LinearFocus

Rail organizations today are responsible for maintaining linear assets such as rail track, catenary lines and poles, electric traction and more. Organizations are constantly looking for solutions to help plan and track their right-of-way inspections, defects, repairs and maintenance. Depending on the size of the operation, data collection can be as simple as a manual recording system or as sophisticated as a computer software solution.

With LinearFocus from AssetWorks, critical data is recorded and stored in a powerful database giving users immediate access giving them the ability to make key decisions about train scheduling and performance throughout the entire rail system. LinearFocus helps rail organizations plan and track history of inspections, defects, repairs and maintenance of linear assets. In effect, LinearFocus extends the maintenance management capabilities of RailFocus™ to accommodate the use of a linear reference system. LinearFocus manages the data necessary to link maintenance and inspection activities to RailFocus, which enables rail operations to identify how those activities will affect train scheduling and performance throughout the system.

MobileFocus Handheld Software
MobileFocus works with LinearFocus to provide mobile technicians and inspectors with system access when they are in the field.

• Entry of track and asset inspections, including reference location information
• Real-time defect reporting
• Review of previously entered defects
• Real-time labor tracking for work-related and inspection-related activities
• Review of maintenance and inspection history for all assets
• Entry of diagnostic test results
• Robust parts inventory functionality (receipt, issue, inventory counts)
• Data stored on the MobileFocus device may be uploaded to the AssetWorks database in real-time using a wireless network or in batch mode when the technician returns to the maintenance facility.

Benefits

• Eliminate unnecessary maintenance procedures based on asset condition and history
• Eliminate paper processes and gain access to information
• Establish more effective preventive maintenance cycles
• Better manage direct and vendor labor
• Understand actual cost to inspect, maintain, and repair right-of-way
• Improve maintenance and condition data to enhance asset replacement and disposal plan
• Reduce outdated spare parts
• Decrease maintenance overtime
• Reduce comeback or repeat work
• Organize work plans between maintenance groups that handle right-of-way safety to decrease track downtime
• Increase availability of the right-of-way, which allows the rail property to respond to and take advantage of off-peak service opportunities
• Create efficient processes for parts and inventory orders

Features

• Linear asset maintenance management of rail tracks, structures, signals, catenaries, and power
• Maintenance administration for rail rolling stock and support equipment
• Facilities maintenance supervision
• Rail operations management for commuter rail
• Incident management
• Mobile technology for inventory management, vehicle functionality, and maintenance-of-way functionality
• Materials inventory, purchasing, and rebuild functionality
• Coordinate of inspection, defect tracking, work planning, and work order processes
• Process warranty claims
• Real-time tracking of employee labor
• Robust inspection functionality
• Handheld mobile data capture software
• Parts and materials management
• Planned and predictive maintenance scheduling
• Integration with enterprise financial systems for consolidated reporting on assets, expenditures, and operations activities
• Integration with Trapeze applications

Specifications

• Browser Based
• .net technology
• Unlimited users (licensed by rail property size)
• Support for both Oracle and/or MS SQL Database
• Maintenance-of-way specific product for track and signal specific requirements

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