ZEDAS Summit 2016 - a retrospect

Rail Industry meets for insights of ZEDAS Software Solutions for Rail Logistics and Asset Management

The fourth ZEDAS Summit took place from 21st to 22nd April 2016 in Cottbus (Germany), conducted by the ZEDAS GmbH Senftenberg. Up-to-the-minute topics such as Internet of Things, TSI TAF or Maintenance with RFID as well as the latest developments of the in-house software products zedas®cargo and zedas®asset were on the agenda. The event was well received by over 100 participants from 47 rail transport and service companies.

At the beginning Wolfgang Jahn, CEO of ZEDAS GmbH, spoke about the strategy for the company's further growth and new products and services of ZEDAS GmbH. Jens Schwendel, CEO of ibes AG from Chemnitz, talked in his presentation "Internet of things - the intelligent freight carrier - between vision and reality" about the technologies already available and the outstanding problems with the standardization. Ulrich Lieske, Authorised Representative and Head of Business Unit System Integration within ZEDAS GmbH, has highlighted in his presentation how the digital transformation now touches all areas of life and the high value IT Security must have. The conclusion is right hardware and qualified IT specialists are indispensable.

Cost pressures in the Asset Management

Key subject was Industry 4.0, that was why Ruedi Beutler, CEO of schienenverkehr-beratung.ch GmbH from Switzerland, spoke about the pressure on costs in maintenance among other speakers in the field of Asset Management.
In times of Industry 4.0 a modern maintenance company must face new challenges to survive in daily competition. How these challenges can be handled with zedas®asset, was extensively tested on multiple workstations on the second day in the context of software presentations.

Success Story Logistics Management

In the field of Logistics Management Jörg Schmielewski, Head of rail services, and Roger Christoph Boungou, team leader organization and information technology, both from the Chemion Logistik GmbH in Leverkusen, reported from the experience of the introduction of the standard software solution zedas®cargo at a logistics service provider for the chemical and chemical-related industries.
The participants could gain an impression of the latest developments on the second day at different workstations.

In the exhibition area DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH, Arelion GmbH, ASE AG and PSI Transcom GmbH presented the latest developments and technologies of their companies.

ZEDAS Summit will be back!

Participants welcomed the active exchange with colleagues and suppliers. The participants agreed that project examples and success stories should be more in the focus ,the ZEDAS GmbH will gladly be open to that.
Due to the positive feedback, the ZEDAS GmbH is planning the fifth ZEDAS Summit for 2018.

ZEDAS GmbH develops software products for the logistics management of rail transport and for the asset management of vehicle fleets and technical asset management. Standard software products are zedas®cargo and zedas®asset. The introduction and implementation of software developed in-house are our key services. We provide a 24 hour service with our solutions. ZEDAS customers are rail and transport companies and industrial companies. They include the freight transport, mining, oil, gas, chemistry, production engineering and renewable energy sectors.

ZEDAS GmbH
A.-Hennecke-Str. 37
01968 Senftenberg
Germany

Ulrike Gollasch
Marketing
Tel.: +49 (3573) 7075-18
E-Mail: ugollasch@zedas.com
www.zedas.com

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