Rail & Transit MRO Services

IFS Applications offers full configuration control of rolling stock, complete Maintenance Management System (MMS) for rolling stock, as well as fixed and linear assets purchasing and Material Management life cycle and life-cycle cost control integration with various automation systems such as operations planning systems and other control systems. As a result, companies can speed up maintenance cycles times and increase fleet availability. And that translates into greater profitability.

Several key capabilities

IFS Applications was designed with the operational requirements of rail and transit organisations in mind. Their success depends on several key capabilities.

• Maximising fleet availability
• Controlling costs by optimising maintenance yields and reducing inventory levels
• Optimising planning and forecasting
• Integrating core management activities with the rest of the enterprise (financials, human resources, and performance management)
• Collaborating with suppliers and external service centres in real time online
• IFS Applications provides industry-leading tools to help rail and transit organisations address these critical business issues.
    

Among many other benefits, IFS Applications enables users to:

• Exercise full configuration control of all rolling stock (locomotives, wagons, construction and maintenance vehicles, etc)
• Perform condition monitoring of rolling stock
• Schedule preventive maintenance of rolling stock
• Schedule operation pause maintenance of rolling stock, increasing availability and reducing maintenance cost
• Perform fixed-asset maintenance of discreet objects (stations, tunnels, overpasses, depots, workshops, etc) and continuous objects (cables, track beds, third rail, etc)
• Identify material and resource requirements for each maintenance activity
• Bundle work orders to optimise maintenance efficiency
• Track the progress of ongoing maintenance activities in real time
• Exercise tight control over the entire planning horizon
• Track actual costs of materials in inventory
• Gain detailed insight into the cost structure to identify opportunities for cost reductions
• Increase operational yield through improved utilisation of resources
• Report real-time labour and materials costs
• Report the real-time status of a unit
• Use tools for life-cycle cost (LCC) analysis; reliability, availability, maintenance and safety (RAMS) analysis; and reliability-centred maintenance (RCM) analysis
• Enhance supplier involvement