Rail-Intermodal Yard Management and Tracking

Rail-Intermodal Suite

Rail-Intermodal Suite consists of tools to manage shipments, assets, and inventory across all modes, especially rail and intermodal.

Track, trace, and intervention services help shippers:

Reduce distribution chain inventory
Improve asset utilization
Select the optimal transportation mode
Lower operational costs
Proactively communicate with customers regarding shipment data

Multi-modal tracking systems for pro-active management of shipments from origin to destination:

Automated, web-based, accurate data collection and delivery
Up-front exception management
Detailed search mechanisms
Consistently updated original and dynamic ETAs
Pipeline reporting for loads and empties
Easy-to-use alerting and ad hoc reporting mechanism

Data Cleansing Services eliminate duplicate events, enable manual addition of missing events, and properly terminate events for accurate:

Reporting of on-time delivery metrics
Calculation of applicable detention and demurrage charges
Carrier scorecard generation
Asset utilization analysis

Analytics tools turn historical data into information that identifies key areas of opportunity and implementation plans. Features include:

Lane and carrier performance measurement
Transit updates across the order management and production scheduling systems
Scorecard and integrated dashboard to measure, publish, and distribute KPIs
Benchmarking across traffic lanes and carriers
Alerts and alarms for key trend exceptions
Fleet performance metrics such as turns/year, bad order factor and equipment order fulfillment

Empty Car Management tools manage railcar supply at each plant and terminal location based on demand from forecast, open orders, and plant production data in order to improve asset utilization, smooth production operations through asset availability, and reduce overall costs.

Ensure empties available to load
Verify actual transit and delivery times for accurate car availability
Complete data summary of key events
Diversion management as necessary

Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) gives you complete inventory visibility. VMI lets you evaluate stock levels at remote locations and integrates end-user consumption with available stock on-hand and in-transit inventory.

Automatically schedule customer replenishments
Serve multiple customers at multiple locations
Track customer usage
Manage inventory to customer targets

Yard Management: Our YardRunner service is a turnkey, web-based application that is fully integrated with 3sixty™ Fleet Management for satellite, GPS asset tracking and provides centralized access to yard data.

Monitor vehicle location using pictorial representation of car types, color coded by status
View mechanical specifications and equipment status, including repair and maintenance components
Create switch lists
Reduce car cleaning costs by comparing prior contents to future orders
Detention and inspection handling
Integrated BOL generator (optional)

Materials Management System (M2S) provides visibility via inbound, receiving, order processing, storage, shipping, and billing. Our intuitive graphical interface helps control your inventory in real-time, with features such as:

In-bound, in-terminal, and outbound visibility at the SKU level
Hazardous materials loading compatibility verification
Automatic loading instructions
Scale interface for accurate billing and inventory
Work order, bill of lading, and customs documentation
Payables and receivables management
Multiple facility management

Railcar Repair Shop Operating System (RRS) is an integrated, turnkey system for managing the repair cycle, from inspection to invoice, with such features as:

AAR Pricing Interface
Purchasing System
Setup Functionality
Program & Quote Maintenance
Inspection & BRC Creation
Work Order Generation
Material Functions (BOM, Inventory.)
Invoicing
Car Status Tracking
Scheduling
Management Reports

Rail-Intermodal Suite is recommended for freight shippers.