Rail transport that accounts for ~33% of US exports and handles 5 million tons of freight on an average every day, is plagued by aging infrastructure and shortage of funds. It takes about $9 billion annually grow, build, and maintain, the US rail transit system. Predictive maintenance is one of the most sought after MRO strategies. TCS Intelligent Rail Maintenance, a cloud solution on SAP Leonardo platform enables predictive maintenance for track and wagon and drone damage detection for bridges.

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Transforming Rail Freight:
Using Analytics to Fast-track
MRO
TCS Enterprise Applications

2. Rail Freight Pulls
its Weight
Rail freight handles large
volumes, but managing MRO is
a challenge given the scale and
complexity of operations.
MRO: Maintenance, repairs and overhaul
more fuel efficient
than trucks
6 times
by 2021$210 billion
Growing at a CAGR of ~4%

3. • Accounts for ~33% of
US exports
• Handles ~5 mn tons of
freight every day
• Predicted to increase by
40% over the next 20
years
Rail Freight in the
US Hits Top Gear

4. $9-billion annually needed
to build, maintain, and grow
the extensive infrastructure
1.5 MN
railcars
28,000
locomotives
140,000
miles of tracks
>100,000
bridges
Investing in MRO

5. • Predict optimal maintenance
schedule
• Space out repair intervals
• Minimize unscheduled
outages
• Improve rolling stock
availability
• Free up funds and time to
provide new services
$4.56 billion spent on predictive
analytics globally in 2017
Transform MRO
with Predictive
Maintenance

6. • Predictive maintenance for
track and wagon
− Predictive modeling -
machine learning on sensor
data
− Predictive maintenance
before incidents occur
• Drone damage detection for
bridges
− Real-time structural analysis
− 360° degree damage
detection
− 3D stress visualization
Power Intelligent
Rail Maintenance

7. • Reduced maintenance cost
through real-time structural
analysis
• Improved operational and
inventory efficiencies
• Assets’ lifetime extension
through predictive
modelling
• Reduced network
congestion
• Drone-assisted digital
inspection
TCS Accelerators

8. • 20-30% inventory
rationalization;
centralized procurement
• 3-10% asset availability;
and 15-20% labor
utilization increase
• 20-30% savings on
maintenance
• Reduced network
congestion
• Improved vendor
assessment
Expect Certainty
with Intelligent Rail
MRO

9. TCS has leveraged SAP
Leonardo platform for
enterprise digital
transformation across:
• Seven industries (railways,
consumer products, energy
and resources, engineering,
life sciences,
communications, and
chemicals)
• 12 solution offerings
• More than 50 use cases
TCS Predictive
Monitoring

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Intelligent Rail Maintenance
Rail Transformation with Predictive
Maintenance
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