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in many forms at DB and new aspects are appearing every day . Electronic newsletters and sightseeing tips on the ICE portal keep passengers entertained during long train journeys and also provide customised travel information . As from spring , passengers will also be able to watch TV series and feature films . Also beginning in spring 2017 , Flinkster customers will not only be able to book cars through our car sharing scheme , but also electric scooters . Industrial customers already have the option of real-time tracking and tracing of their freight consignments and can even monitor temperature fluctuations or vibrations inside the containers . The first fully automatic rail vehicles are already being tested . Driverless shuttle buses already operate scheduled services on the roads and self-driving , networked trucks ( platooning ) will follow .

DB is investing around one billion

euros in digitalisation projects alone throughout the Group and has additional venture capital amounting to 100 million euros which will be used to provide strategic support for start-up activities between now and 2019 .

Digitalisation in procurement – more than just IT ...

Digitalisation is therefore also a key topic for procurement .

We have drawn up our own digitalisation roadmap for purchasing , based on the following four points :

• Digitalisation of IT and processes in the DB Procurement Network

• Digitalisation of knowledge management and knowledge transfer , profiling / recruiting skills

• Customer perspective : using IT to simplify procurement processes ; easier access and order processing

• Customer perspective : in our role as procurement organisation , we support the implementation of digitalised business models at

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