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assemblies Record of Lab-testing of fuels, lubricating oils and cooling water for diesel loco

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assemblies Record of Lab-testing of fuels, lubricating oils and cooling water for diesel loco IR DECIDED IN EARLY 80s TO GO IN FOR COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR FREIGHT OPERATIONS AND SET UP A CENTRAL ORGANIZATION FOR FREIGHT OPERATIONS SYSTEM (COFOIS)

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# Introduction to FOIS and CMS
B.V.L.Narayana
SPTM

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INDIAN RAILWAYS
 LIFE LINE OF THE NATION !
MASSIVE & VOLUMNOUS TASK
CARRY AROUND 1.6 CRORE PASSENGERS DAILY
 CARRY 18 LAKH TONNES GOODS EVERY DAY
 RUN APP.  8000 PASSENGER TRAINS DAILY
 RUN 6000 GOODS TRAINS IN ADDITION
COVERS DISTANCE BETWEEN EARTH AND MOON FOUR TIMES DAILY
IT INDISPENSIBLE– PRS AND NOW FOIS

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FREIGHT OPERATION
 WHAT IS OPERATION ?
BROAD DIVISIONS
THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS & IMPORTANCE

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS
 CAN BE DIVIDED INTO THREE BROAD BUT OVERLAPING LEVELS:-
TPS (TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEMS) – REGISTERING DEMAND, PREPARING RRs, ISSUING TICKETS ETC. (SPTM)
MIS (MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS) – BASED ON THE INFORMATION GENERATED NORMALLY BY TPS (MORNING POSITION)

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS

SIS (STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS) – BASED ON WHICH INVESTMENT AND  ASSET RENEWAL DECISIONS ARE TAKEN LIKE LINE CAPACITY CHARTS, GTKMs OF TRACKS.
THIS LEVEL DRAWS INPUTS BOTH FROM TPS & MIS.
IR’s LRDSS BELONGS TO THIS CATEGORY
PRS & FOIS FALL IN BOTH TPS & MIS CATEGORIES

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FOIS-THE BACK GROUND
 IR DECIDED IN EARLY 80s TO GO IN FOR COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR FREIGHT OPERATIONS AND SET UP A CENTRAL ORGANIZATION FOR FREIGHT OPERATIONS SYSTEM (COFOIS)
THIS WAS REPLACED BY CRIS (CENTRE FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEM) FOR DESIGNING & DEVELOPING FOIS

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# FOIS Organisational setup
CRIS (CENTRE FOR RAILWAY INFORMATION SYSTEMS), AN ORGANIZATION AS AN UMBRELLA FOR ALL COMPUTER ACTIVITIES ON IR ESTABLISHED IN 1986, HAS
Chief Administrative Officer
Chief Project Manager
Dy COM/FOIS
(4 Dy COM’s CRIS Office + 1 Each in the RLY HQ)

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STATE OF THE ART ARCHITECTURE
 3-tier client server architecture
Terminals to capture data from  field locations     (control offices, lobbies in yards, goods sheds etc.)
Terminals connected to application servers for transaction processing centrally placed at CRIS’s office
These servers are connected to Zonal HQs, Divisional Control Offices, Inter-change points etc.
Servers are networked amongst themselves and to the central server for global level transactions

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STATE OF THE ART ARCHITECTURE
Application Servers connected to a Central Database Server which holds data as a single image
The central server provides management reports at Board level and acts as repository of all the global data.
It also provides global services to maintain referential integrity of the data bases including the master files.

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NETWORK TOPOLOGY
 In view of the centralized application architecture, a star based network topology has been designed
 However, in order to provide alternate paths (to meet the uptime requirement of 99.9%) from reporting locations a mesh has been created within each zone so that every location has at least two paths to reach CRIS
Each zonal HQ has been connected to central location (CRIS) on high bandwidth pipes.

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STATE OF THE ART ENVIRONMENT
 Architecture provides for
 High Availability
 High Scalability
 Flexibility to interface with other 	systems at low costs

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# Some statistics of the project
| Cost | Rs.426.12 Cr. |
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| First Phase (RMS) | 233 locations |
| Second Phase (TMS) | 530 locations |

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# Phases in FOIS implementation
RMS  Phase – I
Train and Wagon Interchange
Asset Utilization
Rake based consignment tracking and pipeline
Wagon holding
Terminal handling performance
RMS Phase – II
Captures wagon wise data

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# Phases in FOIS implementation
Phase III – Terminal Management System (TMS)
Commercial activities – Acceptance, booking and delivery of consignment
Invoice generation, transmission and accounting
Improved Customer Interface – Electronic payments, Internet b

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