Rail Solutions
Rail logistics is a challenging and time-consuming component to the Energy Business. With current business processes, any increase in the volume of railcars (in or out) will mean an incremental uptick in manual processes, further straining current resources, generating more errors, and absorbing valuable time.
Large-volume rail shippers report many of the following challenges:
- Frequent schedule changes
- Large amounts of information to be managed
- Manual keying of information
- Minor errors on Bills of Lading (BOLs)
- Challenges and delays matching information
- Use of fax or insecure email to transmit key data
- Delays sharing BOLs with counterparties
- High effort managing and maintaining BOL records
Wheelhouse
The VantEdge Rail Solution
Deal Capture
Capture, store, and reference commercial deals in one integrated system.
Scheduling
Lay out your plan and track against it.
Rail Loading
Optimize your loading.
Gauge lookups
Loading information at your fingertips.
Contract performance
Real time reporting.
Actuals vs. Planned
Make your plans and track against it. Or track railroads against their plans.
Track and trace
Core to any rail logistics platforms. Where are my cars and when do they arrive?
Fleet management
How much does my fleet cost and how can I better manage it?
Railroad communications
EDI communications to all class 1 railroads. Ship, divert.
Customs
Wheelhouse can automate virtually all processes related to a cross border moves.
BOL scraping
Eliminate BOL entry while databasing your cars and storing PDF’s with your cars.
Bol storage
Store your BOL with your shipment so everyone can find it quickly if needed.
Rail offloading
Match offloads with incoming BOL’s. Set alerts for underloaded cars.
Inspections
Utilize forms to manage checklists and take pictures of cars for shipment or arrival.
Tank/cavern balanacing
Mass balance or delineate by customer. What is available in the system.
3rd party portal
Customers download their data. Eliminate manual errors, improve payment cycles.
Commercial trading views
Traders have real time contract performance. Make better decisions sooner.
Handheld device ready
Stay mobile, it’s the way of the world.
Wheelhouse Efficiencies
90%
Reduction in time required to manage a rail shipment across the life cycle of a BOL.
50%
Increase in time available for scheduling staff to do value added activities.
70%
Reduction in human touch points throughout the life cycle of a BOL.