Set your strategy
Are you facing new customer demands or new operational needs?
Looking to enter a new market?
Stuck in deciding between decision lifetime extension vs. new procurement?
We help you define your mission and build a clear purpose around your asset management of rail vehicles and infrastructure. Starting with basic analysis to get an overview of the market, the relevant systems, or regulatory boundaries to illustrate the challenges you are facing.
With our knowledge of the railway industry, we support in finding a suitable business model for you. Always having in mind what the implementation looks like, we can guide you through the whole strategy process or support you in one specific step. Might it be a migration plan for implementing new systems within your fleet strategy or receiving fundamentals for “make or buy” decisions as a part of your procurement strategy or else.
Combining technical approaches together with operational and financial aspects enables you to make the right decisions for your strategy in business processes as procurement, approval, maintenance, or modernisations.
Strategy support
Operating rolling stock is a capital-intensive business requiring long-term focus. We provide all relevant long-term information for asset management, daily decisions and the development of a rolling stock strategy.
We offer the following services:
- Plans for existing fleets
- Operating plans
- Investment plans
- Risk analyses
- Maintenance strategies
Rolf Mühlemann
Procurement Management
Rolling stock procurement is complex and absorbs time and resources. We can assume responsibility for your procurement project or strengthen your existing team. In close cooperation with you, we develop a customized procurement strategy and use professional project planning tools to coordinate the entire procurement process. We support you either during the whole procurement process or on a specific specialized topic.
We offer the following services:
- Tender preparation
- Bid evaluation
- Negotiation support
Maintenance support & optimisation
We support you in implementing efficient servicing and maintenance systems for railway vehicles, to ensure sufficient rolling stock and to lower life cycle costs. We analyse current situations and suggest the right solutions to ensure your success.
We offer the following services:
- Current situation and delta analysis
- Concepts for operation and production
- Customised maintenance optimisation plans
- ECM consultancy
Rolf Mühlemann
Armin Burth
Signalling
We have expertise in advisory, procurement, project management and integration of railway signalling solutions in line with the latest safety standards. Our distinct focus is on onboard systems but considering any Command Control and Signalling, CCS related technologies. We advise on operational aspects and we procure and integrate signalling systems for you.
We offer the following services:
- Signalling advisory on operational aspects
- Signalling requirement engineering and implementation concepts
- Procurement and rollout support for ATP (Class-B, ETCS & CBTC), ATO or related challenges
- On-board integration of CCS systems including radio technologies GSM-R / FRMCS, etc.
Vehicle Authorisation
Managing vehicle authorisation requires the consideration of many national and international regulations. In an environment where regulations are continuously developing, it is necessary to be updated regarding requirements and processes. Ready to support you. We offer professional authorisation management support, either as a general contractor or as an integral part of your existing team.
We offer the following services:
- Authorisation strategy
- Authorisation concept
- Authorisation dossier
- Responsibility and management of the entire authorisation process
- Management of changes in simple and complex projects
- Support in the handling ERA processes, such as One-Stop-Shop (OSS)
Modernisation
Older rail vehicles, although well-maintained, may no longer meet modern standards or new operational requirements. We assist in the technical modernisation of your existing vehicles. Our modernisation specialists can evaluate and develop the modernisation procedures in detail.
We offer the following services:
- Requirements analysis
- Documentation of the required modernisation
- Refurbishment engineering
- Coordination of modernisation
- Vehicle authorisation procedure support
- DIE RETROFITTER (German only) – modernisation projects for trams and light rail vehicles from a single source.
