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The success of Ansaldo STS is mainly based on its ability to satisfy the needs of the customers providing high technological solutions with high added value.

The growing demand for standardised solutions in the railway transport industry, particularly the Signalling technology, the pressure on prices in the traditional markets and the considerable growth in emerging areas, have highlighted the need for the organisation to adopt a more integrated, coordinated and efficient approach towards business processes and staff activities.

Thanks to the project “Fast Forward Driven By Business” Ansaldo STS has implemented an important change in the organisation, thus becoming a Group which is characterised by a strong centralised governance focused on Signalling and Transportation Solutions Business Units and the unit dedicated to the development of standard solutions, platforms and products (SPP).

The 4 pillars of the cultural and organisational change of the Group are:

Business Driven Organization Driven by Business

· Business Units directly depending from the CEO
· ... with global delivery and regional sales, under central BUs guidance

Strategic Center Strategic management model and strong governance from the center

· Strong central steering, but local market management and knowledge
· Support standardization and promote transfer

Efficient Industrialization of the delivery process

· Harmonize and standardize delivery across regions to facilitate cross-location staffing and best practice sharing

Global R&D to develop standard product portfolio

· Standard and global product platforms, built along standard design tools
· Products and solutions to be customized for local applications

Global Global supply chain management

· Allow flexibility in manufacturing and synergies in logistics

The management of the Fast Forward Driven By Business project has been assigned to a specific task force (Change team) that consists of internal resources belonging to different functions in the company. The direct participation of the company’s resources from all over the world has highlighted the benefit of having a strong and present multi-cultural wealth. With the objective of spreading further the cultural change process within the company, the Change Team, in cooperation with Human Resources, HR Organisation and Quality departments, has prepared an internal communication plan directed to all employees to explain the purposes of the project and receive important feedbacks on the actions taken to support the integration and internationalization processes across all geographical areas where the Ansaldo STS Group is active. It has also supported the new design of the processes and the preparation of the procedures.

The new organisation of the Ansaldo STS Group, in line with the 4 principles outlined above and with the intent to create a single and strong central business-driven Group, is structured as follows:

This structure is able to ensure:

1. that the Business Units define the strategies and manage the resources;

2. that the development of global standard solutions is assigned to a dedicated unit (SPP Unit) and that the adjustment to the clients' needs is done by the Business Units;

3. the flexibility and empowerment of local resources.

The Business Units (Signalling and Transportation Solutions) have the task of:

• defining and implementing at worldwide level, and for each individual Country, specific business strategies to ensure efficiency and effectiveness;

• managing the resources at worldwide level and monitoring markets and competitors;

• ensuring the implementation of processes, procedures and tools;

• ensuring the capitalisation and sharing of knowledge at worldwide level.

The SPP Unit has the task of:

• developing and managing the portfolio of products/platforms/general applications;

• developing strategies and innovations which ensure efficiency and effective development;

• verifying and ensuring the safety of the products and platforms implemented, through the "RAMS - Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety” activity;

• providing the Business Units with all components, systems and services with a view to optimising timing and costs of the procurement and production process;

• managing technical resources;

• ensuring the implementation of common processes, procedures and tools;

• ensuring the capitalisation and sharing of knowledge.

The central staff functions ensure coordination of business support functions.

Ultimo aggiornamento

13.05.2011