DB Cargo and GE Transportation Expand Rail’s Digital Footprint in Europe
March 15 2017 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
- Partnership marks GE Transportation’s
first European digital contract and implementation of digital
solutions on non-GE locomotives.
- Deal follows a three-month pilot that
delivered significant improvements in fleet availability and a 25
percent reduction in service failures.
(NYSE:GE) – DB Cargo – Europe’s largest rail freight company –
and GE Transportation have signed an agreement to digitize 250
locomotives across Germany, U.K., France and Poland over the next
five years. This marks GE Transportation’s first-ever European
digital contract and a major milestone in the company’s efforts to
create self-aware locomotives and digitize the entire rail
operation value chain. The partnership also marks the first time
non-GE locomotives have been equipped with GE digital
solutions.
The deal follows a three-month pilot of GE Transportation’s
RailConnect™ 360 Asset Performance Management Solution, which
provided locomotive health status updates that increased efficiency
and delivered a 25 percent reduction in service failures.
“Our pilot with GE Transportation delivered significant
improvement in fleet availability and reduced the number of service
failures – factors critical to our operations and delivering goods
across the global supply chain,” said Steffen Bobsien, Senior Vice
President European Asset Management & Technology for DB Cargo
AG. “We look forward to extending GE’s solutions for these 250
locos – and the positive outcomes they deliver – across our
fleet.”
“The digital industrial future is here and the need to turn
information into insights and insights into outcomes has never been
more important to our customers. With this performance-based
contract for remote monitoring and diagnostics of non-GE
locomotives, we are completely changing the business model,” said
GE Transportation CEO Jamie Miller. “We are committed to helping
engineers and rail operators, like DB Cargo, make the most of their
assets by delivering game-changing productivity and efficiency
gains.”
Built on the Predix Industrial Internet platform, GE’s Asset
Performance Management applications give industrial businesses like
DB Cargo a complete, integrated view of their equipment, helping
operators make more informed decisions and improve the performance
of their assets.
To learn more, visit http://www.getransportation.com.
About GE Transportation
At GE Transportation, we are in the business of realizing
potential. We are a global technology leader and supplier of
equipment, services and solutions to the rail, mining, marine,
stationary power and drilling industries. Our innovations help
customers deliver goods and services with greater speed and savings
using our advanced manufacturing techniques and connected machines.
Our digital solutions, which provide data-driven insights to
improve efficiency, leverage Predix – GE’s cloud-based operating
system for the Industrial Internet. Established more than a century
ago, GE Transportation is a division of the General Electric
Company that began as a pioneer in passenger and freight
locomotives. That innovative spirit still drives GE Transportation
today and is strengthened by our ability to serve customers more
holistically through the GE Store – a global exchange of knowledge,
technology and tools across all GE businesses that ultimately
provides better outcomes for customers. GE Transportation is
headquartered in Chicago, IL, and employs approximately 10,000
employees worldwide.
About DB Cargo
As Europe's largest rail freight operator, DB Cargo offers its
customers access to one of the largest rail networks in the world.
No other rail freight company has such a closely meshed network
throughout all of Europe and beyond. We make transports better,
more efficient and more reliable with customer-oriented and
tailored solutions. Our services include Europe-wide innovative
transportation and logistics solutions for block train and single
car transports as well as combining rail with road haulage and
ocean freight. We also offer customized industry solutions tailored
to your needs for areas such as the chemicals, mineral oil,
disposal, paper, metals and coal, and automotive industries. And
with special environmentally friendly services, we make rail the
greenest mode of transportation. Digitization of rail transport is
one of our key drivers to improve efficiency and further increase
service quality towards our customers.
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