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Telematics, the innovative solution for efficient rail freight transport
Industry digitization is associated with good business performance. The introduction of advanced technologies in rail freight leads to a competitive and resource-efficient transport system. The integration of advanced tracking devices possesses the potential to lead to a substantial increase in the volume of data on the location, condition, and status of wagons loaded with freight, through telematics applications.
Telematics applications guarantee transport safety, thus doubling the existing benefits of rail transport. In recent years, innovation activities in the rail freight sector have increased significantly – for example, most wagon owners are equipping their wagons with telematics devices and sensors. Technology is greatly improving the exchange of information between transport operators, dispatchers, supply chain customers, and other service providers. Real-time visibility of the location of road shipments, made possible by the adoption of GPS tracking technology, has propelled the road freight industry.
The rail industry will need to improve existing pain points in the entire rail freight chain, to close the performance gap and improve the level of rail freight market share.
Freight providers
In an age of rapidly digitizing industries rail transport remains an under-exploited experience for freight providers for several reasons, including real-time tracking of goods and on-time delivery.
Delivery delays and their consequences
Inadequate information on the location of goods is an impediment for customers in the supply chain. They have to rely on estimated times of arrival provided hours or even days ago. With other partners, managing logistics may become challenging, and efforts to improve operational efficiency, such as allocating production shifts by the arrival dates of raw materials, might be undermined.
The inability to track transit shipments leads to chaos and confusion, as there is no accurate information about orders, and on-time delivery, which has become standard.
Optimization and Transparency
Represents the opportunities brought by the digitalization revolution through telematics. It guarantees complete transport supervision and transparency, as customers track the arrival time of goods, vehicle location, stopping points, mileage, transit time, stopping, and unloading/loading is constantly monitored. This can alleviate the problems that prevent many freight suppliers from choosing rail transport.
Access to train location
Using GPS technology, telematics devices transmit real-time train location information. This gives rail companies a bigger picture and accurate, up-to-date data on the wagon fleet. Having such a picture can improve fleet management and, over time, increase fleet capacity.
Customers have access to real-time tracking of freight wagons in transit based on information given by telematics apps. The ability to be informed of delays and to reduce any risks or issues that could unforeseen occur greatly helps their business.
With telematics devices, freight trains become SMART, providing multiple benefits across the entire chain, from transport companies to freight suppliers and customers in the supply chain. All this will be reflected in lower costs and higher productivity.
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