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Technology & Innovation 02/18 The customer magazine of DB Cargo FOCUS Technology & innovation Logistics providers today are fully integrated into their customers’ supply chains. The right technology ensures an efficient workflow management. Page 8 EDITORIAL 02 / 18 _ DB Cargo's open car transport wagons will also be equipped with GPS trackers by 2019. 02 02 / 18 EDITORIAL Editorial Dear Readers, BVL International conducted a study to determine how we, as logistics experts, should prepare our- selves for the future. One of the core messages was that innovative technology concepts have considera- ble potential for optimising our processes. It lists predictive analyses to better forecast and plan our business processes, sensor technology as a source of data, and not least the linking of new technologies with our existing systems and those of our customers. We are trying to take a more systematic approach to the future, using such tools as predictive analytics and predictive maintenance to make our everyday business that little bit better. And by doing so, we're making our customers' business better, too. By the way, this is also the reason why we held our innovation workshop on freight wagons, whose pur- pose is to establish a dialogue between our customers and our development engineers. To give you an idea of what we're doing in terms of personnel to tackle future challenges, we've included an interview with Dr Ursula Biernert, Member of the Management Board for Human Resources. I hope you enjoy reading our magazine. Yours faithfully, Raimund Stüer 03 CONTENTS 02 / 18 FOCUS 02 08 14 Editorial Transport chain 4.0 Keeping a digital ear to the ground Innovative technology concepts Fibre optic sensing means 04 optimise customers' supply chains. better safety and quality for rail operations. Contents 12 15 06 Predictive planning Processing damaged wagons with Better planning processes thanks to an app News predictive analytics. Faster reporting and repair – thanks to digitalised processes. 16 _ A number of techni- Innovative freight wagons cal innovations along the entire supply chain Freight wagons of the future: a research ensure reliability and project like no other in Germany. efficiency. 20 On the way to smart predictive maintenance Optimised maintenance improves processes along the entire supply chain. 24 Interview with Dr Ursula Biernert Dr Ursula Biernert, DB Cargo Management Board Member for Human Resources, on demographic change, international focus and digitalisation in HR. 04 02 / 18 CONTENTS INNOVATIONS & SOLUTIONS CUSTOMERS & MARKETS 28 36 Blockchain technology in logistics Hydraulic show of strength Even greater security and transparency for Special freight wagons win over Danish service providers and their customers. steel manufacturer NLMK DanSteel. 30 38 Think tank and laboratory of Development on equal terms the future A direct line between customers and the _ On the move at the Where are Big Data and Logistics 4.0 taking experts at DB Cargo. innovation workshop us? We visit the amspire lab. for freight wagons at the Paderborn mainte- 42 nance depot. So what does it do? the amspire lab in Frankfurt? 43 Looking ahead & publishing details _ Interdisciplinary teams tackle the chal- lenges of Logistics 4.0 at the amspire lab. 34 NEWSLETTER State of the art and fully automatic Visit our website and sign up for our DB Cargo invests in the new train formation newsletter: facility in Halle (Saale) and makes it one of www.dbcargo.com/ the most modern facilities in Europe. newsletteranmeldung 05 NEWS 02 / 18 GERMANY Tackling future trends together Fourth DB Cargo Pulp & Paper Summit at DB Academy in Potsdam. DID YOU KNOW ... that 100 different nationalities Over 70 customers and logistics partners in the work at Deutsche Bahn? paper, pulp and packaging industry enjoyed a diverse programme at the 4th Pulp & Paper Sum- mit on 15 May, where they discussed current The world’s longest freight industry trends and their impact on logistics railway link, which connects Madrid with DB Cargo. The focus was on digitalisation to Yiwu, China, is and demographic change, which were addressed during interesting talks and examined in more detail along with additional topics at workshops with the participants. 13,000 “The in-depth discussions demonstrated to us that working logistics concepts are absolutely kilometres long? essential for our customers. We need to map out reliable transport services from the very begin- ning and take end-to-end responsibility,” said that Jürgen Röher, Head of Sales and Operations Center Pulp & Paper. According to Raimund Stüer, DB Cargo Board Member for Sales and Marketing, “The event 60% was a resounding success, with exciting talks and in-depth discussions”. № of DB Cargo transports cross at least one national border? A detailed report on the event is included in railways issue No. 03/2018. 