SCI Verkehr is a medium-sized, sustainability-oriented consultancy focussing on strategic issues in the international rail and logistics business. We support our business partners in optimising their processes and evaluating their assets. We help to analyse markets and develop sustainable and tailor-made strategies for the future. This includes, among other things: Accompanying M&A activities, realising climate targets, optimising the portfolio or existing processes, and opening up new markets and business areas.
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For an Asian rail vehicle manufacturer, SCI Verkehr analysed the market potential and entry barriers for new rail vehicles in Austria and Portugal.
Customer: Leasing company
On behalf of a leasing company, SCI Verkehr analyses different market potentials for expanding the business in rolling stock leasing. Based on market-analytic assessment of different country markets, strategic recommendations are given with regards to the market entry of new segments.
Customer: International consulting company
In the context of the project, fleet data and delivery projects were provided for strategic consulting in the area of passenger vehicles.
Customer: European banking company
SCI Verkehr investigated fair market prices as well as leasing rates for different types of freight wagons (for some types including safety equipment) in Europe. In addition, SCI Verkehr evaluated the freight wagon types regarding leasing opportunities.
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SCI Verkehr was commissioned by an investor to carry out an overview and analysis of leasing companies in the locomotive market in Europe. The focus was on company development and focus markets.
Customer: International rail component supplier
SCI Verkehr analysed the worldwide markets for railway vehicles with a strong focus on production sites of the vehicles and developed a forecast for the next years. Additionally, SCI Verkehr enhanced the analysis with regard to wheelsets in Europe.
Customer: Regional rail transport authority
On behalf of a commissioning authority for regional rail transport, SCI Verkehr developed a brief appraisal for the service life of double-deck electric multiple units in regional rail transport. For this appraisal, SCI Verkehr took into account technical, functional and market-based criteria.
Customer: Freight wagon lessor
For a leasing company, SCI Verkehr GmbH evaluated a freight wagon portfolio. Focus for the report is an analysis of freight and freight wagon markets in Eastern Europe.
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As part of the purchase of a fleet of used freight wagons, SCI Verkehr analysed and evaluated the remarketing of wagons after the expiry of rental agreements for an investor.
Customer: LOG-IT Club e.V.
In March 2007 the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia decided upon a new ?cluster strategy? within the scope of its economic policy. Within this strategy, logistics have been defined as a key "distinguishing" cluster. LOG-IT Club e.V., a logistics network in the state of NRW, took over on 1st February 2008 the management of the NRW logistics cluster under the title "NRW logistics state" (Logistikland NRW). SCI Verkehr was commissioned by LOG-IT Club e.V. together with the association Verband Verkehrswirtschaft und Logistik NRW e.V. to provide professional support for this project. The core of the project is to create a logistics community in NRW, support the regions in promoting the area and handling important logistical issues of the future such as human resources and logistical spaces.
Customer: Projekt Ruhr GmbH
Within the scope of marketing fields of expertise for a leading German business region, the aim is to link together various fields of expertise (logistics and IT) in order to develop a settlement strategy. SCI Verkehr is adding to and amending an existing company database regarding logistics/IT and carrying out a target customer analysis in the field of logistics/IT companies. The result is a marketing strategy for the combined segment logistics/IT with concrete advice for proactively attracting possible investors.
Customer: Conference society
Contact to and acquisition of railway engineering companies for their participation in the international ?Modern Railways? conference in Shanghai, September 22-25, 2003.
Customer: Global player in the beverage industry
A global player in the beverage industry operates its own truck fleet in order to distribute its products in Germany. SCI Verkehr was commissioned to develop a strategy for the fleet´s further development, taking into account external influences (e.g. transport market) as well as internal structures. The process was closely coordinated with the customer and employee representatives and a joint implementation process was agreed upon.
Customer: Lessor
SCI Verkehr has analyzed the development of locomotive prices from order to delivery. In particular, existing contractual provisions on the indexation of purchase prices were taken into account.
Customer: Asset appraiser
SCI Verkehr supports a liquidation process of a freight wagon fleet in Eastern Europe. It analyses the economic feasibility of the process and checks the plausibility of costs in different scenarios.
Customer: Global player in the rail industry
The Rotterdam - Genoa axis is going to be developed into the first major European corridor to use ETCS/ERTMS. SCI Verkehr assisted a leading industrial company in developing the research project for testing ETCS/ERTMS. We analysed the assistance criteria and evaluated them for the concrete project concept, we identified and brought in project partners, compiled the necessary application documents and accompanying documents in cooperation with the client and ensured communication with funding institutions.
Customer: Global player of the beverage industry
A global player of the beverage industry wants to standardize the management structures of its German logistics centres and make them sustainable. In the course of an implementation project in two pilot regions in Germany, SCI Verkehr analysed the current organizational structure and executed the migration into a new, homogenous structure. All steps were undertaken in cooperation with all relevant management levels as well as employee representation. Following the project, this structure is to be transferred to the remaining five German regions.