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| Type | Commercial Circular |
|---|---|
| Topic | freight |
| Currency | Currency not verified |
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)
<!-- Slide number: 1 --> # Introduction to FOIS and CMS B.V.L.Narayana SPTM <!-- Slide number: 2 --> 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 <!-- Slide number: 3 --> FREIGHT OPERATION WHAT IS OPERATION ? BROAD DIVISIONS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS & IMPORTANCE <!-- Slide number: 4 --> 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) <!-- Slide number: 5 --> 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 <!-- Slide number: 6 --> 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 <!-- Slide number: 7 --> # 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) <!-- Slide number: 8 --> <!-- Slide number: 9 --> 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 <!-- Slide number: 10 --> 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. <!-- Slide number: 11 --> 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. <!-- Slide number: 12 --> STATE OF THE ART ENVIRONMENT Architecture provides for High Availability High Scalability Flexibility to interface with other systems at low costs <!-- Slide number: 13 --> # Some statistics of the project | Cost | Rs.426.12 Cr. | | --- | --- | | First Phase (RMS) | 233 locations | | Second Phase (TMS) | 530 locations | <!-- Slide number: 14 --> # 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 <!-- Slide number: 15 --> # 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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