SAP AG has made it known that the Transportation Systems Group (TS) of Siemens AG, an international supplier to the railway industry, is implementing mySAP Product Lifecycle Management (mySAP PLM).

Seimens is hoping that the new facilities & asset management software supplied by SAP will help the company improve product data management and collaboration between business units at multiple locations.

The mySAP PLM product is, according to SAP, capable of enabling the company to consolidate and manage all project and product development information

This is said to include project plans, product-related information, product structures and engineering changes - in a single system. Seimens will be using it to manage the deployment and use of rolling stock, infrastructure and train control systems.