Freight railroads face significant challenges in capital expenditure and resource utilization, with a majority of their revenue being reinvested into infrastructure. HCL's mobility solution aims to enhance the rail industry by providing real-time connectivity and visibility, improving resource utilization and productivity. It allows field staff to access vital project information and accurately capture costs related to maintenance and repair projects.

1. Industry Scenario Railroads often face the following challenges in effective
deployment and utilization of resources for MOW:
Freight railroads are one of the most capital intensive ? Information is manually recorded in the field using pen and
industries, where a major share of revenue is spent on capital paper
expenditure and maintenance expenses related to ? of real-time connectivity to the legacy
Absence
infrastructure and equipment acquisition. applications
? Lack of reference manuals/ guidelines at fingertips
Within North America, nearly 100% of freight rail tracks are
? ?control (real-time reporting) of field expenses on
Lack of
owned, built and maintained by the railroads, not by the remote projects
government
? out of every revenue dollar is invested right back
40 cents HCL’s Mobility Solution for Railroads
into the rail network. In North America alone, from 1980 to
2010, freight railroads reinvested approximately $480 HCL’s Mobility solution for railroads helps the rail industry
billion of their own funds on locomotives, freight cars, achieve better return on investments on their maintenance
tracks, bridges, tunnels and other infrastructure. expenditures through real-time visibility, increased
Germany’s annual investments in rail infrastructure have
? productivity and better resource utilization.
increased from less than $5 billion in 2008 to $5.6 billion in
2011 - substantially more than the United States on a per HCL’s solution would allow the user to access a particular
capita level project by entering the project ID or project number into the
screen. The system would present relevant information on the
All activities related to the repair and maintenance of fixed project like:
linear assets of the railway, including track and roadway,
buildings, bridges, signals, crossing gates, communication Mile Post (MP) markers for the project’s location
?
and power facilities, terminals and fuel stations are known as identification
“Maintenance of Way” (MOW). Globally, the installed base of Project details (work description of the project)
?
rail track has now reached approximately 1.6 million ? project dates (start, end)
Relevant
kilometers i.e., 40 times the circumference of the Earth. ? required with specific resource delivery dates
Materials
on-site
? to work on the project (B&B gangs, equipment)
The crew

2. HCL’s mobility solution helps the field staff connect in real-time with core systems to access and assess information from remote
field locations. MOW project managers would be able to accurately capture/ associate all the costs (time and materials) to a
specific project.
Maintenance of Way (MOW)
Project list Project planning Project survey Estimation
Maintenance Process
Completion ERP PDA Project assignment
Potential Benefits: Key Differentiators:
Overall improvement in resource utilization
? ? detailed and complete control on MOW service
Effective,
? visibility in service assignments and status
Complete process
? field staff productivity by 20%
Improved Real-time information updates on assignment and
?
? to timelines committed to internal customers
Adherence deviations (Exception Reporting) to the system
Drill down to individual operational locations and
?
resources in field
? planning module that enables effective planning
Powerful
prior to execution
? offered in terms of customizing the solution to
Flexibility
the hardware and software preferred by the client
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