FREIGHT OPERATIONS INFORMATION SYSTEM
ON RAILWAYS
Indian Railways have
taken up use of the Freight Operations Information System (FOIS)
at 604 locations in phase II of the Terminal Management System,
which has been planned for completion in the current fiscal. So
far, the Terminal Management System under FOIS has been deployed
at 48 locations of the Southern and South Central Railways.
In the phase
I of FOIS, the Rake Management System has been deployed in 250
locations.
Introduction
of FOIS has been helpful in the efficient management of rakes
and terminals for better wagon turnaround.