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Post-Merger-Integration at leading Provider of Mobility Solutions

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Successful Post-Merger-Integration after Corporate Merger

A leading provider of mobility solutions stabilized key projects and boosted productivity and efficiency after a merger through site optimization and a transformation program. New employees were integrated and a sustainable cultural change was initiated.

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Company

  • Leading provider of mobility solutions, developing and producing modern locomotives with comprehensive service and infrastructure expertise
  • 80,000 employees in 63 countries, revenue of €16.5b
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Challenge

  • Following a merger with a former competitor: organizational and cultural differences, structural weaknesses, and project instabilities at the site
  • Business‑critical development projects in the areas of new signaling technology and “green traction” hampered by capacity gaps, cost and quality deviations, and a difficult financial situation in the DACH region
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Goals

  • Stabilize key projects, ensuring adherence to development milestones and customer delivery dates
  • Increase productivity and efficiency to improve profitability and secure planned growth
  • Initiate and implement a transformation and cultural change program
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Measures

  • Implemented KPI‑based project and performance reporting with daily synchronization meetings, weekly status reviews, and monthly management updates
  • Built up personnel (hired 130 employees within one year), adjusted site structures and processes, and conducted negotiations with the works council for a future‑oriented collective agreement
  • Introduced new communication formats such as “all employee meetings,” “round tables” and an effective site SharePoint, as well as a “change ambassador” concept to drive cultural change
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Results

  • Stabilized key projects in less than 12 months and met delivery deadlines
  • Increased productivity and efficiency in the development process; improved gross margin of the core product by 8%
  • Successfully onboarded new employees, achieved smooth integration into the group network, and established a sustainable cultural shift