“ You have an ambitious goal , you need to prepare for this if you want to reach the top . This is the same in the mountains as it is in business ”
PRESSURE ON PRODUCTIVITY
DEUTSCHE BAHN
26 aspects of the Covid pandemic when it comes to accelerating the digital transformation that suppliers are finding themselves having to adopt , plus the fact that DB itself was well prepared for a move to the cloud .
“ We introduced the digitized processes three years ago and also introduced flexible working at the same time . So , everyone was able to work wherever they wanted and all the processes were digitized . When the lockdown came , we were able to switch from one and a half days of working from home on average to five days a week , so it didn ’ t affect our productivity at all . That was a good sign . We were well prepared .
“ We decided as a company four years ago to migrate completely – and I mean completely – into the cloud . We finished
“ You have an ambitious goal , you need to prepare for this if you want to reach the top . This is the same in the mountains as it is in business ”
— Jan Grothe , SVP Procurement Infrastructure , Deutsche Bahn
that migration at the beginning of 2020 , so we had no problems scaling up . Our reaction to the situation also saw us accelerate some new functions and new ways of working together .”
PRESSURE ON PRODUCTIVITY
It ’ s fair to say that Deutsche Bahn ’ s revenues have been significantly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic , as passenger numbers were decimated and remain low , while the company is still expected to provide a public service . Fortunately , DB ’ s worldwide operating freight and
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