Trenitalia implemented a management system for dynamic service on the basis of technologies of Internet of Things

On September 29, 2016 SAP SE announced implementation in IT structure of Trenitalia company of devices and technology of Internet of Things.

Project Tasks

The Trenitalia company manages almost 30-thousand park of locomotives, electric trains, passenger and commodity cars, provides the movement more than 8 thousand trains daily.

In 2014 Trenitalia together with SAP began work on creation of model of dynamic service, implementing the SAP solution Predictive Maintenance and Service for the analysis of indications of sensors and remote observation of the equipment.

Trenitalia: Creating a System of Maintenance Management Powered by SAP HANA, (2015)

An opportunity to expect emergence of faults and need of maintenance will allow our company to reduce quantity of errors, to make processes more effective and thus constantly to increase quality of our services. We expect cost reduction on maintenance for 8-10%, for our company it is a serious indicator. Danilo Gismondi, Chief information officer of Trenitalia

Project Progress

System implementation of management of dynamic service on the basis of IoT-technologies of SAP is carried out to Trenitalia on the IoT SAP platform.

The Trenitalia company is aimed at permanent upgrade of the services and the practician. We aim to improve client experience of our passengers, investing in high-tech solutions thanks to which trips become more economic, reliable and fast. Cooperation with SAP as a part of this strategy, helps us to increase service quality and at the same time it is significant to cut down production costs. Barbara Morgante, CEO of Trenitalia

For SAP a great honor to support digital transformation of Trenitalia company and its commitment to excellence of business processes. The innovation approach of Trenitalia to use of technologies for receiving the most advanced operational analytics realizes the capacity of Internet of Things, creating additional value both for the company, and for millions of passengers who are annually traveling with TrenItalia. Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP

Project Results

The system created for Trenitalia using predictive analytics of the SAP HANA platform processes huge volumes of the operational data arriving from sensors and intelligent devices in real time.

A system creates forecast model for machine learning and provides the closed integration into business applications that allows to adjust if necessary plans for maintenance and to avoid unplanned idle times. Using the SAP solution specialists of Trenitalia can correlate state-of-health data of crucial nodes (for example, engines, accumulators, brake systems) to lifecycle models and standards of wear.