06 02 / 18 NEWS RUSSIA The Facts about the 21st World Cup FIFA World Cup is Here are a few facts for HUNGARY striking up a lunchtime New CEO conversation about the 36.8 world's greatest sporting Dr Jan Busch is the cm tall and weighs event and the first Worl new CEO of DB Cargo Cup to be held on two dif- Hungária. ferent continents – Asia 6,175 and Europe. grams The greatest distance France has the most between two venues is expensive squad at 2,484 1.08 Since 1 May, Dr Jan Busch has been the new CEO of DB Cargo's Hungarian kilometres billion euros national company, DB Cargo Hungária Kft. in Győr. Busch (41) has been with DB Cargo since 2007 and has extensive experience in sales and There are Panama has the least controlling. In his most recent role as expensive squad at Head of Sales Processes in Frankfurt am Main, he was responsible for cus- 338,414 tomer satisfaction analysis throughout 8.43 Europe, several IT projects in sales ticket requests from and bid management. DB Cargo Germany million euros Hungária Kft. was formed when Logis- tic Center Hungária Kft., which was established by DB Cargo in 2001, was renamed. It received its railway licence in 2011 and since then has successfully offered transport services and helped significantly increase the share of international transport services in the DB Cargo family. № 07 FOCUS 02 / 18 02 / 18 FOCUS — KATHRIN POLIKEIT In the age of digitalisation, changes in customer needs and patterns of behaviour are just as rapid as they are radical. The entire supply chain has to adapt accordingly. DB Cargo is therefore relying on a whole series of technical innovations. FOCUS 02 / 18 “The logistics goals with the highest priority are fulfilment of customer requirements, reliable delivery and logistics costs.” Trends and Strategies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Digital Transformation Opportunities, a study by the German logistics association Bundesvereinigung Logistik, “BVL” he results of the recent study “Trends and Strat- egies in Logistics and Supply Chain Manage- ment: Digital Transfor- mation Opportunities” by Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL) show the way: “The Tlogistics goals with the highest priority are fulfilment of customer require- ments, reliable and on-schedule deliv- ery and logistics costs.” The study focuses especially on sis and analysis appreciably enhances repairs that may be necessary, which the technical elements of the supply the quality of equipment and rolling reduces idle time and cancellations for chain. According to the study, these stock. But the long-term aim is to go one customers. At the moment, DB Cargo must be modified in two ways: Suppli- step further: for example, maintenance is working with two customers from ers and logistics service providers need optimisation should also asses which the recycling industry to pilot the app. to be linked to seamless IT systems, incident notifications need to be pro- and supply chains need to be designed cessed first if there are competing inci- Fibre-optic sensing (FOS) and analysed by exchanging data dents, because one may have a more across company lines. Predictive analyt- severe potential impact than the other. Deutsche Bahn is also testing a ics, mobile access by customers to data This sounds very theoretical, but it fibre-optic system at present that will and the corresponding sensors for yields a specific benefit: if the mainte- make the monitoring of modern trans- monitoring are the technology con- nance of wagons can be planned more port chains even better. Fibre-optic cepts that offer the brightest prospects efficiently, the availability of wagons sensing (FOS) can allow for more rapid for logistics. DB Cargo is already for customers will improve, too. detection of animals on the track, land- investing in these fields. slides or cable theft. It will preserve DB Cargo’s damaged wagon app resources while delivering further Predictive Maintenance safety and quality improvements in The same is true for the damaged rail operations. “Since a year ago, we The objective of predictive mainte- wagon app. DB Cargo is using this new have been investigating FOS at sites nance is designing the maintenance of application to optimise the handling including Berlin Wannsee, the right locomotives to be more efficient by process for when wagons need to be bank of the Rhine and the new Ger- means of data-based predictions. Sen- replaced or repaired. Customers can man Unity Transport Project 8.2 high- sors and other data recording devices now report damaged wagons digitally. speed line”, explains Patrick Pohl, collect data on the infrastructure and The app features a simple-to-navigate project manager for fibre-optic sensing vehicles and link it on an open plat- menu that one can follow to transmit (FOS) at DB Netz AG. The German form to determine what systems need reports, complete with photos of the Unity Transport Project 8.2 (or VDE to be maintained or replaced, and at damage, by means of a few clicks.
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