A large-scale multi-billion-dollar rail infrastructure project required seamless integration across multiple railway systems, assets, applications and data for effective oversight and streamlined project delivery.

• The initiative demanded integrated visibility across planning, execution, and control.
• Over 20 disparate data sources created complexity, hindering performance tracking.

Hitachi Digital Services was engaged to develop a unified Master Data foundation and embed Master Data Management into daily operations to support evolving business needs.

Hitachi Digital Services led a structured Master Data Management pilot in the Project Management Office (PMO) to enable strategic data transformation.

• Assessed 20+ systems across project, financial, geospatial, and technical domains and mapped key business processes.
• Defined stakeholder roles and integrated models for cost, work, and assets.
• Delivered targeted change management (vision, comms, training).
• Supported vendor evaluation through a proof-of-technology approach.

With this project, Hitachi Digital Services delivers a scalable, data-driven project management framework that enables more efficient project delivery with increased confidence in budget reporting accuracy. The solution unifies data, reduces operational complexity and improves cross-domain collaboration and insights.

Benefits:

• Unified data across cost, location, work, and program domains.
• Reduced manual data consolidation effort and reporting errors.
• Minimized disruptions during month-end budget performance reporting.
• Improved program estimation and planning.
• Supported vendor choice via strategic tech evaluation.