Railroad workshop

RailSoft is a practical tool designed to help rail companies manage their workshops more efficiently.
The system helps plan, track and operate repairs, maintenance and upkeep of rolling stock.

Learn about the benefits

Learn about RailSoft’s intelligent railroad workshop management.

 

Optimization

Electronic registration of inspections helps speed up and streamline the repair process while ensuring that safety standards are met.

Accounting

This function allows for quick billing of repairs performed, including services specified in the contract and additional costs.

Management

This feature provides clear insight into the schedules and inspection details of transport units, making it easier to manage resources and service personnel and select and order repairs accordingly.

Set your sights on development

Contact us and we will advise you on the best solution to optimize your business.

Modules for railroad workshops

Modules can be easily customized and deployed in an organization, reducing the time it takes to implement the system.
In addition, they can be added, removed or changed at any time, allowing the system to adapt to changing business needs.

Traction

Employees

System

s

Security

Workshop

Services

Wagons

Traction vehicles

Locomotive file - Registration and management

The directories are designed to manage information on the operating characteristics, legal and technical status of railroad vehicles and their equipment: among others.
related to operating permits and/or Type Certificates (no/period of validity), operating permits and/or Rail Vehicle Certificates (no/period of validity), Certificates of Technical Performance (no/period of validity), as well as information required by law in the area of identification of Manufacturer, Owner, Dispatcher, Operator and ECM for vehicles.

The directories also provide tools dedicated to optimizing: the recording, management and use of information in the area of control of maintenance statuses of the railroad vehicle and equipment, in accordance with the maintenance cycles appropriate for the vehicle, Maintenance System Documentation, manufacturer’s warranties, validity of certificates, approvals, permits and others.
The system transparently makes available all information about all events that have occurred throughout the maintenance period, i.e.
from level 1 to 2 control inspections through level 3 periodic inspections to level 4 to 5 periodic repairs.
The system also monitors in real-time the inspection statuses of tank cars, brake tanks and other railroad vehicle equipment.
It allows for the definition of individual inspection rules and automatically warns of upcoming inspection or repair dates.
It provides basic support for managing freight safety information in the form of transparent visualization of approaching repair and inspection dates in the timeline.

Traction vehicle equipment module

The module allows you to define any important (for inspection, repair, revision and legalization) elements of locomotive equipment (along with important individual parameters characterize) – example parameters.

  • Internal combustion engine
  • Speedometer
  • Cart
  • Other equipment elements – defined by the system user The user will have the ability:
    • Define equipment templates (grouping of selected equipment elements), specific to specific types of locomotives
    • Linking (from the locomotive level) specific pieces of equipment to specific railroad documents

Traction vehicle document register - document management

The system area provides tools to support the collection, archiving and sharing of railroad vehicle maintenance documentation resources with the assignment to a specific type of vehicle/strategic type for railroad safety of their equipment, with the legally required continuity of traceability of features and characteristics in the operating history of a railroad system element.
The module allows the user to define the expiration date of a document associated with a railroad system element and automatically warns about the approaching expiration date of the document.

Employees

Employee file - registration and management

The module in the system is designed to manage employee information as well as about training, examinations and authorizations of employees carrying out transportation and/or maintenance processes.
The functionality makes available the definition and supervision of the validity of certificates and authorizations on the basis of a predefined card file and warning rules, with procedures for checking the competence of employees in real mode (knowledge of the route) and other authorizations, along with the assignment of appropriate documentation, confirming the acquisition of authorizations.

 

Also part of the employee area is a set of functionality responsible for trail familiarity.
It is used to record and verify the trail familiarity of subordinate drivers, as well as their last runs on a given route.

Relation – The path of a train between its starting and ending points, containing specific rail lines or sections of rail lines.

The module allows the definition of relationships to be recorded and updated in a variety of ways, from manual definition to the selection of specific railroads to timetables.
Functionalities within route familiarity management also make it possible to generate a route familiarity card for a selected employee, as well as a list of employees who qualify for a route familiarity exam or renewal of route familiarity

Employee equipment module

The module allows you to define any relevant (for inspection, repair, revision and legalization) elements of employee equipment – one-time schemes or permanent templates (along with relevant individual characterization parameters).

Employee training and instruction module

The module is responsible for the process of training, authorization, privilege updates and instructions.
Automation of the process, integration with the Employee Documentation module, customization of templates, document templates and the use of mobile devices facilitate and optimize the process of managing employee authorizations.

Employee document register - document management

The system area provides tools to support the collection, archiving and sharing of documentation resources confirming the acquired authorizations of employees, as well as documentation resources and assignment to a specific type of tool, with the legally required continuity of traceability of characteristics and properties along with the history of operation of the item.
The module allows the user to define the expiration date of a document related to an employee or equipment, and automatically warns about the approaching expiration date of the document.

