Annual Report 2006 (pdf) - EuroMaint Rail

EuroMaint
The role of the Group management
The entire EuroMaint Group works in engineering and maintenance. The subsidiaries focus on the customers and
their needs, and have planning, engineering and management responsibility for their own operations. Strategic
development issues are handled at Group level in networks with the subsidiaries, and certain aspects are co-ordinated.
Since the Group was formed at the beginning of 2006, the parent
company EuroMaint AB has had a management group with a remit
to enable the planned expansion. Development issues of a general,
industry-neutral nature which are of importance to the entire Group’s
development are handled by the Group management. These include
standardised models for business development, operational development,
human resources and communication.
To supplement the existing functions for business and operational
development and finance, the management group has been expanded
during the year to include Vice Presidents for Human Resources and
Communication.
Board that focuses on goals
The Group management’s tasks are partly to co-ordinate operations
where common processes are justified, and to lead the subsidiaries
towards the strategic goals. The resources for development projects
mainly come from the companies themselves. If the development
relates to brand new areas, external resources are used.
The Presidents of the two subsidiaries are part of the Group
management, which in turn makes up the subsidiaries’ Boards.
The number of employees at Group level is kept low while in the
central development function it must be high – the output must
be in proportion to the costs.
Quality improvements in 2006
The entire Group has worked a great deal on measures to improve
quality during the year. Using value-creating analyses, we have
increased our knowledge of the links between delivery reliability,
quality and profitability. Conventionally, development in one of these
areas has been at the cost of another area. By identifying a number of
improvement areas and tackling them, we have been able to improve
standards in all areas.
During the year a Group-wide personnel magazine, emma, was
launched. A uniform graphic profile has been produced and both subsidiaries
are now presented on the Group website, www.euromaint.se.
“Group management
handle development
issues to enable
expansion”
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