Published on 26-Apr-2012
Customer:
Centre for Railway Information Systems
Industry:
Government
Deployment country:
India
Solution:
Application Design-Build-Manage, Business Performance Transformation, Smarter Planet
Smarter Planet:
Smarter Rail, Smarter Transportation
IBM Business Partner:
CRIS
Overview
Established in 1987 by the Indian Ministry of Railways, Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) is a project-focused organization engaged in the development of major computer systems primarily intended to automate and improve the processes used in railway operations. As both an IBM client and IBM Business Partner that provides consulting to external organizations, CRIS devotes considerable effort to technology-driven business transformation initiatives.
Business need:
This government-sponsored IT team dedicated to improving India’s rail system needed to replace the existing manual recordkeeping process with a more reliable and up-to-date rail maintenance system that could maintain track health data on India’s roughly 40,000 miles of rail.
Solution:
CRIS, which is also an IBM Business Partner, developed and deployed a scalable, alerts-based track management system that makes rail status information available to management for timely, proactive track maintenance decisions. Managers of India’s railway system now receive real-time updates on track quality and potential problems across the country’s thousands of miles of rail. The system also provides management with alerts about potential dangers, so that preventive maintenance tasks can be scheduled in a way that maximizes passenger safety and convenience and minimizes downtimes.
Benefits:
Radically improved preventive maintenance across India’s railway system, which comprises more than 6,900 railway stations and approximately 40,000 miles of rail
Provided managers with real-time data on track conditions—including alerts for potential danger spots—so that maintenance tasks could be prioritized
Increased track efficiency and greatly reduced accidents and track downtime caused by mishaps and track malfunctions, and improved passenger safety and comfort
Case Study
Established in 1987 by the Indian Ministry of Railways, Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) is a project-focused organization engaged in the development of major computer systems primarily intended to automate and improve the processes used in railway operations. As both an IBM client and IBM Business Partner that provides consulting to external organizations, CRIS devotes considerable effort to technology-driven business transformation initiatives.
The Opportunity
This government-sponsored IT team dedicated to improving India’s rail system needed to replace the existing manual recordkeeping process with a more reliable and up-to-date rail maintenance system that could maintain track health data on India’s roughly 40,000 miles of rail.
What Makes It Smarter
Infrastructure problems need to be addressed before they cause harm, not after. CRIS, which is also an IBM Business Partner, developed and deployed a scalable, alerts-based track management system (TMS) that makes rail status information available to management for timely—and proactive—track maintenance decisions. Managers of India’s railway system now receive real-time updates on track quality and potential problems across the country’s thousands of miles of rail. The system also provides management with alerts about potential dangers, so that preventive maintenance tasks can be scheduled and prioritized in a way that maximizes passenger safety and convenience and minimizes downtimes due to track failure throughout the system.
Real Business Results
· Radically improved preventive maintenance across India’s railway system, which comprises more than 6,900 railway stations and approximately 40,000 miles of rail
· Provided managers with real-time data on track conditions—including alerts for potential danger spots—so that maintenance tasks could be prioritized
· Increased track efficiency and greatly reduced accidents and track downtime caused by mishaps and track malfunctions, and improved passenger safety and comfort
Products and services used
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Hardware:
System Networking: SAN40B-4, System p
Software:
Lotus Mobile Connect, Lotus Expeditor, WebSphere Application Server, DB2 for AIX
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