Business Review Europe magazine - March 2016

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DEUTSCHE BAHN AG

â‚Ź 40 billion

Image Author: Volker Emersleben Image copyright: Deutsche Bahn AG

2014 revenue of Deutsche Bahn

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digitalisation of the supply chain. This solution makes daily collaboration between customers and suppliers more transparent and allows for cooperative processes across all levels of the industry, from rail operators to system providers and suppliers on different levels. Central Procurement can thus maximise supply security, innovative power, process stability and supply chain transparency for DB AG and can recognise bottlenecks at an early stage. We are a founding member of the ‘Railsponsible’ sector initiative. Within this initiative, we are working together with our competitors to improve the sustainability and efficiency of our supply chain. As part of the initiative, suppliers are assessed based on defined standards, for example with regard their compliance with human rights, labour


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