RWD Technologies - Professional Services Consulting and Training

RWD is a global professional services consulting and training organisation that focuses on providing people with the knowledge and tools they need to improve their learning, performance, and quality of work.

We help rail organisations performance by:

• Reducing the life-cycle cost of rail operations
• Increasing sustainability, leading to continuous improvement
• Providing people-focused improvement
• Offering a range of offerings specific to performance improvement

We have consulting experience, and case studies showing how we have helped rail businesses:

• Improve speed pit-stop maintenance turnaround and product quality
• Increase the reliability of their rolling stock and assets
• Reduce material holdings and storage space by more than 50%
• Increase profits 100% on current product and service offerings
• Improve product and service safety performance and reduce the rate of accidents
• Empower and motivate rail management and staff to continually improve their performance

RWD's strengths are organisational strategy, sustainable performance and continuous improvement programmes including business transformation, lean consulting and training, SAP consulting and training, technical training and documentation, and human performance improvement training.

RWD can provide consulting, training and process improvement solutions for back office, supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, logistics, safety, and health and environmental applications, as well as comprehensive training outsourcing services.

RAILWAY PROJECT MANAGEMENT

RWD's proven project management methodologies and standards can help you reduce your project lead times and ensure you deliver on time and within budget in the most effective and efficient way possible.

FLEET RELIABILITY AND AVAILABILITY IMPROVEMENT

By using a go-and-see approach, and techniques, which include the Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) cycle for the identification of failures, RWD can help dramatically reduce failure recurrence.

With swift prioritised intervention equipment, reliability is drastically reduced and availability significantly improved, and by solving the root cause of reliability and availability failures, these problems can be permanently eliminated.

REFURBISHMENT, OVERHAUL AND MODIFICATIONS

Our highly skilled, multidisciplinary team of engineers, production, and procurement professionals can support the challenges facing fleet refurbishment through the use of lean manufacturing techniques and visual management.

Using the most modern lean production techniques, combined with visual management centres, the refurbishment production status can be continuously monitored and updated in real-time throughout the day. Our consultants can help you meet your refurbishment servicing and maintenance standards and deliverables to exceed targets by reducing the amount of time it takes to start up and cycle time through lean thinking and waste elimination techniques.

SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

A streamlined, integrated supply chain can deliver major benefits and cost savings to organisations. RWD has a broad range of experience in improving overall management and control of supplies and suppliers.

ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS

RWD provides companies implementing enterprise packages such as SAP with a full range of consulting services to help integrate their operating systems. These services include end-user learning solutions, organisational change management, optimisation, and post-live support services.

eLEARNING SOLUTIONS

RWD is involved in the integration of disparate software systems, development of custom applications for regulated and other industries, and engagement in the development and implementation of global blended eLearning solutions. These include our Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system, infoMaestro™, and the Learning Management System (LMS), University 360®.

RWD CLIENTS

RWD has worked with many clients in the rail industry, including Alstom, Amtrak, Angel Trains, Anglia (ONE), Arriva, Austrian Rail, Bombardier Transportation, c2c, Central Trains, Chiltern Trains, Danish Rail, First Great Western, GoVia, HSBC, Metronet, Midland Mainline, Norwegian Rail, ScotRail, Swiss Rail, and Virgin Cross Country. RWD also works within other fields, including the automotive, aerospace, marine, airline, manufacturing, energy, and telecommunications industries.