Biz Briefs: Alstom Invests in Cybersecurity, TTC Taps ARBOC, and More
All the latest supplier news for REV Group, Alstom, and ARBOC.
by METRO Staff
July 21, 2021
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Alstom
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Alstom to Invest in Cybersecurity with Focus on Rail
Alstom invested approximately $117,000 in Campus Cyber SAS, a French company supporting the wider Paris “Campus Cyber” initiative. This investment strengthens Alstom’s ambition to lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide, as outlined in the company’s Alstom in Motion 2025 strategic plan.
As a shareholder, Alstom has now become an associate member of the campus, a center aimed at unifying the cybersecurity community and developing synergies between various industry players. Joining this campus will enhance existing rail systems’ cybersecurity capabilities and help drive the rail industry towards a cyber-safe future.
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The “Campus Cyber”, located in La Défense (near Paris), will open in autumn 2021, and bring together industry, governments, academic and associations representatives under a single co-creation environment. Additional regional hubs are scheduled to open in the coming years.
The award was placed through ARBOC’s Canadian distributor, Creative Carriage Ltd., utilizing the Government of Ontario’s Metrolinx Transit Procurement Initiative. ARBOC plans to deliver the initial group of up to 30 buses in 2021 with the remaining 80 vehicles to be delivered in 2022.
REV Strikes Agreement to Further Enhance Supply Chain
REV Group® announced a multi-year agreement with Consus Global, the global procurement solutions integrator and services provider, to further drive supply base optimization, automation, productivity, and working capital value from the REV Supply Chain.
REV Group embarked on its sourcing and procurement transformation earlier this year, which included four appointments to REV’s global sourcing and supply chain team, representing the Fire & Emergency, Commercial, and Recreation segments. As part of the partnership with Consus, REV has implemented Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management Cloud solutions, to achieve a more focused and faster source-to-contract cycle.
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Benefits include:
Shortened sourcing cycle times.
100% visibility of sourcing processes.
Adoption of best-in-class strategic sourcing practices.
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