RMI announces Sixth Annual FastTrack Award winners

Written by jrood

RMI, an independent provider of rail information services to the transportation industry, has announced its 2011 FastTrack Award winners. Now in its sixth year, the FastTrack Award program honors RMI customers who exemplify RMI’s goal to streamline processes and improve procedures. The FastTrack Awards program is designed to recognize RMI's power users -- those railroads, shippers, leasing companies and others who maximize the value of its services by implementing procedures that result in more comprehensive automation of manual processes, improved information capture and reporting, greater accounting control, enhanced asset management or more efficient processes in any capacity. 2011 FastTrack Award Winners: Brownsville & Rio Grande International Railroad uses RailConnect  and ExpressYard to automate rail operations and increase efficiency. RailConnect  increased BRG’s Train II event reporting to 96 percent and increased interchange reporting accuracy to 99 percent. ExpressYard increased BRG’s car repair billing accuracy to 97 percent and eliminated duplicate billing. Canton Railroad engaged RMI Value Delivery to implement RailConnect best practices, improve operations and increase management efficiency. In just one week, RMI rebuilt all CTN master files to make use of many new RailConnect features and operating enhancements. CTN implemented ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface to provide customers with visibility on inbound railcars and automate railcar releases. Carload Express uses RailConnect to operate and automate the Allegheny Valley Railroad, Camp Chase Railroad and Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad. RailConnect automates blocking tables for the majority of inbound interchanges and applies repetitive waybill codes with 100 percent accuracy. Nearly 95 percent of Carload Express customers use ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface to automate railcar releases, improve customer accountability, and reduce demurrage charges. Genesee & Wyoming moved the Georgia Southwestern Railroad to RailConnect  to automate operations and eliminate many manual and repetitive tasks. GSWR implemented ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface for customer communications and RailConnect mCrew for remote crew reporting. Over 90 percent of all GSWR carloads are automatically rated. Katoen Natie Gulf Coast increased operational capacity, efficiency and productivity with RailConnect. KTN improved quality of service for its customers by providing real time data and visibility on planned rail movements. With RailConnect, KTN improved rail operations, reduced infrastructure spending and lowered operating costs by more than $100,000 in 2010. Indiana Eastern Railroad uses ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface and e-BOL to automate communications and reduce manual processing. RailConnect helps IERR generate timely and accurate reports for its customers and has reduced administrative operating costs by more than 60 percent. Today nearly 90 percent of IERR customers use ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface and e-BOL. Iowa Interstate Railroad uses RailConnect , Revenue Management System, and Cash Application to manage and reduce operating costs. IAIS uses ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface to automate customer communications and deliver more than 70 daily reports. ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface helped IAIS reduce fax and email messages from 350 per month to less than 20, saving approximately 25 labor hours per month. Massachusetts Coastal Railroad relied on RMI’s Value Delivery team for a seamless integration of 32 miles of new track. RMI helped MC implement automated switch lists and capture real time train movements. ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface automates railcar releases and gives MC customers a real time view of the new railroad. Modesto and Empire Traction Company uses RailConnect to accurately manage railcar storage, which reduced dwell time by 16 perent and manual processing by 60 percent. RailConnect automates blocking tables and 100 percent of MET railcars are automatically assigned repetitive waybill codes. RailConnect has helped MET increase Train II reporting accuracy to over 90 percent. The Port Terminal Railroad Association has worked with RMI to improve Car Scheduling in RailConnect. PTRA is now able to schedule cars as needed, reduce unnecessary data and greatly improve data quality. PTRA has improved “on time” delivery of outbound traffic and achieved a 97 percent right train, right day ratio with the Class I carriers. RailAmerica’s New England Central Railroad uses RailConnect, RailConnect mCrew, and ShipperConnect Rail Carrier Interface. RMI has helped NECR increase operating efficiency and improve communication between customer service, train crews and customers. NECR uses RailConnect to automatically rate over 80 percent of all railcars and RailConnect mCrew captures more than 65 percent of all railcar movement in the field, in near real time. Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railroad uses RailConnect Car Hire Management to analyze monthly reclaim and demurrage billing, reduce errors and streamline car hire auditing. RailConnect helped TMBL automate status change reports for bad order railcars and reduce customer inquiries by 80 percent. RMI helped TMBL implement best practices for Service and Charge Code management and reduce errors by 100 percent.

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