KCS selects RMI

Kansas City Southern has selected RMI's OASIS Terminal Operating System to provide operations control and management tools across its intermodal terminal network in the United States and Mexico. RMI's OASIS Terminal Operating System is a comprehensive decision support solution that provides intelligent automation of intermodal terminal operations using sophisticated algorithms for solving logistical problems that arise in intermodal rail yards. OASIS is installed at more than 90 intermodal terminals across North America and processes more than 67 percent of all intermodal loadings, 18 million container lifts and 30 million gate moves per year. RMI has already deployed OASIS for KCS at intermodal facilities in Kansas City, Mo. and Dallas, Texas, and rapid adoption is now underway across the entire KCS intermodal network. In addition to the OASIS Terminal Operating System, KCS will use RMI's OASIS Vantage Business Intelligence interface for management reporting and real-time visibility of intermodal operations. "OASIS has established its position over the past 15 years as the premier Intermodal Terminal Operating System," said KCS's Morris Godwin, vice president of premium operations. "Our strategic objective for developing our intermodal business requires better management control, improved terminal efficiency and greater customer visibility. We look for OASIS to provide critical support in all of these areas," added Godwin. RMI Vice President of Intermodal Scott Holland said, "We are extremely pleased to have been selected by KCS as their terminal operating system provider. Their confidence in our products has been very gratifying. We are looking forward to aligning this OASIS deployment to help KCS achieve key strategic goals."