INFORM has announced that it has successfully deployed its Syncrotess Optimisation Plus solution at Norfolk Southern’s Rossville Terminal just outside of Memphis, Tennessee.
The go-live at Rossville is the first of two planned go-lives this year, the second being scheduled at their
larger, Austell facility located just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Rafael Velasquez, Director of Optimization and Integration at INFORM’s Terminal & Distribution
Center Logistics Division, said: “After several successful live tests and careful planning, the entire team was confident in the solution going live at Rossville.
“Now, we’re laser focused on the next challenge with taking the system live at Norfolk Southern’s larger operation in Austell.”
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INFORM’s optimisation solution adds additional intelligence to a terminal’s existing Terminal Operating System (TOS) in a modular fashion.
This method enables to isolate the terminal’s particular difficulties and deliver a tailored solution to its operating challenges.
Norfolk Southern implemented the needed optimisation on top of their existing TOS OPTCS as an add-on optimisation solution.
Dr. Eva Savelsberg, Senior Vice President at INFORM’s Terminal & Distribution Center Logistics Division,
stated: “Our add-on optimisation approach has proven very successful in the North American
maritime market and I’m very excited to see that it is now up and running in the intermodal industry as
well.”
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INFORM has a suite of six industry proven optimisation modules designed to improve operational
efficiency reducing operational costs and allowing for improved revenues.
They include: Crane Optimizer (CO), Yard Optimizer (YO), Vehicle Optimizer (VO), Train Load Optimizer (TLO), Rail Scheduler (RS), and Machine Learning (ML) modules.
INFORM’s Yard Optimizer (YO) is being used by Norfolk Southern to intelligently manage its stacking operations.
The Yard Optimizer collaborates with TOS to designate container storage places within the yard as well as an appropriate handover point, or transfer spot, for external trucks to use to minimise travel distance for the container into and out of the stack.
