Transcript Introduction to FOIS and CMS

Introduction to FOIS
and CMS
B.V.L.Narayana
SPTM
INDIAN RAILWAYS
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LIFE LINE OF THE NATION !
• MASSIVE & VOLUMNOUS TASK
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CARRY AROUND 1.6 CRORE PASSENGERS
DAILY
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CARRY 18 LAKH TONNES GOODS EVERY DAY
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RUN APP. 8000 PASSENGER TRAINS DAILY
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RUN 6000 GOODS TRAINS IN ADDITION
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COVERS DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND
MOON FOUR TIMES DAILY
IT INDISPENSIBLE– PRS AND NOW FOIS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
•
CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE BROAD BUT
OVERLAPING LEVELS:1. TPS
(TRANSACTION
PROCESSING
SYSTEMS) – REGISTERING DEMAND,
PREPARING RRs, ISSUING TICKETS ETC.
(SPTM)
2. MIS
(MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS)
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BASED
ON
THE
INFORMATION GENERATED NORMALLY
BY TPS (MORNING POSITION)
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
3. 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.
IR’s LRDSS BELONGS TO THIS CATEGORY
PRS & FOIS FALL IN BOTH TPS & MIS
CATEGORIES
FOIS-THE BACK GROUND
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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)
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THIS WAS REPLACED BY CRIS (CENTRE FOR
RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEM) FOR
DESIGNING & DEVELOPING FOIS
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 COM’s CRIS Office + 1 Each in the RLY HQ)
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
CRIS’s 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
STATE OF THE ART ENVIRONMENT
 Architecture provides for
 High Availability
 High Scalability
 Flexibility to interface with other
systems at low costs
Some statistics of the project
Cost
Rs.426.12 Cr.
First Phase (RMS)
233 locations
Second Phase (TMS)
530 locations
Phases in FOIS implementation
 RMS Phase – I
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Train and Wagon Interchange
Asset Utilization
Rake based consignment tracking and pipeline
Wagon holding
Terminal handling performance
 RMS Phase – II
– Captures wagon wise data
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
Loads on Run
Loads for a terminal
Rly Bd- Inter zonal forecast
Terminal Detentions- Exception Report
Terminal Detentions- Exception Report
Tariff
State-wise Terminal Facilities
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
1.The system as implemented upto now performs the following
functions:
oMonitoring of all freight trains indicating their position in
computerized teritory and their expected time of arrival at
destination. Commodity wise flow of frieght trains for customers
like Power Houses, Refineries, Feritlizers and Cement Plants, Steel
Depots and Public Frieght Terminals enabling the recipients of
consignments to have an accurate forecast of cargo arrivalsgiving
them adequate time to complete preparatory arrangement to handle
the cargo.
oOut bound loaded rakes from the computerized territory are also
monitored in the same manner
oFull particulars of detachments from block rakes are recorded and
updated eliminating chances of wagons getting unconnected or
missing.
oDetails of rakes/Wagons in various yards, their phase-wise
detention in different terminals, eliminating the need for costly
manual documentation and tedious retrieval systems and
inaccuracies.
oManagerial reports regarding availability of rolling stock, i.e. wagons
and locomotives at any instant of time to plan for their most efficient
utilization.
oWith 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.
oThe 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 email 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
FOIS-AN ENABLING INSTRUMENT
ON-LINE, REAL TIME :
ASSET PLANNING
ASSET TRACKING
ON-LINE OPERATIONS CONTROL
CONSIGNMENT TRACKING
ACCOUNTAL OF REVENUE & GOODS
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
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.
BENEFITS
 IMPROVED CUSTOMER SERVICE &
SATISFACTION
 Facilitation of acceptance (customer’s 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
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
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.
Crew management system
objectives
– Do all crew booking activities
– Update users on latest information
– Cost optimization
– Transparency in operations
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
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
– >700 lobbies, 3000 kiosks functioning
Crew booking system
 Benefits
o Global tracking of crew of all the crew on the
CMS system in real time
o 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
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.
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.
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
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.
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 followup and the safety record of individual staff.
– Monitor inspection schedules of ARTs & MRVs.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
SECTION
CHARTING
TERMINALS
DIVISIONAL
CONTROL
TERMINALS
DIV
OPNS
SERVER
OTHER
DIVISIONS
CENTRAL FOIS
SERVER
DIV SAT
STATION
NTES
SERVER
SEASONAL
CENTRE
MOBILE USER
YARD/GOODS
SHEDS
CUSTOMER’S
TERMINAL
EDI
FORMAT
THE ROAD AHEAD
Auto Charting
NTES
COIS
HICCUPS
TRAINING
ATTITUDINAL
CHANGE
INTERFACE WITH
CUSTOMERS
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