RAILINC I ACACSO Car Hire Rate Negotiation Self-Service Project Matt Cox ACACSO November 8,
RAILINC I ACACSO Car Hire Rate Negotiation Self- Service Project Project Vision and Industry Benefits Project Themes Pre-Envisioning Example Functionality Project Themes Post-Envisioning Project Status Project Timeline 2
RAILINC I ACACSO Car Hire Rate Negotiation Self- Service Project RPSWC project approval: June 13, 2012 Benefits of starting the project July 1, 2012 –Depre mainframe migration in progress Core Bid and Offer functionality Benefits of upgrading self-service capabilities while migrating IT resources, user input, documentation and more 3
RAILINC I ACACSO Vision Enable users to transition from legacy in- house Deprescription Bid and Offer supporting systems to a centralized Railinc-supported solution, thereby avoiding replacement or upgrade development costs for users and improving operational efficiencies for both car owners and railroads. 4
RAILINC I ACACSO Benefits Cost avoidance – Replacement of functionality requested by and/or currently contained in legacy mainframe systems with an industry-wide solution will avoid significant development costs. Cost reduction – Significant improvements in daily use capabilities reduce administrative effort. 5
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RAILINC I ACACSO Project Themes – Pre-Envisioning Daily use capabilities Bid and Offer dashboard Enable greater specificity of cars Proactive validation of car lists prior to submission Integrate Bid and Offer process with CHARM and Umler™ 7
RAILINC I ACACSO Daily Use Capabilities See pool codes before submitting a bid Receive immediate feedback Validation during bid-creation process and removal of batching now present in external systems Upload a list of equipment into Bid and Offer system Download list of equipment 8
RAILINC I ACACSO Bid and Offer Dashboard Open offers - Number of outstanding open offers Closed offers – Past 90 days Expiring offers - List of offers to expire at the end of the month and whether a new rate has been negotiated Notifications 9
RAILINC I ACACSO Bid and Offer Dashboard 10
RAILINC I ACACSO Bid and Offer Summary 11
RAILINC I ACACSO Bid and Offer Detail 12
RAILINC I ACACSO Enable Greater Specificity of Cars Ability to specify additional car characteristics such as dimensions, cubic capacity, tonnage, age, door type and plate (clearance). 13
RAILINC I ACACSO Proactive Validation of Car Lists Prior to Submission Validate equipment against Umler Validate equipment already part of existing offer 14
RAILINC I ACACSO Integrate Bid and Offer With CHARM and Umler Ability to query fleet in Umler and view CHARM rates and expiration dates Ability to query equipment without a negotiated rate 15
RAILINC I ACACSO Project Themes - Post-Envisioning Dashboard open Dashboard closed Query Ticklers/notification management 16
RAILINC I ACACSO Project Status Car hire rate negotiation self-service –External project team assembled Class 1s, private car owners, shortlines, 3PLs –Envisioning session with project team July 24-25, 2012 –Project charter signoff Late August
RAILINC I ACACSO Project Status Car hire rate negotiation self-service –Bi-weekly web conferencing Depre mainframe migration –Depre admin tools - complete –CHARM parallel run in TEST – October 2012 –EDI432/864 connectivity – October
RAILINC I ACACSO Timeline – January 2013 Mainframe Migration –CHARM –Depre market reports –Depre web application Replacement with new UI – Car hire rate negotiation self-service CHRNSS –Daily use capabilities CSV upload –Dashboard Open offers –Proactive validation Dynamic menu Equipment 19
RAILINC I ACACSO Timeline – End of June 2013 Car hire rate negotiation self-service project –Bid and Offer dashboard Closed offers Expiring offers –Query Bid and Offer and Umler characteristics Bid and Offer – History CHARM – Current and historical –Ticklers/notification management 20
RAILINC I ACACSO Project Contacts Kristi Talley, Product Manager (919) Sara Maples, Business Analyst (919) Danielle Crowley, Business Analyst (919)
RAILINC I ACACSO Questions? 22