RMI Reaches 200th Customer Milestone with RailConnect Transportation Management Services.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad The Pacific Railroad is a defunct U.S. railroad. It was a predecessor of both the Missouri Pacific Railroad and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The Pacific was chartered by the U.S. state of Missouri on March 3, 1849. Company Turns to RMI (Remote Method Invocation) A standard from Sun for distributed objects written in Java. RMI is a remote procedure call (RPC), which allows Java objects (software components) stored in the network to be run remotely. for Improved Management of its Operations RMI, the largest independent provider of accurate, reliable, comprehensive and secure rail information services See Information Systems. to the transportation industry, today announced 200 railroads have deployed the RailConnect(R) Transportation Management Services (TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales ) for the operational management of their railroads. In addition to being the 200th railroad to implement TMS, Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Company (INPR INPR Institute for National Policy Research (Taipei, Taiwan) INPR Inventory Project Report INPR International Network on Personal Relationships ) joins a group of 36 new railroads added to the RailConnect TMS family in 2003. INPR, which is part of the Rio Grande Pacific Corporation The Rio Grande Pacific Corporation is a railroad holding company. It owns four railroads:
"We are honored that railroads and shippers continue to recognize RMI's knowledge and expertise of rail transportation," said Paul Pascutti, vice president of marketing for RMI. "Now more than ever, our customers rely on the comprehensive capabilities of the RailConnect suite of services to help them gain greater financial and operational control over their businesses. RMI's RailConnect is a suite of proprietary, integrated applications that enable railroads to manage their business on a day-to-day basis, provide a higher level of customer service and better communicate with other railroads and transportation companies. The TMS service provides carriers with functions such as yard and inventory control, train operations, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. , work orders and operational management reports. INPR's installation as the 200th RailConnect TMS user came almost 10 years to the day after the Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad (BPRR BPRR Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad BPRR Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad BPRR Biological and Physical Research Rack BPRR Budget and Program Resource Review BPRR Bible Prophecy and Rapture Report ) became RMI's first processing client in November of 1993. BPRR, part of the Genesee & Wyoming (GWI GWI Great Works Internet GWI Guyana Water Inc GWI General Wage Increase GWI Grinding Wheel Institute GWI Games Workshop Interactive GWI Greenhouse Warming Index GWI Greenwood International, Inc. ) family of railroads, broke new ground at that time by outsourcing the hosting and IT support of their primary transportation system to RMI. This move began a paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. for RMI and its customers, and it gave birth to what is now the RailConnet suite of services. "Railroads are quickly realizing the potential and rewards of what we call the "Paperless Railroad" says Pascutti. "RMI provides a practical and cost-effective solution to outsourcing many of the manual, paper-driven processes, so that short line and regional railroads can effectively compete and provide value-add services to their customers." About RMI RMI is the largest independent provider of accurate, reliable, comprehensive and secure rail information services to the transportation industry. Founded in 1979, RMI is recognized as the most successful Business Services Provider (BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. ) in the industry with an in-depth knowledge of rail operations and a proven ability to translate complex business processes into valuable management information services. Currently, RMI processes approximately five million carloads annually for railroads, rail shippers and railcar owners. RMI's services are accessed via the Internet through RailConnect(R) (www.railconnect.com), a web-based portal to the company's integrated suite of proprietary information services, which are used to manage rail operations, improve customer service and reduce costs. Services include transportation, revenue, equipment, shipper freight and fleet management services and related executive information systems. RMI is an independent, privately owned company based in Atlanta. For more information about RMI, visit www.railcarmgt.com. |
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