Jan Grothe | Future of Deutsche Bahn | Deutsche Bahn
Jan Grothe | Future of Deutsche Bahn | Deutsche Bahn
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31 company h & z . This kind of transparency is a leap of faith for any organization as you never know how highly you are going to be rated , but Grothe was convinced it was the right way forward and a starting point .
Marked out of 20 points on the h & z scale , and based on interviews with five subdivisions , anything between 11 and 15 is considered ‘ professional ’ while above that is ‘ world-class ’. Grothe , as well as the whole DB procurement team , was happy to achieve professional status from the first assessment in 2015 but was keen to improve .
“ We looked at the processes , the IT systems , the supply management and the people , and then we worked on the biggest gaps that we could make improvements on ,” he says .
“ We did another assessment in 2016 and 2019 and it was great , good news for the whole team . There ’ s still a way to go because this is a moving target . You compare yourself to others and they do not stand still , they keep improving , so we have to do that as well .”
In the latest assessment , DB ranked World Class in three out of the five categories , with the other two registering high scores in the Professional tier .
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