Introduction to FOIS and CMS

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Introduction to FOIS and CMS

• B.V.L.Narayana
• SPTM

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INDIAN RAILWAYS

• LIFE LINE OF THE NATION !
• MASSIVE VOLUMNOUS TASK
• CARRY AROUND 1.6 CRORE PASSENGERS DAILY
• CARRY 18 LAKH TONNES GOODS EVERY DAY
• RUN APP. 8000 PASSENGER TRAINS DAILY
• RUN 6000 GOODS TRAINS IN ADDITION
• COVERS DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND MOON FOUR TIMES
  DAILY
• IT INDISPENSIBLE PRS AND NOW FOIS

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FREIGHT OPERATION

• WHAT IS OPERATION ?
• BROAD DIVISIONS
• THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IMPORTANCE

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE BROAD BUT OVERLAPING
  LEVELS-
• TPS (TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS)
  REGISTERING DEMAND, PREPARING RRs, ISSUING
  TICKETS ETC. (SPTM)
• MIS (MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS) BASED ON
  THE INFORMATION GENERATED NORMALLY BY TPS
  (MORNING POSITION)

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• SIS (STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS) BASED ON
  WHICH INVESTMENT AND ASSET RENEWAL DECISIONS ARE
  TAKEN LIKE LINE CAPACITY CHARTS, GTKMs OF TRACKS.
• THIS LEVEL DRAWS INPUTS BOTH FROM TPS MIS.
• IRs LRDSS BELONGS TO THIS CATEGORY
• PRS FOIS FALL IN BOTH TPS MIS CATEGORIES

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FOIS-THE BACK GROUND

• IR DECIDED IN EARLY 80s TO GO IN FOR
  COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR FREIGHT
  OPERATIONS AND SET UP A CENTRAL ORGANIZATION FOR
  FREIGHT OPERATIONS SYSTEM (COFOIS)
• THIS WAS REPLACED BY CRIS (CENTRE FOR RAILWAY
  INFORMATION SYSTEM) FOR DESIGNING DEVELOPING
  FOIS

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FOIS Organisational setup
CRIS (CENTRE FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEMS), AN
ORGANIZATION AS AN UMBRELLA FOR ALL COMPUTER
ACTIVITIES ON IR ESTABLISHED IN 1986, HAS

• Chief Administrative Officer
• Chief Project Manager
• Dy COM/FOIS
• (4 Dy COMs CRIS Office 1 Each in the RLY HQ)

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STATE OF THE ART ARCHITECTURE

• 3-tier client server architecture
• Terminals to capture data from field locations
  (control offices, lobbies in yards, goods sheds
  etc.)
• Terminals connected to application servers for
  transaction processing centrally placed at CRISs
  office
• These servers are connected to Zonal HQs,
  Divisional Control Offices, Inter-change points
  etc.
• Servers are networked amongst themselves and to
  the central server for global level transactions

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STATE OF THE ART ARCHITECTURE

• Application Servers connected to a Central
  Database Server which holds data as a single
  image
• The central server provides management reports at
  Board level and acts as repository of all the
  global data.
• It also provides global services to maintain
  referential integrity of the data bases including
  the master files.

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NETWORK TOPOLOGY

• In view of the centralized application
  architecture, a star based network topology has
  been designed
• However, in order to provide alternate paths (to
  meet the uptime requirement of 99.9) from
  reporting locations a mesh has been created
  within each zone so that every location has at
  least two paths to reach CRIS
• Each zonal HQ has been connected to central
  location (CRIS) on high bandwidth pipes.

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STATE OF THE ART ENVIRONMENT

• Architecture provides for
• High Availability
• High Scalability
• Flexibility to interface with other systems at
  low costs

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Some statistics of the project
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Phases in FOIS implementation

• RMS Phase I
• Train and Wagon Interchange
• Asset Utilization
• Rake based consignment tracking and pipeline
• Wagon holding
• Terminal handling performance
• RMS Phase II
• Captures wagon wise data

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Phases in FOIS implementation

• Phase III Terminal Management System (TMS)
• Commercial activities Acceptance, booking and
  delivery of consignment
• Invoice generation, transmission and accounting
• Improved Customer Interface Electronic
  payments, Internet booking

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Loads on Run
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Loads for a terminal
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Rly Bd- Inter zonal forecast
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Terminal Detentions- Exception Report
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Terminal Detentions- Exception Report
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Tariff
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State-wise Terminal Facilities
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FOIS - MISSION

• TO GIVE A TOTAL TRANSPARENT SYSTEM WITH
  CONTINUOUS CARGO VISIBILITY AND AN UPTODATE
  BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT TO THE CUSTOMERS WITH
  INSTANT ACCESS TO INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR
  CONSIGNMENTS IN TRANSIT FOR JUST IN TIME
  INVENTORY
• CONTINOUS CARGO VISIBILITYAND TRANSPARENCY IN
  SHARING OF INFORMATION A LONG OUTSTANDING
  DEMAND OF INDUSTRY

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• Managerial reports regarding availability of
  rolling stock, i.e. wagons and locomotives at any
  instant of time to plan for their most efficient
  utilization.
• With the use of the system there has been a
  visible reduction in the anxiety levels mental
  stress and confusion amongst railway customers
  and its operating staff. The voluminous and
  repetitive exchange of data on telephones round
  the clock has now been reduced and is gradually
  being replaced by minimum data input. The
  improved work environment has significantly
  simplified planning and execution of assigned
  tasks.
• The system information is being used to club less
  than train load consignments from different
  loading stations. The words of appreciation from
  bulk customers who are being advised through
  e-mail the status of their consignments, is a
  clear indication that the anticipated benefits
  from FOIS have already begun to accrue to the
  customers. Interactive web based solutions to
  give customised reports to Railway Board, Zonal
  Railways and Divisions is in place

