Teaching Case Competing technology options and stakeholder interests for tracking freight railcars in Indian Railways Shirish C Srivastava1‚ Sharat S Mathur 2‚ Thompson SH Teo3 1 Operations Management and Information Technology Department‚ HEC School of Management‚ Paris‚ France; Centre for Railway Information Systems‚ Indian Railways‚ New Delhi‚ India; 3 School of Business‚ National University of Singapore‚ Singapore 2 O PY Correspondence: SC Srivastava‚ Operations Management
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Hypotesis : Economic impact of Railways in India Railroads‚ therefore‚ became an inevitable option for the newly-developing giant in asia. As one of the pioneers in South Asia‚ india gave the needed performance for building a successful network of railroads and consequently this action has been one major factor in the process of fast economic development. Although former ruler‚ the great britian had already establish one for the colonial aims‚ india took reall good advantage of this already-perfected
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PANTO ENTANGLEMENT Electric locomotive gets power from overhead contact wire through pantograph. For smooth operation of locomotive‚ the movement of pantograph should be unobstructed on the contact wire. When any broken part of pantograph comes in between overhead wires or vice versa‚ panto entanglement takes place. The OHE is meant for supply of power where as the pantograph is for collecting power for the locomotive. The parameters of
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INDEX 1. Acknowledgement 2. Introduction 3. Layout of Railway Workshop 4. Salient Features of Jodhpur Railway Workshop 5. B.T.C. 6. Shop Organization 7. Machine Shop 8. Mill Wright Shop 9. Black Smith & Heat Treatment Shop 10. Roller Bearing 11. Corrosion Shop 12. Brake Gearing Shop 13. Lifting Shop 14. Project ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To
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Intelligence In the traditional view of China‚ people think intelligence is a person with high IQ and could get high score at the intelligence test. However‚ this should be the biggest misunderstanding at all. A person who can get high grade at the test may just be good at the test‚ and it can never prove the person is intelligence in every field of life. Intelligence is a word to describe a person who is wise. According to my understanding‚ intelligence includes much more
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TECHNOLOGY AND THE INDIAN RAILWAYS 4 LEVELS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS 6 NEED OF CRIS 7 1. Freight Operations Information Systems (FOIS) 8 2. Passenger Reservation System (PRS) 11 3. National Train Enquiry Service (NTES) 13 4. Booking Of Tickets On The Internet 14 5. Integrated Coaching Management System (ICMS) 15 6. Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS) 17 7. Office Automation & E-Working Group (OEAW) 19 Challenges faced by Railways 22 FUTURE TRENDS IN IT IN INDIAN RAILWAYS 24 References 24
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Systems in Indian Railways Information Systems in Indian Railways INTRODUCTION Indian Railways is a Department of the Government of India‚ under the Ministry of Railways‚ and is tasked with operating the rail network in India. The Ministry is headed by a cabinet rank Railways Minister‚ while the Department is managed by the Railway Board. Indian Railways is not a private corporate body; however‚ as of recently‚ IR has adopted a corporate management style. Indian Railways has a total state
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Railways in Colonial India: An Economic Achievement? Dan Bogart* Latika Chaudhary† May 2012 1 Introduction Railways were the most important infrastructure development in India from 1850 to 1947. They were inter-connected with all aspects of Indian society. In terms of the economy‚ railways played a major role in integrating markets and increasing trade. Domestic and international economic trends shaped the pace of railway construction and the demand
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Indian Railways is one of the largest systems in the world. It is also one of the very few railway systems in the world generating operating surpluses. With a modest beginning in India on April 16‚ 1853‚ when the first wheels rolled on rails from Bombay to Thane‚ the Indian Railways has emerged today as the main vehicle for socio-economic development of the country. Rail transportation has a number of favourable characteristics as compared to road transportation. It is six times more energy-efficient
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The Railway that Benefitted All The Canadian Pacific Railway and its benefits to farmers‚ financiers‚ and consumers. Eric Best November 13th‚ 2012 Mr. Moore CHC2Da The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) is commonly argued to be the most important transportation route in Canadian history‚ but most do not know the substantial benefits it provided. More specifically‚ it provided benefits to farmers‚ financiers‚ and consumers. The financiers of the railway were the group of people that the railway benefitted
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