Railroads - Mobility for Agility
For an effective and efficient connectivity of the workforce some key factors needs to be considered such as -
• Security for the wireless networks
• Network Coverage and Reliability
• Scalability and futuristic approach
• Multi channel integration
• Data entry redundancy
• Cost of infrastructure upgrade and maintainability
Mobile solutions present numerous opportunities in context of railroads. A wide spectrum of business areas can be tapped into for deploying mobile solutions such as -
• Operations - With data available real time the scheduling and planning operations can be greatly improved. Any delays or dwell time information can be quickly communicated and needful actions can be implemented.
• PTC - With the new FRA mandate for Positive Train control, it is highly imperative to make the operational data available real time for the workforce on field to ensure all regulatory compliance needs are met.
• Cost reduction - Accurate availability of supply and demand data of the equipment could help go a long way in cost reduction by balancing the excess at one location to shortage at other. With accurate demand information available the unwanted trips of the equipment to different locations can be avoided thus leading to fuel savings.
• Enterprise Asset management - Mobility based solutions for enterprise wide asset tracking helps in better control and improved planning.
• Customer interface - Enterprise applications can be made available on various devices such as smart phones which allow customers easier access to required data and helps speed up work.
While there are numerous challenges to make the entire workforce fully mobile, a planned enterprise wide strategy helps to meet the mobility objectives. Herein Infosys is well placed to help clients to enable their workforce. Infosys has a specialized mobility practice which focuses to deliver best in class mobility solutions and services. Clients can leverage Infosys expertise for an enterprise wide strategy formulation, Business Process Transformation through Wireless, infrastructure design and technology migration.