Functionality specification:

  • Management of documentation confirming the qualifications of employees
  • Management of technical documentation of employee equipment
  • Defining rules for warning about the approaching expiration date of the above.
    Documents
Electronic time management for employees

The module is responsible for the process of registration, verification and settlement of working time, of any employee (including external subcontractors) performing any activity in the RailSoft system.

System

File of contractors

The module is used to manage contractors with whom we have active business relationships.
This module can be integrated with an external system, which will feed it with the data of contractors.
An additional functionality of the module is a register of potential business partners stored and maintained in the system.

Security

BRK base - inspections and audits

The section responsible for Audit Protocols allows for the registration and ergonomic administration of audit and inspection protocols broken down into three groups:

  • Railroad Transport Authority audit
  • Internal audit
  • External company audit

Each group has individually prepared sets of fields to enable the implementation of the established division.
In addition, each inspection protocol has the ability to attach attachments, notes, documents, as well as irregularities and tasks detected during the inspection.
The system allows assigning tasks to individual employees already at the stage of their registration.

An additional advantage is the ability to register documents, notes and attachments independently of audits and inspections.
The Audit Protocols section included in the BRK module also allows ergonomic supervision of external entities and their certificates.
Based on the registered audit, the user can grant or revoke the validity of a certificate for a selected external entity.

Workshop

Register of workshop orders (implementation of maintenance)

Current repairs and inspections are often performed by in-house workshops that are part of the company.
The in-house workshop module is responsible for handling requests for rail cars and traction vehicles to be taken out of service, as well as for contacting in-house workshops carrying out work on defective rail cars.
Repair work is carried out in accordance with the DSU documentation, for each change in the activity of a transport unit appropriate documents such as R25W and R27W are issued.

Register of contracts (workshop internal/external)

Transportation companies are required to perform regular maintenance on their transport units, and for this purpose they enter into contracts with workshops that specialize in performing specific repairs.
The Railsoft system in the contract management module allows you to register the terms of the contract.
The process involves assigning the appropriate units to the repairer, defining the types of overhauls and repairs to be performed, the activities that are necessary and the side activities performed during regular maintenance work.

The dynamic design of the functionality allows costs to be appropriately allocated to the type of exemption being implemented.

Maintenance integration pins the registered request to a specific contract calculating the approximate cost of the repair performed.
By issuing data to a third-party workshop on the browser side, it allows you to adjust the services to be performed and return an invoice for the repair with a detailed cost estimate according to the contract points.
The contracts module works closely with the maintenance module, inspections, transport units file and contractors file.
The items written in the contract are applicable both in the office and from a mobile device or browser in mobile or web.
This module is integrated with Ascent.

Inspection and maintenance module for locomotives

When carrying out inspection work on a vehicle, the condition of individual pieces of equipment is checked according to the indications in the DSU and defined rules. Components such as wheelsets and pantographs also wear out and must be repaired or replaced. Reviews are performed for both own and third-party locomotives.
The module is closely related to workshop contracts, when performing activities we can download their price list from a specific contract.

A team of analysts and developers has created a maintenance and inspection module for locomotives with their equipment in RailSoft. It is in it that we defile maintenance rules and groups, record performed inspections and equipment replacements, and configure parameters for the measurement card. The functionality of the technical document repository allows us to assign specific attachments to the right piece of equipment, taking into account its type and the type of requirements and specifications of the Safety Directive.

Wagon inspection and maintenance module

When performing inspection work on a railcar, the condition of individual equipment components is checked according to the indications in the DSU and defined rules.
Components such as wheelsets are also subject to wear and must be repaired or replaced.

A team of analysts and programmers has created a maintenance and inspection module for railcars and their equipment in RailSoft. It is in it that we defile maintenance rules and groups, record performed inspections and equipment replacements, and configure parameters for the measurement card. The functionality of the technical document repository allows us to assign specific attachments to the right piece of equipment, taking into account its type and the type of requirements and specifications of the Safety Directive.

Measurement eCards

Taking into account the safety rules for carrying out inspections of railroad vehicles according to the Safety Directive of 2016/98, a module of Measurement Cards has been created in Railsoft.
This functionality is an indispensable tool for the proper performance of inspections and repairs of traction vehicles and wagons.
The module allows you to add templates of measurement cards as in PDF form according to the DSU applicable to the type of unit.

The measurements completed in it are transferred with the maintenance request to the Workshop CRM module for completion by the repair shop.
Each piece of equipment listed in the Maintenance System Documentation for a given type has corresponding card templates assigned to it.
Thanks to the dynamic operation and configuration of the appropriate cards for P1-P3 overhauls and P4 and P4 repairs, only those documents with the parameters that should be filled in will be indicated when issuing the workshop performance registration form.

Rolling stock maintenance statistics

Rolling stock maintenance statistics – a set of indicators and reports showing the data of maintenance requests, i.e.
inspections, repairs, maintenance work and failures that enable analysis of the effectiveness of the work performed and the frequency of their occurrence.

Operational Indicators, KPIs, RAMS and MMS.

