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Technology Category	Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Transportation
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Process Control & Optimization Public Transportation Management
Services	System Integration Software Design & Engineering Services
Challenge	DB Netz AG, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, is responsible for maintaining the infrastructure for rail operations. The company's IT infrastructure was complex and many applications were developed independently from one another, leading to data being managed in different databases and functionalities for realizing requirements being developed redundantly. This resulted in higher costs and longer project durations. The company sought to develop an innovative IT toolbox system as part of a service-oriented architecture that would structure and harmonize the development process for all IT applications within the company. The goal was to automate processes from technical requirements through realization and documentation. Read More
About Customer	Deutsche Bahn (DB) Netz AG is a 100 percent subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, responsible for maintaining the infrastructure for rail operations. The company ensures that passenger and freight traffic on Europe’s largest railway network can be punctual and reliable. In 2010, the company, with more than 35,000 employees, posted revenues of €4.478 million. The railway network that DB Netz AG is responsible for stretches across 61,260 km. Around 70,000 switches and crossings need to be set correctly for its 380 customers from Germany and all over Europe. Additionally, DB Netz AG needs to develop schedules and carry out construction projects. Read More
Solution	DB Netz AG implemented a Business Process Management (BPM) platform with Software AG. With the help of the Software AG Model-to-Execute methodology, DB Netz AG was able to shorten the duration of its projects by 40 percent and reduce development costs by 25 percent. The BPM platform was based on ARIS and webMethods to implement the Model-to-Execute methodology. With this methodology, ARIS models can be directly converted in webMethods at the execution level. CentraSite was integrated as a central service repository to re-use the created components and enable faster mapping of new business processes. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Process Control & Optimization

Public Transportation Management

Services

System Integration

Software Design & Engineering Services

Challenge

DB Netz AG, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, is responsible for maintaining the infrastructure for rail operations. The company's IT infrastructure was complex and many applications were developed independently from one another, leading to data being managed in different databases and functionalities for realizing requirements being developed redundantly. This resulted in higher costs and longer project durations. The company sought to develop an innovative IT toolbox system as part of a service-oriented architecture that would structure and harmonize the development process for all IT applications within the company. The goal was to automate processes from technical requirements through realization and documentation.

About Customer

Deutsche Bahn (DB) Netz AG is a 100 percent subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, responsible for maintaining the infrastructure for rail operations. The company ensures that passenger and freight traffic on Europe’s largest railway network can be punctual and reliable. In 2010, the company, with more than 35,000 employees, posted revenues of €4.478 million. The railway network that DB Netz AG is responsible for stretches across 61,260 km. Around 70,000 switches and crossings need to be set correctly for its 380 customers from Germany and all over Europe. Additionally, DB Netz AG needs to develop schedules and carry out construction projects.

Solution

DB Netz AG implemented a Business Process Management (BPM) platform with Software AG. With the help of the Software AG Model-to-Execute methodology, DB Netz AG was able to shorten the duration of its projects by 40 percent and reduce development costs by 25 percent. The BPM platform was based on ARIS and webMethods to implement the Model-to-Execute methodology. With this methodology, ARIS models can be directly converted in webMethods at the execution level. CentraSite was integrated as a central service repository to re-use the created components and enable faster mapping of new business processes.

Impact #1	Significantly less effort for describing processes
Impact #2	Results of the individual project phases are more clearly structured and easier to understand overall
Impact #3	Format conversions are eliminated

Impact #1

Significantly less effort for describing processes

Impact #2

Results of the individual project phases are more clearly structured and easier to understand overall

Impact #3

Format conversions are eliminated

Benefit #1	Project execution up to 40 percent faster
Benefit #2	Savings of up to 25 percent on development costs

Benefit #1

Project execution up to 40 percent faster

Benefit #2

Savings of up to 25 percent on development costs

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at DB Netz AG, BPM Sets All the Signals to Green for Software Development

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