Sony Mobile's costs, enhance time to market efficiency and bring the business back to a place of strength."
In relation to the operational structure changes, Sony Mobile plans to reduce its global headcount by approximately 15 percent (approximately 1000 personnel, including consultants) throughout the financial years of 2012 and 2013 (i.e. by the end of March 2014) as the company seeks to increase operational efficiency, reduce costs and drive profitable growth.
Today Sony Mobile filed a redundancy notification ("varsel") with the Swedish authorities to notify them that the company expects around 650 employees across a number of functions at Sony Mobile in Lund to be affected by job closures. The remaining headcount reductions will be primarily consultants in Sweden. Lund will continue to be an important strategic site for Sony Mobile, with the main focus on software and application development.
Sony Mobile is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, following Sony Corporation's acquisition of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson's 50% stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, completed on February 15, 2012.
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