Case Study on how Argo helped a highly competitive North American Railroad.

1. How helped a North american railroad
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Highly competitive Class 1 Railroad
Geographically dispersed
operations with acquired
business components still
having old culture.
Highly unionized workforce
working with a myriad of
procedures, policies, and
metrics.
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Challenge meeting investor
expectation based on
performance measurements
including transit time,
asset utilization, mechanical
reliability.
Past efforts to transform the
culture had limited success.
Worked with top management to create a powerful vision,
define expectations and develop a roadmap for
change.
Identified skill and
performance gaps
in the organization.
Developed and delivered tailored training from senior
executives to line level employees.
Conducted 20 pilot change
projects across the business,
followed by a simultaneous
rollout in 8 top yards
covering 3000 employees
and 200 work areas.
Provided hands-on training
with Train-The-Trainer
approach to develop client
capability.
Implemented a performance
management system to
sustain change.
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Created over 50 trained internal
change agents that are
sustaining the effort and
expanding lean into new areas.
Positive feedback
$50M savings
Generated over $50M savings in
the first three years of the
implementation.
And active union participation.
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