The Challenge
Managing thousands of inspection records across a global rail programme — on paper
Bombardier Transportation — now Alstom — operates manufacturing and servicing facilities across the globe, producing complex rail vehicles each of which requires thousands of inspection records, multi-function approvals, and a complete history log book delivered to the customer at end of build.
Managing this with paper meant:
Check sheets printed, filled manually, and stored in physical files — prone to loss and error
History log book preparation required days of manual work pulling records from multiple sources
No real-time visibility into workstation progress or completion status
Operators had no structured way to access process instructions or raise issues at the workstation
Quality trend analysis across builds was impractical without consolidated digital data
"History log book preparation required days of manual work — pulling records from multiple sources, formatting, and printing. TestSutra reduced this to minutes."
