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How digitalized contract management for a railroad’s legal department is a win-win for the organization Legal teams in the rail transportation sector have long been the custodians of the contract. From storing contracts and making them accessible to others in the...

Part 1 Effective on-the-job training management strategies for railroads as they manage 49 CFR Part 243 compliance Building your OJT program   As a statutory requirement of the Rail Safety Act of 2008, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has established...

Cloud, standardization, integration: A digital future for contracting in rail procurement teams todaySimple. Intelligent. Compliant. These are the terms often used to describe some of today’s leading contract management solutions, or CLM platforms. Characterized by...

Navigating risks and ensuring data accessibility in the rail industry with cloud and AI-infused contract management Recently, we’ve seen contract management transform from static, paper-based contracts into powerful business assets. This change has been brought about...

Note: This is part of a 3-part series of blog posts around how freight railroads can unify crew and safety management under an integrated, cloud-based platform. If you missed part 1 on how to bring together your systems under an integrated platform, you can read the...

Note: This blog post is Part 2 in a 3-part series of blog posts around how freight railroads can unify crew and safety management under and integrated cloud-based platform. If you missed Part 1 on how to connect your crew and safety systems, you can read the blog post...

Note: This is part of a 3-part series of blog posts around how freight railroads can unify crew and safety management under an integrated, cloud-based platform. You can read part 2, Analyze: Making sense of your crew data advanced analytics and BI, here, and click...

Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) is a term that is sweeping across the railroad industry. It’s top of mind for leading, Class I railroads, shippers, and suppliers, as more and more railroads implement that methodology in their railways. What started out a...

A few years ago, a railroad company in North American experienced a train accident that resulted in several fatalities and injuries. It turned out that several of the crew members involved tested positive for drug use following the accident.   In response, the Federal...

At the forefront of every duty and task that freight railroads engage in or carry out is safety. You want to guarantee that infrastructure, employees, and the environment are kept safe. To support this, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) requires that railroad...

New and innovative business models, digitalization, and changing industry regulations are leading to disruptions across the rail freight industry, and railways are finding innovative ways to adapt to these changes and create value for their company. Short lines must...

Digital transformations are sweeping across the railroad industry. As railways work to stay ahead of the disruption cycle, they look for ways to integrate digital solutions that can automate operational processes. As per Railway Accounting Rules, all ISS railroad...

Throughout the world and across industries, schedules drive a variety of daily operations. And in the railroad, the importance of getting from one location to another on-time is at the forefront of operations. Everyone wants the train to run on schedule, including the...

Rail transportation authorities and professionals, on a daily basis, deal with innumerable types of challenges. In our earlier blog on contract management software for railroads, we discussed the various complexities of railroad contracts and how contract management...

Creating, implementing, and maintaining an efficient contract management system that saves time and resources is a challenge that railroad professionals face on a day-to-day basis. With multiple contracts in various stages of the Contract Management Lifecycle (CML)...

One of the most gratifying things that any Big Data Analytics firm can be a part of is the transformation of an established company. Big Data helps in integrating new practices and insights generated by the company’s data.  Here’s an example of the digital...

Remember the days of tedious, manual timekeeping, clocking in crew hours of service and allocations in a terminal? This often led to redundancies and incorrect pay calculations, which meant you had to go back and adjust payroll, resulting in a loss of time and an...

It’s one thing to manage a crew, and it’s another thing to do it effectively. Yet railroads across the board are faced with accomplishing both. When allocating a crew, a railroad must take into consideration the qualifications of the work crew, the unique requirements...

Global mobility, digitalization, and industry regulations are giving rise to considerable disruption across the entire freight industry thereby compelling the railroad industry to adapt or die.  These are the key imperatives for short line railroads which are further...

Rail transportation is one of the industries that persistently look for master strategies to mitigate operating and maintenance costs. Like many others, railroads are tippy-toeing into the era of digitization, data analytics, and predictive maintenance. Over the past...

There is a reason that the phrase “Making sure the trains run on time” is used to indicate successful management and efficiency around the world. Getting the trains to run on time is a complex process that involves sophisticated scheduling of crews, stock and...

As we run full-steam into 2019, we are faced with navigating a world where big data and analytics are not only topics for conversations in the boardroom but are also impacting everyday operations – anything from train scheduling software to railroad crew...

Big data and rail analytics are fast becoming the new normal and progress towards a smart railway system, once a daunting prospect, now seems unstoppable. It’s been a long time coming. In previous decades, air and road transport technology sped ahead of rail in terms...

As technology gets smarter and the rail industry continues to integrate new technologies into their systems, more and more devices, objects, and trains can communicate with each other in real-time, collect and send data, increase safety, and work more efficiently....

Railroads deal with the transportation of freight across the larger geographical spread. This requires them to ensure that properly trained personnel are deployed for the efficient and timely movement of goods. Any delay in movement results in huge financial loss to...