DIGITALIZATION OF FREIGHT IN INDIAN RAILWAYS

UNESCAP CAPACITY BUILD ING WEBINAR SMART ROAD AND RAIL SOLUTIONS FOR TRANSP ORT CONNEC TIV ITY

1 D ECEMBER 2020

D r A M I T K U M A R J A I N , G M O P E R AT I O N S

C E N T R E F O R R A I LWAY I N F O R M AT I O N S Y S T E M ( C R I S ) , I N D I A

OUTLINE

1. Freight Business of Indian Railways

2. Digital Strategy

3. Way forward

RAILWAYS IN INDIA, AT A GLANCE

>68000 route KM

>23Billion US$

> 8 Bn Passengers/annum

>21 Billion US$ in 2020-21

>1.2 Billion Tonnes

SCALE OF FREIGHT OPERATIONS

9000 Trains Per

Day

2,90,000 Wagons

(Freight cars)

12,000 Locomotives

36 million*Transactions a

day

Loading

◦ 1000 Rakes

◦ 50,000 Wagons

◦ 3 Million Tonnes (MT)

* Including ~3 Crore from RTIS/REMMLOT Updates

MIXED TRAFFIC CONDITIONS

DIGITISATION OF FREIGHT SERVICES: INDIAN RAILWAYS

BUSINESS

PROCESSESCUSTOMER PARTNERS ANALYTICS

FOIS

Data Integration

RTIS

Dashboards

Ease of Doing Business

Transparency

eMarketPlace

Framework and Use cases

FOIS JOURNEY

Project Sanction

(1986)

In-House Development (1996)

RMS Rollout (2000)

TMS Rollout (2004)

3rd

Revision Sanctioned (2008)

4th

Revision Sanctioned (2013)

Pipeline Mgmt. System

Sanctioned (2014)

e-CRM Sanctioned (2015-

16)

CRIS &CMC Worked on Design &

Development

E-ACT

Impleme

nted

TPMS

Impleme

nted

Red Tariff, MGR

Implemented

E-Registrati

on of Demand Launche

d

eT-RR

Launche

dApportion

ment

Line Master

Implemented

(YMS)Traffic Accounts Module

Business Processes

FREIGHT OPERATION INFORMATION SYSTEM

OPERATIONS

◦ Train planning, ordering,

placement and movement

◦ Rolling Stock Management-

Locomotives and Wagons

◦ Rake Tracking

◦ RTIS

◦ Placement of demand

◦ Digital payments

◦ Generation and transmission ofdigital railway receipt

◦ Consignment tracking

◦ Incentive schemes

BUSINESS

Business Processes

FOIS ARCHITECTURE – APPLICATION INTEGRATION

FOIS

COA

RBS

CONCOR

ICMSCLAIMS

CMS

FMM/LMS (Pilot)

Train Running Information

Received

TIBCO

WS

WS

WS

WS

Station Master,

Chargeable Distance,

Rationalized Route,

Enhanced Route and

Operational Distance

Container Details along

with loading particulars

received

Loco utilization in

passenger serviceRR and freight details

along with other charges

Published

Train Running Information

published

Train Running Information

along with wagon and

loco details published

TIBCO : Enterprise Messaging Bus

WS : SOA USING WEB SERVICE

TIBCO

TIBCO

GPS /GAGAN/IRNSS GSAT-6

CRIS DC in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi

IR’s Enterprise network

Mobile Service Provider Network

MSS Hub

Central

Location

Server (CLS)

Divisiona

l COA

server 1

Divisional

COA

server n

Loco-device

monitoring/config

mgmt system

(LMCS)

NTES

139 call

centerWebsite Mobile App

Other System

s

Central Control Office Application

(COA) Server

Movement update

Loco Device (GPS/GAGAN+ MSS+4G +CPU + OS+ RTIS App)

Business Processes

REAL TIME TRAIN INFORMATION SYSYEM

REAL-TIME MONITORING OVER GIS

Real-time information available through various interfaces In Web Portal and Mobile App

Business Processes

Analysis of Freight Business KPIs through innovative dashboards and charts

State of the art GIS Interface for advanced tracking of assets

Business Processes

ANALYTICS DASHBOARDSBusiness

Processes

GIS MONITORING

LOADS ON RUN SECTIONAL PERFORMANCE

• Real-time monitoring of freight movement through different aspects• Live performance analysis and facilitation for effective planning

Business Processes

GIS BASED FREIGHT MANAGEMENT

COMMODITY-WISE RAKE POSITION(FOOD GRAIN)

Business Processes

GIS BASED FREIGHT MANAGEMENT

YEARLY TRAFFIC ANALYSIS(ZONAL/DIVISIONAL PERFORMANCE)

Business Processes

DIGITAL STRATEGY- FOUR PILLARS

BUSINESS

PROCESSESCUSTOMER PARTNERS ANALYTICS

DIGITAL INITIATIVES FOR CUSTOMERS

TRANSPARENCY

CONVENIENCE

EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

• E-DemandE-Registration of Demands

• ET-RRElectronic Transmission of Railway Receipt

• E-PaymentOnline payment of WagonRegistration Fee (WRF)

• Track & TraceReal-time tracking of Cargo

DIGITAL INITIATIVES FOR CUSTOMERS (CONTD..)

TRANSPARENCY

CONVENIENCE

EASE OF DOING BUSINESS

• IntegrationsData exchange to customers’ERP

• Web PortalsFOIS Portal and Freight BusinessDevelopment Portal

• Mobile AppRail Sugam Mobile App

B2B INTEGRATION WITH CUSTOMERS

FOIS

Karnataka State Govt.

(Dept. Of Mines)

• Integration with Customers’ ERPs

• Customised interface with customers

• Integrations with Govt Agencies(State and Center Govt.)

FREIGHT BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PORTAL

Key Features

*Professional Support- Channel to reach Railways

*Advanced Freight Calculator: -

◦ Freight charges with applicable rebates, alternate

terminal suggestion, Expected transit Time, Route on

GIS, Terminal Facilities

*Terminal Search- Near me (50 km), District, state,

Division, Zone

*Suitable Wagon for a commodity

*Track & Trace on GIS

*Logistics service providers at terminals

FOIS Website (For Customers)

TRACK AND TRACE

DIGITAL STRATEGY- FOUR PILLARS

BUSINESS

PROCESSESCUSTOMER PARTNERS ANALYTICS

DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR LOGISTICS PARTNERS

DIGITAL STRATEGY- FOUR PILLARS

BUSINESS

PROCESSESCUSTOMER PARTNERS ANALYTICS

DATA ANALYTICS

• Framework for Freight Business

Rake

release

forecasts

Traffic

simulationRoute

optimization

Loco

optimisation

Crew

optimisation

Commodity

forecasts

(Rakes)

(1.WRF policy2. Analytics)

Empty

rake Optimization

Rake

loading

forecasts

Actual demand

Passenger Train

Time Table

WAY FORWARD

• Data Lake

• Freight Business Development Portal

with smart freight calculator

• Route Optimization

• Digital Twin of Network

• Data Driven Transport