Better Visibility & Intelligence for Railcars and Rail Boxes
Bring certainty into the complexity of rail transport to deliver high customer satisfaction with accurate rail ETA predictions and full/empty status data. Optimize your railcar fleet and ensure continuous availability of railcars or rail boxes when you need them for shipping – with intelligence at a railcar level and a rail network level.
Comprehensive Solutions for Diverse Industries
Harness the power of our end-to-end solutions, tailored to meet the unique demands of various sectors, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and excellence in every step.
Chemicals
Logistics Service Providers
Challenges with Railcars and Rail Boxes Visibility
Rail car tracking typically involves railway portals utilizing the train’s GPS or RFID, a system that brings about specific challenges.
CHALLENGE #1
Time-delayed or incorrect information about railcars, such as when the train (rake) is tracked as a unit.
CHALLENGE #2
Lack of information on railcar availability and pickup readiness through full/empty status and usage cycle status.
CHALLENGE #3
Inability to optimize rail trips creating excess railcar inventory, lack of railcars when needed, or high rental cost.
How Roambee's Solution Works for Railcars
Visibility
Better visibility by combining order information with real-time location and condition data from IoT sensors affixed on railcars capable of recharging using renewable solar power and data streams from rail operations.
Alerts & Signals
Built on verifiable visibility, alerts & signals empower better decisions and drive automation. For example, a business signal about idling railcars is derived by sensing use cycle milestones and full/empty status, enabling retrieval and utilization.
Intelligence
Use AI-powered network insights & foresights for better supply chain planning & execution. For example, score railcar utilization (cycle times) by geography, season, customer, and vendor and forecast this key performance indicator (KPI).
Experience the Power of Roambee
Experience the Power of Roambee
Alerts & Signals to Help You Make the Right Decisions
Enhance your decision-making process with real-time alerts and actionable insights, ensuring prompt reaction to any irregularities or disruptions in your railcar transportation operations.
Asset Signals
Route Plan Deviations
of Railcars and Trains
Electronic Proof of
Delivery (ePoD)
Temperature & Humidity
Excursion
Mean Kinetic
Temperature (MKT)
Time Out of
Refrigeration (TOR)
ETA & Delay Signals
Pick-up & Delivery
Location & Geofencing
In Use (On a Shipment)
Idle at Docks
or Yards
Idle at a Customer
or Vendor Location
Route Plan Deviations
of Railcars and Trains
Electronic Proof of
Delivery (ePoD)
Temperature & Humidity
Excursion
Mean Kinetic
Temperature (MKT)
Time Out of
Refrigeration (TOR)
ETA & Delay Signals
Pick-up & Delivery
Location & Geofencing
In Use (On a Shipment)
Idle at Docks
or Yards
Idle at a Customer
or Vendor Location
Business Signals
Full/Empty Status of Railcars
Transloading Confirmation
Asset Availability to Ship Product
Full/Empty Status of Railcars
Transloading Confirmation
Asset Availability to Ship Product
Delivery and Pickup Window Schedule
Order Fulfillment in Asset Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Wrong and Missed Connections of Railcars
Delivery and Pickup Window Schedule
Railcar Availability to Ship Product
Wrong and Missed Connections of Railcars
Order Fulfillment in Railcar Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Idling/Aging of Railcars at Docks, Yards, Warehouses, or Customer/Vendor Locations
Cold Chain Quality Control Compliance Prediction of Goods Inside Railcars
Order Fulfillment in Railcar Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Order Fulfillment in Asset Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Cold Chain Quality Control Compliance Prediction of Goods Inside Railcars
Revenue Recognition in Asset Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Revenue Recognition in Railcar Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Order Fulfillment in Asset Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Revenue Recognition in Asset Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Revenue Recognition in Railcar Operations & Product Shipping Operations
Idling/Aging of Railcars at Docks, Yards, Warehouses, or Customer/Vendor Locations
Business Outcomes with
Roambee
Business Outcomes with Roambee
Revolutionize your rail transport operations with Roambee. Achieve premium road transport-level predictability, maximize revenue per railcar, and seamlessly orchestrate railcar placements and retrievals. Enhance sustainability while maintaining premium service levels.
- Bring premium road transport-level predictability into your cost-effective rail operations.
- Increase "revenue per railcar" through better utilization as an asset operator or an asset user.
- Seamlessly orchestrate placing and retrieving railcar or rail boxes from any location, station, yard, or customer site.
- Increase sustainability by leveraging low-carbon impact rail mode while maintaining premium road shipment mode's service levels.
Empowering you with our Intelligence
Unlock Roambee’s AI-powered insights for railcar management. Dive into OTIF scoring, asset cycle times, and dwell and detention analytics. With Roambee’s foresights, anticipate dwell times, optimize asset routing, and ensure consistent OTIF and Quality Control (QC).
Insights
- Rail on time and in full (OTIF) scoring by lanes, carriers, and nodes.
- Asset cycle time analytics by geography, season, customer, vendor, etc.
- Dwell time and detention analytics by facility, unloading docks, customer/vendor yards, and stations.
Foresights
- Asset dwell time and cycle time predictions by customer, vendor, geography, and season.
- Asset routing and returns recommendations for optimization.
- OTIF and quality control (QC) predictions by lanes and rail operators.
Streamlining Railcar Management for a British Multinational
- About: A prominent British multinational sought to automate and enhance its railcar management operations globally.
- Roambee's Intervention: Using Roambee's heat maps, the company gained precise insights into consumption patterns and dwell times at every customer site. This intelligence facilitated optimized deliveries, timely railcar retrievals, and accurate forward/reverse ETAs.
- Results: The integration of these insights led to a more streamlined and automated railcar management process.
- Impact: The company achieved efficient railcar operations, timely deliveries, and improved asset utilization.