Transportation Industry: ensuring short-term competitiveness while inventing tomorrow’s mobility 

The transportation sector is faced with increasingly competitive offers, mainly driven by systems manufacturers and subcontractors in the Asian region. However, the development and urbanization of many countries (China, India, Australia, etc.) is creating a new need for new urban and inter-urban networks. Opportunities are therefore waiting to be seized by manufacturers who know how to activate the right competitive levers. In today’s competitive market, the challenge for manufacturers is to succeed in increasingly complex projects, with a high level of customization, while implementing development methods based on standardization (platforming). They also need to integrate a growing number of services right from the design phase, or to improve existing installations, based on solid collaboration between all the players involved. Avencore brings a unique expertise in platforming projects, backed by its knowledge of the sector (operators, rolling stock manufacturers, signalling and subsystem equipment suppliers). 

Integrating the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data into the transportation sector promises a major transformation of the “user experience”. Thanks to real-time monitoring of transport infrastructures and equipment, these technologies make it possible to anticipate breakdowns and failures, thereby reducing downtime and traffic disruptions. This preventive maintenance goes hand in hand with valuable data collection on travel times, delays, and congestion. By taking advantage of this information, companies in the sector can develop mobile apps and innovative digital tools, offering users real-time access to essential information to optimize their travel. Based on the Value Analysis methodology, Avencore helps customers identify which features are the most relevant to develop, based on the context, cost and expected value.   

Being responsible for a significant proportion of greenhouse gas emissions, the transportation sector is facing a major environmental challenge. Pressure from public authorities combined with the new expectations of citizen-consumers are pushing companies to reinvent themselves. Integrating sustainability into the production and operation of transportation systems is becoming a strategic priority. Avencore helps its customers to go beyond purely economic competitiveness and increase end-user value through proven Design-to-Cost methodologies applied to decarbonization, the development of innovative, low-emission products and services, the optimization of operational processes and the implementation of collaborative strategies with suppliers.