AI on rails: How DB Cargo is positioning freight transport through automation

In this episode of Pioneers of Change, we speak with Arlene Bühler, CIO & CDO of DB Cargo AG , about one of the most exciting challenges in modern freight transport: How AI and automation are transforming logistics.

With 31,200 employees (as of 2023) and 2,600 locomotives, DB Cargo moves goods annually equivalent to four times the weight of the Great Wall of China – across national borders. However, this enormous operation no longer relies solely on steel and diesel, but increasingly on intelligent data and machine learning.

Arlene Bühler gives us exclusive insights into how DB Cargo not only optimizes processes but radically rethinks them. Her motto: "Technology is not an end in itself – it must move the company forward and make work better for people!"

What challenges and regulatory hurdles does Arlene Bühler overcome, and how can the necessary cultural change succeed?