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FOIS-AN ENABLING INSTRUMENT

• ON-LINE, REAL TIME
• ASSET PLANNING
• ASSET TRACKING
• ON-LINE OPERATIONS CONTROL
• CONSIGNMENT TRACKING
• ACCOUNTAL OF REVENUE GOODS

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BENEFITS

• CONTINUOUS CARGO VISIBILITY
• Rake based consignment tracking and pipeline
• Vehicle guidance of all trains on run.
• Daily report describing the performance of all
  through trains operated in a controlled territory
  for the day.
• Actual/Estimated arrival and departure
  particulars for a particular train at any or all
  the reporting points.
• Train stock Interchange
• Wagon wise Interchange

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BENEFITS

• INCREASED REVENUE
• Savings in wagon fleet would result in
  corresponding saving in the recurring cost of
  maintenance of wagons.
• Reduced Locomotive Power and rolling Stock
  Maintenance Cost.
• Savings in Time Cost of handling in yards,
  cost of empty haulage.
• Ensures optimal crew management and monitors
  statutory limits for running duty and overtime
  payments.
• Reduction in staff cost per unit of
  transportation due to improved periodicity of the
  available manpower.

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BENEFITS

• IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY PER/MAN YEAR
• Drudgery of manual like maintenance of registers
  etc. is eliminated.
• Particulars of crew on train with hours spent
  on duty.
• Re-deployment of major portion of staff involved
  in wagon tracing and account checking activities.

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BENEFITS

• IMPROVED CUSTOMER SERVICE SATISFACTION
• Facilitation of acceptance (customers orders),
  billing and cash accountal from identified nodal
  customer centers and not necessarily at the
  handling terminals.
• E-Commerce facilitates the customers to operate
  from their premises for the above requirements of
  billing and cash accountal and thus reduce the
  burden of logistics management, and in addition
  drastically bring down the inventory costs in the
  entire chain of physical distribution system.
• Quick settlement of Claims
• Just in time Inventory

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BENEFITS

• GOODS SHED OPERATIONS
• Arrival particulars of Wagons
• Placement and Release Particulars
• Information on demands registered and pending
  Indents.
• Preparation of Railway Receipts
• Information on Demurrage and Wharfage.
• Loading Particulars
• Goods Shed Earnings.
• Information on delayed wagons and Wagons
  awaiting placement/release

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THE ROAD AHEAD

• Empty Wagons Distribution System
• The system has at any particular point of time,
  the details of registration of wagons and their
  requirement of empties.
• The management lays down the priority for supply
  of these and issues movement instructions as
  built in FOIS for assigning the empties to
  specific stream.
• This will ensure minimum empty haulage and
  optimum utilization of wagons.

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Crew management system

• objectives
• Do all crew booking activities
• Update users on latest information
• Cost optimization
• Transparency in operations

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Crew management system

• Functions
• Continuous visibility and instant access to
  information
• MIS system for optimization of use of crew and
  assets
• Contains all services related to crew
• Booking for train operations
• Booking for shunting, coaching services
• Information dissemination to crew

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Crew management systems

• Functions
• SMS module for crew booking, calling, messaging,
  shortage alerts etc
• Can be customized to individual lobbies
• Interconnected to all lobbies
• Crew MIS report generation
• gt700 lobbies, 3000 kiosks functioning

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Crew booking system

• Benefits
• Global tracking of crew of all the crew on the
  CMS system in real time
• WEB enable reports which are available to all the
  FOIS network users
• Improves asset utilization
• Future
• Look at breath analysis, biometrics, Abnormality
  reporting by crew

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THE ROAD AHEAD

• Locomotive Repair Management System
• Maintenance and performance history of
  locomotives and their sub-assemblies
• Record of Lab-testing of fuels, lubricating oils
  and cooling water for diesel loco.
• Will compare successive tests results.

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THE ROAD AHEAD

• Wagon Repair Management System
• Record of work performed in yard and sick line
  including a gang wise analysis of work performed
• Maintain inventory of stores in wagon depots,
  print exception reports of items in short supply
  or out of stock
• Monitor implementation of modifications in the
  system.

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THE ROAD AHEAD

• Fuel Management System
• Monitoring of fuel stocks at fueling points along
  with record of receipts, issues and losses at
  this point.
• Record of fuel issues to locomotives and analysis
  of fuel consumption driver-wise and service-wise

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THE ROAD AHEAD

• Freight Revenue Accountal System
• Will cover collection, accountal and remittance
  of freight earnings by stations.
• Monitor calculation and collection of charges
  such as sidings, cranes etc.
• Monitor maintenance of goods outward bookings and
  delivery books, goods cash books etc. Checks at
  traffic accounts office shall become largely
  redundant because station balance sheet shall be
  generated by computer.

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THE ROAD AHEAD

• Safety Management System
• An off-line system which will maintain a detailed
  record of all accidents for analysis.
• Monitor progress of accident enquiries,
  compliance of inspection schedules, their
  follow-up and the safety record of individual
  staff.
• Monitor inspection schedules of ARTs MRVs.

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS
OTHER DIVISIONS
SECTION CHARTING TERMINALS
DIVISIONAL CONTROL TERMINALS
CENTRAL FOIS SERVER
DIV OPNS SERVER
DIV SAT STATION
NTES SERVER
SEASONAL CENTRE
MOBILE USER
CUSTOMERS TERMINAL
EDI FORMAT
YARD/GOODS SHEDS
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THE ROAD AHEAD

• Auto Charting
• NTES
• COIS

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HICCUPS

• TRAINING
• ATTITUDINAL CHANGE
• INTERFACE WITH CUSTOMERS

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