SimpliShip Blog Impact of Digitization on the Rail Freight Industry

Shipping commerce is not only increasing, but is also increasing in complexity; moving freight with a minimal amount of waste space, delay, and incorrect shipments is essential. Great leaps forward in digitization have changed the way rail is controlled and expedited, and these changes are expected to only continue as more digitized management is implemented and synchronized across platforms. Rail Asset Management Managing a rail system is very maintenance intensive and distributed over enormous distances. Digital systems that monitor the state of various components, from track to engines to shipping containers, are saving time and man-hours of payment by isolating which places in the rail assets of a particular company need repair and getting a nearby repair team to the problem quickly. These systems consolidate and coordinate efforts that would require an entire team of communicators if done in an analog environment.