Operational indicators – Dashboards showing the degree of failure, operational readiness and technical readiness of railroad vehicles.

  • Failure rate of railroad vehicles
  • Technical readiness of railroad vehicles

KPIs – a set of indicators to verify the effectiveness of the work of maintenance workshops as well as the inactivity time of vehicles.

RAMS indicators – a set of indicators that calculate the number of failures over a period of time, distance traveled or the average time between failures.

MMS indicators – Dashboards showing the number of defects of each group of defects, broken down by cause of shutdown, vehicle series, vehicle dispatcher or type of defect at a given time.

mRails - Maintenance of rolling stock

The rolling stock maintenance module in the mobile application allows handling processes related to the maintenance and upkeep of railroad vehicles.
The main functionalities allow to carry out a full shutdown, register defects and record notes and photos for documentation of damaged elements.
The user of the mobile application has free access to the status of operated vehicles and the history of activities performed on the vehicle, along with the record of defects.

Services

CRM.Workshop - Web

Many repairs to traction vehicles are carried out by third-party workshops that specialize in a particular type of repair and are not part of the freight company.
Until now, the forms submitted to them about performing an inspection or repair were sent via email.
This process took a very long time and the locomotive could not always get to the activity in time to perform the scheduled transport.
The frequent occurrence of such cases jeopardized the timeliness of orders and caused financial losses.

In order to facilitate and speed up the process of carrying out repair activities, a CRM workshop module managed via a web browser has been created.
A trucking company that has Railsoft software in the office version provides cooperating repair companies with access to the application.

Wagons

Cartography of Wagons - Registration and Management

The directories are designed to manage information on the operating characteristics, legal status and technical condition of railcars, railroad carriages and their equipment: among others.
related to Authorizations for Operation and/or Certificates of Type (No/Validity Period), Authorizations for Operation and/or Railcar Certificates (No/Validity Period), Certificates of Technical Performance (No/Validity Period), as well as information required by law in the area of identification of Manufacturer, Owner, Dispatcher, Operator and ECM for railcars.

The directories also provide tools dedicated to optimize: the recording, management and use of information in the area of control of the maintenance statuses of the railcar and equipment, in accordance with the maintenance cycles appropriate to the railcar, Maintenance System Documentation, manufacturer’s warranties, validity of certificates, approvals, permits … The system provides transparently all information about all events that occurred throughout the maintenance period, ie.
from control inspections of level 1 to 2 through periodic inspections of level 3 to periodic repairs of level 4 to 5.
The system also monitors in real-time the inspection statuses of tank cars, brake tanks and other railcar equipment.
It allows for the definition of individual inspection rules and automatically warns of upcoming inspection or repair dates.
It provides basic support for managing freight safety information in the form of transparent visualization of approaching repair and inspection dates in the timeline.

Wagon equipment module

The module allows defining any important [for inspections, repairs, revisions and legalization] elements of wagon equipment [along with important individual parameters characterize] – example parameters.

  • Tank
  • Brake cylinder
  • Cart
    • Wheel set no. 1np
    • Manufacturer
    • Type
    • ID/Serial number
  • Other – defined by the system user The user will have the ability to:
  • Define equipment templates [grupowania wybranych elementów wyposażenia], specific to specific types of wagons
  • Links [z poziomu wagonu] specific items of equipment to specific railroad documents

Wagon document register - document management

The system area provides tools to support the collection, archiving and sharing of wagon maintenance documentation resources with the assignment to a specific type of vehicle/strategic type for railroad safety of their equipment, with the legally required continuity of traceability of features and characteristics in the operating history of a railroad system element.
The module allows the user to define the expiration date of a document associated with a railroad system element and automatically warns about the approaching expiration date of the document.

Why RailSoft?

RailSoft helps reduce repair times and avoid unnecessary delays, freeing up space and increasing the efficiency of the repair line.
In addition, it helps improve the quality of the work performed, which in turn increases the profitability and competitiveness of the repair facility.

RailSoft’s regular updates on the progress of repairs help track the implementation of the plan and the scope of work ordered by the customer.
The system helps optimize repair processes by assisting in proper planning of human, material and equipment resources.
By identifying potential process downtime, RailSoft helps manage railroad workshops more efficiently, leading to increased efficiency and productivity.

Our team consists of skilled professionals who constantly strive to improve our solutions.
We are always ready to help and support our customers to provide them with the best possible solutions.

When you choose RailSoft, you are assured that you are getting the best IT solutions for the rail industry on the market.
We provide efficiency, reliability and flexibility to help you succeed.
Join the ranks of satisfied customers and see why RailSoft is the best IT solution for railroads.

What's new?

Our system is constantly being developed and adapted under current laws and the rail market.
See what new functionalities you will encounter in RailSoft.

Contact form

If you have questions or would like more information, we encourage you to fill out the contact form.
Our team will be happy to answer all your questions and address any concerns.
Filling out the contact form is an easy and quick way to contact us and get support.
Don’t delay, fill out the form today and learn more about our solutions!